Sports activities News of Wednesday, 2 September 2020
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2020-09-02
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Followers of Ghana soccer have taken to social media to react to the ruling by the Court docket of Arbitration for Sports activities on the authorized tussle amongst the Ghana Football Association and a person of its users.
An aggrieved member of the association dragged the FA to CAS right after he was declared ineligible to contest a landmark election in Oct 2019.
Osei Palmer who was a frontrunner for the elections was disqualified immediately after he failed to move a test of integrity.
Palmer was located culpable of breaching some posts of the the GFA’s statutes.
The grounds for his disqualification are remarks he made on Citi FM which proposed that Ghana’s failure to make the 2018 Earth Cup is since the govt failed to make ‘unclassified payments’ and his failure to pay back a 10% rate to the GFA on the sale of Gabriel Laveh and Joseph Paintsil.
Palmer was praying CAS to annul the GFA elections and arrange a new just one.
He was in search of clearance of his title and reinstatement of his candidature.
But as it turned out, right after eleven months of lawful tussle, Palmer returned residence with nothing to exhibit for it.
Aside the court’s failure to grant him all his reliefs, Palmer will also pay the overall legal fees of the situation.
Below are some reviews from social media
-????????The Court of Arbitration for Sports have dismissed the situation filed by Wilfred Kweku Palmer in opposition to the GFA, guy will have to be warm and disturbed listening to this news.
Ghana Football must shift on and earn major. God bless Ghana.— ELIKEM????????PELE (@ElikemPeleDoe) September 2, 2020
Palmer says while he has “issues versus the major grounds for the shipping of the last verdict”, he has “no option than to acknowledge in very good religion and shift on…” pic.twitter.com/oMLQ9cFZ2g
— Jerome Otchere (@JeromeOtchere) September 2, 2020
Mr. Wilfred Kwaku Osei PALMER accepts CAS choice in superior faith and goes ahead to say it is victory for Ghana soccer.
“Our Almighty God is so faithful” pic.twitter.com/SbZXOiZom5
— Ayepah APK ???????? (@PkAkyina) September 2, 2020
Palmer will not go after this scenario more pic.twitter.com/l85fy1DVu7
— enocksmith (@enocksmith84) September 2, 2020
Palmer on CAS verdict: ” A thing is going to come about”….and i assume that thing has transpired, squander of dollars & focus for practically nothing
s3 wagye wani so Mr. P4P
— Kaka Leite (@leitekaka459) September 2, 2020
These vociferous Journalist calling Dr. Kofi Amoah & his NC on the carpet for Palmer’s disqualification are been vindicated by CAS….let us applause them????????
tummy n quake journalist…you should not speak with hatred once again
— Kaka Leite (@leitekaka459) September 2, 2020
Yeah. One thing advised me this issue is not going to function out for Palmer contemplating our new concerns and FIFA too was checking our progress seriously.
— Maxwell Marfo (@lexboray) September 2, 2020
Soo Palmer missing.
— SAMMY (@GreatestMensah) September 2, 2020
The very long lawful fight involving the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and Wilfred Osei Palmer has at last ended.
The Court of Arbitration for Sporting activities (CAS) dominated in favour of the GFA and dismissed Palmer’s claims.#CitiSports pic.twitter.com/EzpYBmSue1— Philip Ashon (@KofiAshon) September 2, 2020
In truth am sad for Palmer aww , there’s no truth of the matter in this globe once more hmmm https://t.co/m6pz7gsNHv
— Osei Isaac @max (@OseiIsaacmax1) September 2, 2020
Group Palmer ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/gKjsaYtlzl
— Joseph Agbobli (@joseph_agbobli) September 2, 2020
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