Wayne Lumbasi
Former Ghana Premier League Champions Ashanti Gold Sporting Club will play the 2022/2023 football season in the third tier of Ghana football. This follows the conclusion of investigations into match manipulation allegations in a 2020/21 League game.
The club was found guilty of match fixing in that Match day 34 7-0 win over Inter Allies. The goals, two of which were own goals, were deemed too easy.
A later substitute in the match, Hashmin Musah, who scored the two own goals, confessed to spoiling widespread bet, which wanted the match to end at 5-0.
Eight players of the club have also been banned for two years each after being found guilty of match manipulation, while a further five players have also been handed four year bans for failure to appear before the Ghana Football Association Disciplinary Committee. Â
The club’s President, Dr. Kwaku Frimpong, and his son, Emmanuel Frimpong, who is the club’s Chief Executive Officer, have also been banned from football activities for 10 years and 8 years respectively.
The harsh punishment is to serve as a deterrent to all local clubs that engage in match-fixing and use some games to do betting.
