GHANA DISSOLVES FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION AFTER CASH GIFTS SCANDAL
Ghana has dissolved its national football association after its president was filmed apparently accepting a “cash gift”, BBC reports.
Kwesi Nyantakyi was pictured taking $65,000 (£48,000) from an undercover reporter pretending to be a businessman keen to invest in Ghanaian football.
Mr Nyantakyi is vice-president of the Confederation of African Football and also a member of the FIFA Council.
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INJURED OZIL TO MISS GERMANY’S FINAL WORLD CUP WARM-UP
Arsenal star Mesut Ozil will miss Germany’s final warm-up match on Friday with a knee injury, but the attacking midfielder’s participation in the World Cup is not in danger, according to the
German football federation.
Ozil, 29, will sit out the friendly against Saudi Arabia in Leverkusen with light bruising to his left knee, but was able to run in training on Thursday.
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FIVE PLAYERS WHO SHOULD HAVE MADE SUPER EAGLES WORLD CUP LIST
With many players hoping to play a part on football’s biggest stage, heart breaks, disappointment and a fair bit of tantrum follows the announcement of the list of players heading to the World Cup. For the Super Eagles Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr worked his list from 30 players, trimming five players before he dropped another two before he named the final 23 players. But are they the best selection of players to Russia? Here are five players who should have made the list.
Junior Lokosa
The Kano Pillars forward earned an invite to the Super Eagles after he had scored 18 goals in 20 games in the Nigeria Professional Football League. Lokosa was dropped after Gernot Rohr trimmed the 30-man list to an initial 25 players before the final 23-man list. Lokosa got very little in the way of proving his mettle in the Super Eagles setup before he was cut-off.
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ISRAEL TO FILE FIFA PROTEST AGAINST PALESTINIANS OVER ARGENTINA GAME
The Israel Football Association announced Wednesday it will file a complaint to FIFA accusing its Palestinian counterpart of pressuring Argentinian players and staff into cancelling a friendly match.
Rotem Kamer, vice-president of the Israeli FA, accused the Palestinian side of “football terror” after its leader called for protests against Argentina in the build-up to the game that had been scheduled for Saturday.
“We are confronting a football terror from the Palestinian Football Association and its president (Jibril Rajoub),” he said, accusing them of “threatening football players (against) coming to Israel.”
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SUPER EAGLES LOSE FINAL PRE-WORLD CUP FRIENDLY TO CZECH REPUBLIC
Tomas Kalas’ first half strike ensured the Super Eagles head into the World Cup with no victory in their last four games.
Nigeria started in a similar shape to the second half against England at Wembley with John Ogu starting as the left-sided centre-back and Wilfred Ndidi playing alongside John Mikel Obi and Alex Iwobi in midfield. Gernot Rohr, seeking to further test the viability of the 3-5-2 rolled out the formation again with Victor Moses playing off Odion Ighalo in attack.
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