JUST IN: CAS swerves GFA as ban placed on players involved in AshGold and Inter Allies match fixing lifted

News available to us this afternoon has it that the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) has lifted bans placed on twenty-one (21) players for being part of the Ashantigold and Inter Allies match-fixing scandal during the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League.

Twenty-one (21) players from both clubs were banned by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) after being found guilty of match manipulation.

A letter available to us is that the Court Of Arbitration of Sports (CAS) has lifted the GFA ban placed on 21 players involved in the Ashgold vs Inter Allies match-fixing scandal with immediate effect.

“This was after an appeal was filed on the players behalf by FIFPRO through the PFAG.

“The players include Frank Akoto, Eric Esso, Amos Kofi Nkrumah, Empem Dacosta, Paul Devries Asare, Amos Addai, Stephen Owusu Banahene etc who were all banned for 24 months.

“Meanwhile, Kotoko’s Richmond Lamptey whose name was not in the appeal process is having his matter considered by CAS following Kotoko’s application.

FIFPro, a global footballers welfare body, appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) a few weeks ago to rescind the ban on Ashanti Gold and Inter Allies players for alleged match-fixing by Ghana Football Association (GFA) to save their careers.

Below is the full letter: