The Ghana Football Association has confirmed receipt of a letter from the Confederation of African Football (CAF), disqualifying the National U-17 team, the Black Starlets from the U-17 Championship to be played in Niger in 2015 after upholding the opinion of its Medical Committee on the eligibility of one of the players.
This followed a protest filed by Cameroon against seven (7) players of the Ghana U-17 national team on September 13th 2014 after the 1st leg match of the 3rd round of the U-17 Championship qualifiers which Ghana won 2-1. Out of the seven (7) players, the CAF Medical Committee made adverse findings against two players.
[contextly_sidebar id=”3rbGphxSNb7c5wCdoDVSwOWRUbmgMp5I”]CAF subsequently requested a retest of the two players using the F-Marc procedure for age determination which was done in Ghana on 1st October, in the presence of a CAF Medical Committee member.
CAF wrote to the GFA on Saturday claiming the analysis of the MRI report from a Medical Centre in Ghana contradicts the analysis of two CAF medical experts on the eligibility of one of the players.
However, the Radiologist Consultant who carried out both the initial MRI tests and rescanning confirmed that the said player was within the age limit.
The Ghana Football Association is dissatisfied with the decision of the CAF U-17 Organising Committee and has accordingly filed an appeal with the CAF Appeals Committee.
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Credit: ghanafa.org