The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has order the Ghana Football Association (GFA) compensate Asante Kotoko’s Richmond Lamptey with CHF3,000 ($3,444) after overturning the ban slapped on the midfielder.
CAS orders GFA to pay Kotoko’s Richmond Lamptey CHF3,000, overturns sanctions
CAS orders GFA to pay Kotoko’s Richmond Lamptey CHF3,000, overturns sanctions
The 26-year-old was one of over 20 players who were sanctioned by the GFA over alleged match manipulation two years ago.
A statement CAS cleared Lampatey of all the sanctions imposed on him by the GFA and ordered the Association to compensate him to oddest his legal fees.
“The Ghana Football Association is ordered to pay to Mr. Richmond Lamptey the amount of CHF 3,000 (three thousand Swiss francs) as contribution towards his legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with these arbitration proceedings,” CAS said in a statement.
Meanwhile, CAS also annulled all the sanctions imposed on the players of Ashanti Gold and Inter Allies who were punished over the alleged match-fixing.
“The Ghana Football Association is ordered to pay to Messrs. Alex Aso, Felix Abuska, Mohammed Zakari, Shaibu Taufiq, Fard Ibrahim, Richard Acquaah, Eric Esso, Amos Kofi Nkrumah, Stephen Owusu Banahene, Kwame Moses, Empem Dacosta, Frank Akoto, Isaac Opoku Agyemang, Solomon Afriyie, Mohammed Bailou, Emmanuel Owuso, Samed Mohammed, Paul Asare de Vries, Amos Addai, Abdul Kadir Mohammed and Isah Ali a global amount of CHF 6,300 (six thousand three hundred Swiss francs), to be distributed amongst them in equal parts of CHF 300 (three hundred Swiss francs) each as contribution towards their legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with these arbitration proceedings,” the statement added.
It will be recalled that in May, the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) ruled that the high-scoring matchday 34 game between the Ashanti Gold and Inter Allies during the 2020/21 season was fixed.
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