Asante Kotoko will battle it out with Bibiani Goldstars this weekend and head coach Prosper Narteh Ogum has released a list of 24 players for the epic clash coming up.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected Tema Youth FC’s latest request for an injunction to prevent the relegation of the club from the Division One League until CAS renders its final decision in its substantive case against the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
BACKGROUND
The Swiss-based sports appellate body on July 26, 2022 rejected a request of Tema Youth FC for a stay of execution of the GFA’s Appeals Committee decision in relation to the refusal to make payments to Young Red Bull FC and GFA in relation to the transfer of player Joseph Paintsil.
Young Red Bull FC thereafter instituted a case for Enforcement for the payment against Tema Youth FC for which the Tema based club continue to suffer 3 points deduction after playing each match in accordance with the Disciplinary Code for their refusal to obey the decision of the Appeals Committee.
It would be recalled that on 11 June 2022, the GFA Appeals Committee issued its decision (the “Appealed Decision”) in which it upheld the GFA PSC decision, holding that Tema Youth FC shall pay the following amounts within 14 days of the Appealed Decision (14 working days from 11 June 2022):
- EUR 688,000 to Young Red Bull
- EUR 150,000 to the GFA; and
- EUR 150,000 to the Ghana League Clubs Association (“GHALCA”).
TEMA YOUTH LATEST APPLICATION TO CAS
On 25 August 2023, the Tema Youth FC once again went to CAS and submitted a request for provisional measures due to the Appellant’s relegation by the GFA following the release of the final league table by GFA in accordance with the Division One League Regulations.
Tema Youth FC argued for their relegation from the Division One League Zone 3 to Division Two League to be halted by CAS pending the release of the final decision in the substantive case before CAS.
DECISION OF CAS RELEASED SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Having considered all the arguments advanced by both Tema Youth FC and GFA, the CAS Panel decided that:
EFFECT OF THE LATEST CAS DECISION
The latest CAS decision means that the enforcement by Young Red Bull FC for the payment against Tema Youth FC for which Teme Youth FC continue to suffer 3 points after playing each match in accordance with the Disciplinary Code for their refusal to obey the decision of the Appeals Committee will continue.
Thus, each match that Tema Youth FC plays, the club will forfeit 3 points until it fully settles the indebtedness to Young Red Bull FC.
Enterprising defender, David Oppong Afrane has officially joined Hearts of Oak ahead of the 2023/24 football season.
David Moyes gave the kudos to Mohammed Kudus after the Ghana winger helped West Ham come from behind to beat Europa League minnows TSC Backa Topola 3-1.
The Hammers made heavy weather of the opening match of their latest European adventure on a stormy night in Stratford, but headers from £38million summer signing Kudus and substitute Tomas Soucek got the Hammers off to a winning start.
East London was hit by torrential rain before kick-off with water cascading through the roof onto the concourses at London Stadium.
The floodgates failed to open on the pitch in the first half, however, despite West Ham being in the rare position of dominating possession on the soggy surface, and they fell behind after a mistake by Angelo Ogbonna.
“Tonight I thought we did enough to win although I didn’t think we were great in a lot of things we did,” said Moyes.
“The goal was probably our own doing but I didn’t fear the worst. It was a game where we had the lot of the ball and gave us a chance to see if we could do what teams have done to us lately.
"Kudus I thought started really brightly and came up with an important goal when I couldn't really see where we would get one from"
“The mistake changed the game – but it also made us more determined.
“Kudus I thought started really brightly and came up with an important goal when I couldn’t really see where we would get one from.”
The Hammers had 78 per cent possession in the first half, which was the exact opposite of their stats during the recent smash-and-grab win at Brighton.
But Moyes got a taste of his own medicine when Ogbonna dawdled on the halfway line and Petar Sanic raced clear to give the Serbians a shock lead.
However the Hammers, whose last European outing was their triumphant Europa Conference League final win over Fiorentina in June, hit back in the 66th minute, albeit in fortunate fashion as Said Benrahma’s cross was turned in at the far post by TSC defender Nemanja Petrovic.
Kudus got his goal four minutes later and Soucek headed the third – with both coming from James Ward-Prowse corners – to finally ease West Ham nerves.
In Thursday evening's UEFA Europa League victory for West Ham United FC, Ghana's standout player, Kudus Mohammed, earned the title of Man of the Match.
Great Olympics head coach, Annor Walker after failing to pick up a win on the opening day, has now shifted his attention to the game against Kpando Heart of Lions this weekend.
