The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) has temporarily lifted respective bans placed on twenty-one (21) players for involvement in match manipulation in a 2020/21 Ghana Premier League game.
A total of twenty-one (21) footballers were slapped with bans by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) after being found guilty of AshantiGold SC vs Inter Allies match-fixing scandal.
The Ghana Football Association’s Disciplinary Committee decision relates to a Ghana Premier League game played at the end of the 2020/2021 season when Ashantigold beat Inter Allies by 7-0.
An Inter Allies player, Hashmin Musah, scored two own goals and later admitted his action was to spoil a bet placed on the said game.
The following players were banned for 24 months each, for their apparent involvement in fixing the game.
Inter Allies players namely Mohammed Zakari, Richard Acquaah, Shaibu Taufiq and Felix Abuska received 24-month bans for their involvement in the said game.
Five others; Danso Wiredu Mensah (goalkeeper), Alex Aso, Abdul Kadir Mohammed, Isah Ali – Player, and Andy Okpe, were also banned for failing to appear before the GFA’s Disciplinary Committee, and also received 24-month bans.
Hashmi Musah, who scored two intentional own goals to scupper the fixed result was handed a reduced 6-month ban for his whistleblower role, while Richmond Lamptey, who now plays for Asante Kotoko, was given a 30-month ban for attempting to stake a bet on the fixed result.
Below are the AshantiGold SC players who were banned
Player Name Jersey Number
Stephen Owusu Banahene 4
Dacosta Ampem 7
Frank Akoto 15
Agyemang Isaac Opoku 19
Amos Kofi Nkrumah 24
Eric Esso 25
Moses Kwame 29
Solomon Afriyie 35
Samed Mohammed, Player number 32 and Seth Osei received a 30-month (2.5 years) ban each for their involvement in fixing the game, and also verbally abused Inter Allie’s officials for bringing on Hashmin Musah, who ‘spoilt’ the bet with his two intentional own goals.
The underlisted players, who were invited but failed to appear before the Committee have also been banned for 48 (4 years) months each.
1. Emmanuel Owusu – Player
2. Mohammed Bailou – Player
3. Amos Addai – Player
4. Paul De Vries Asare – Player
