The comment follows the declarations made by the Vice-Chairman of the Black Stars Management Committee, Wilfried Osei, on Citi FM’s “Sports Panorama” that the non-payment of unclassified payments cost Ghana a place in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Osei explained that the unclassified payments were used for several things including getting referees and match officials to handle Ghana’s matches fairly in the qualifiers.

He stated that such inducement was commonplace on the continent since other countries did same to influence important results in the quest to qualify for the World Cup finals.

However, Ibrahim Saane Daara, spokesperson of the Ghana Football Association, said in an interview on Happy FM on Wednesday that the GFA had never been involved in inducing referees.

“We, as a football association, do not believe in inducement and we have never been involved in bribery. We have never done such a thing before.”

“When a referee is appointed for a match, by default, you expect him to be fair. That is a given.  If and when we do have issues with a referee, there are ways we can proceed. One of such means was the recent protest we filed against South African referee Daniel Bennett. CAF has modalities to deal with referees who do not perform well and we are satisfied with them.”

Saane Daara went on to state that, unclassified payments were normally used for activities such as mobilizing supporters for the Black Stars matches and organise scouting and reconnaissance trips ahead of Black Stars matches.

He explained that these things were valuable and helped the team.

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By: Nathan Quao/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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Authorities were called to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel after the singer, best known for making a sex tape in 2007 with Kim Kardashian, allegedly grabbed a woman’s backside, according to a release from the Beverly Hills Police Department.

Ray J, who was linked to Whitney Houston shortly before her death, was asked to leave the hotel after police spoke to him and the woman and determined that the incident was not a case of sexual battery and that the contact was “incidental.” But when the 33-year-old got to the valet area, he allegedly acted belligerently and refused to leave.

As police took the brother of singer and actress Brandy into custody, he allegedly kicked and shattered the side window of the police car and spat in an officer’s face. He was booked for trespassing, vandalism, resisting arrest and battery on a police officer.

His bail was set at $20,000, and he was released from custody on Friday night.

The Beverly Wilshite is not commenting on the incident. The rapper’s rep also declined comment.

Source: people.com

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