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Fifa has ruled an appeal from South Africa relating to a decisive 2022 World Cup qualifying match against Ghana is inadmissible. Bafana Bafana had claimed they were “robbed” after their 1-0 defeat last month, with the only goal in the game scored from a first-half penalty. The South Africa Football …

South Africa coach, Hugo Broos, seems to have given up on facing Ghana again in the World Cup qualifier as demanded by SAFA. The South Africa Football Association [SAFA] lodged a complaint with FIFA, alleging they were robbed following their defeat to Ghana in the crucial match early this month. …

Black Stars defender Andy Yiadom has admitted that the controversial penalty awarded to his Ghana side in their World Cup qualifying win over South Africa was ‘soft’. The victory for the Black Stars saw them qualify for Africa’s World Cup play-offs at the expense of Bafana Bafana, who needed a …

Kurt Okraku, who is the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), has said he does not expect CAF President, Patrice Motsepe, ‘to take sides’ in the impending match-fixing protest filed to FIFA by the South African Football Association (SAFA). SAFA has lodged a complaint to FIFA accusing the Ghana …

There was a clear pattern of match manipulation during South Africa’s 2022 World Cup qualifier against Ghana, according to South African Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan. Ghana beat Bafana Bafana 1-0 on Sunday in the crucial qualifier – a result which saw the Black Stars advance to Africa’s play-offs …

FIFA has began investigating Ghana’s World Cup qualifier against Bafana Bafana after the South Africa Football Association logged a complaint. Specifically, the penalty awarded Ghana will be under review following the displeasure shown by the SAFA after the game. World football governing body FIFA has confirmed that it has received …

The Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has disclosed that it will be a disappointment of Ghana fails to make the FIFA World Cup. He said should Ghana fails to make it; the blame will be fairly put on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. He said …

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host this season’s Club World Cup in early 2022, Fifa president Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday. Japan was originally scheduled to stage the tournament in December this year but withdrew last month due to the Covid-19 situation in the country. “It was decided (at …

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appealed to the British government to allow African players to travel for next month’s 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers. After Liverpool blocked Mohamed Salah’s invitation to Egypt’s squad, the Premier League announced that other clubs will not release their players to travel to …

FIFA banned its former interim president, Issa Hayatou on Tuesday for alleged wrongdoing in a commercial deal for African soccer. Issa Hayatou, who was Confederation of African Football president for 29 years until 2017, was banned for one year for a breach of “duty of loyalty” rules, FIFA said in …