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The Attorney General’s department has said it does not have enough evidence to prosecute the disgraced former President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwasi Nyantakyi. This comes after the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee banned Mr Nyantakyi for life from all football activities at both national and international level (administrative, sports or any other). Speaking to Starr News’ ...

Ten Benin youth team players were jailed on Tuesday for lying about their ages after they were kicked out of qualifying for next year’s Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations finals, AFP reports. A court in the country’s commercial capital, Cotonou, handed down one-month sentences to the players, who were detained in September following their expulsion. Charges were dropped against other ...

Five suspects in a massive fraud and match-fixing scandal that has engulfed Belgium’s top football division were ordered to be kept in detention by a court in Antwerp on Tuesday. More than 20 individuals, suspected of involvement in a criminal organisation or money laundering, have been charged in a huge corruption scandal that first broke on October 10. Mogi Bayat, ...

A group of Japanese doctors on Wednesday urged Olympic organisers to start the Tokyo 2020 marathon as early as 5:30am, saying failure to do so could “lead to deaths” from heatstroke. The warning is the latest in a chorus of concern about how extreme heat could affect several sporting events at the Olympic games, particularly after Tokyo sweltered through a ...

Former Ghana Football Association president, Kwesi Nyantakyi has confirmed that he will appeal against his lifetime ban handed to him by FIFA. FIFA, handed a life ban to Mr. Nyantakyi on Tuesday, after the adjudicating chamber of FIFA’s Independent Ethics Committee found him guilty of multiple ethical violations. The Wa All Stars bankroller was found guilty of violating FIFA Code ...

Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas says he is not elated after FIFA handed a lifetime ban to former Ghana Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi who was implicated in a bribery sting operation. The undercover investigation masterminded by Anas and his Tiger Eye PI company and was published in a documentary titled Number12. Number12 filmed Nyantakyi taking $65,000 (£48,000) from an ...

Former British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin took to Twitter to troll former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Kwesi Nyantakyi. This comes after FIFA’s adjudicatory chamber found Mr Nyantakyi guilty of having violated Article 19 (conflict of interest), Article 21 (Bribery and corruption) and Article 22 (Commission) of the FIFA Code of Ethics, 2012 edition. Mr Nyantakyi has additionally ...

Ghana’s Female national team, the Black Queens travelled in batches to Zambia for their international friendly match due to flight challenges. The first batch comprising 18 players and the team’s head Coach Bashir Hayford left for Zambia on Tuesday evening with the remaining 3 players and officials set to join the team today(Wednesday). The team is scheduled to face the ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to, as a matter of urgency, clear his name with regards to the Number 12 undercover documentary by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas which exposed massive corruption in Ghana football. A statement by the NDC said “FIFA’s decision to ban Mr. Nyantakyi after months of rigorous investigations ...

Former Ghana FA President, Kwesi Nyantakyi has been banned for life by world football governing body FIFA. According to FIFA, Nyantakyi is banned from taking part in all football-related activities and the ban takes effect immediately. The life ban follows extensive investigations by FIFA’s Adjudicatory Chamber of the Independent Ethics Committee into the conduct of Mr Nyantakyi who was captured ...