{"id":69056,"date":"2014-11-27T06:13:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T06:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=69056"},"modified":"2014-11-27T06:13:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T06:13:04","slug":"caf-upholds-disqualification-of-ghanas-under-17-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/11\/caf-upholds-disqualification-of-ghanas-under-17-team\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF upholds disqualification of Ghana\u2019s Under-17 team"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Confederation of African Football\u2019s (CAF) Appeal Board has upheld the decision taken by the Organising Committee of the U-17 African championship last month banning Ghana from playing in the tournament.<\/p>\n
This was after an age-cheating protest filed by Cameroon over the MRI test of one of the players of the Black Starlets.<\/p>\n
The CAF Appeal Board confirmed the elimination of Ghana\u2019s team and announced Cameroon as replacement to the final phase of the competition to be played in 2015.<\/p>\n
The CAF decision may be appealed at the Court of Arbitration for Sport within 10 days of the decision by the CAF Appeal Board.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile the GFA Executive Committee will meet on Thursday 27th November 2014 to deliberate on the next line of action.<\/p>\n
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The Confederation of African Football\u2019s (CAF) Appeal Board has upheld the decision taken by the Organising Committee of the U-17 African championship last month banning Ghana from playing in the tournament. This was after an age-cheating protest filed by Cameroon over the MRI test of one of the players of the Black Starlets. The CAF […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":33381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[29,3,38],"yoast_head":"\n