Ashanti Gold have reportedly lost their match-fixing appeal, and will play in the Division Two League in the upcoming season .
Ashanti Gold, former Ghana Premier League champions were found guilty of match-fixing, and were relegated to the second-tier league
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Disciplinary Committee made the public aware in May that, Ashgold played a pre-arranged match against Inter Allies ôn the final matchday of the 2020/2021 season.
The match ended 7-0, with Inter Allies defender Hashmin Musah, admitting to scoring two own goals to prevent a match-fixing plot.
.The verdict was announced after months of thorough investigations, but the Miners insisted they had done nothing wrong, and filed an appeal to overturn the verdict.
As stated by the local media reports, the Ghana Football Association’s Appeal Committee has dismissed Ashanti Gold’s appeal and upheld the Disciplinary Committee's decision.
As a result, AshantiGold will play in the second division league beginning next season, while their President, Dr Kwaku Frimpong , and the Chief Executive, Emmanuel Frimpong, are both on long-term bans
Ghana Football Association has scheduled the next ordinary congress for Thursday, on 18 if August, ahead of the start of the 2022/2023 season.
The demotion and promotion of clubs in the Ghana Premier League (GPL) ,
National Division One League (DOL) , And Women's Premier League will be approved by Congress.
As stated by former Medeama player, some PL clubs played soft for Yaw Annor to win the goal king award ahead of Kotoko forward Franck Mbella
Yaw Annor beat Franck Mbella to the top scorer award, after scoring 22 goals in the just ended GPL.
“For Yaw Annor, I will say some of the Ghana Premier League clubs played “soft” with AshantiGold SC for him to score,” Boadu told Kumasi-based Radio Station Wontumi FM.
Meanwhile, the ex AshGold player, Yaw Annor has completed a five-year deal move to the Egyptian topflight league after joining Ismaily..
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