JANUARY 2021 ASM Magazine Vol II Issue I | Page 9

AFRICA FOOTBALL CHIEF AHMAD AHMAD BANNED BY FIFA FOR 5 YEARS OVER CORRUPTION
ASAMOAH GYAN MAKES GPL RETURN FOR LEGON CITIES FC : FORMER GHANA SKIPPER AND TOP STRIKER , ASAMOAH GYAN MADE HIS RETURN TO DOMESTIC FOOTBALL IN GHANA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 17 YEARS AFTER A MUCH HERALDED INTERNATIONAL CAREER FOR LEGON
MR . AHMAD AHMAD OF MADAGASCAR WAS HANDED A FIVE-YEAR BAN
CITIES FC
FROM ALL FOOTBALL-RELATED ACTIVITIES FOR FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT IN LATE 2020 . HIS ALLEGED MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS INCLUDED AMONGST A NUMBER OF THINGS , A PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA .
THE WORLD FOOTBALL ' S GOVERNING BODY FIFA ISSUED THE BAN AMID THE MADAGASCAN OFFICIAL ' S CAMPAIGN TO BE REELECTED FOR A SECOND FOUR-YEAR TERM AS HEAD OF THE CONTINENT ' S CONFEDERATION .
BUT THAT AMBITION NOW LIES IN TATTERS AFTER FIFA ’ S ETHICS COMMITTEE FOUND THAT MR . AHMAD AHMAD HAD BREACHED HIS DUTY
OF LOYALTY , AFTER HAVING BEEN OFFERED GIFTS AND OTHER BENEFITS , WHICH HE IS SAID TO HAVE ACCEPTED AND MISMANAGED FUNDS , THEREBY ABUSING HIS POSITION AS CAF PRESIDENT ."
BREAKDANCE IS NOW AN OLYMPIC SPORT : THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND THE PARIS 2024 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED THE INCLUSION OF BREAKDANCE AS A NEW DISCIPLINE FOR
THE 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES ALONG WITH SURFING , CLIMBING AND SKATEBOARDING .
SIERRA LEONE PLAYERS EXONERATED : SIERRA LEONE FOOTBALLERS
MIKE TYSON RETURNS TO RING , DRAWS IN EXHIBITION WITH ROY JONES : ON NOVEMBER 28TH 2020 MIKE TYSON STEPPED THROUGH THE ROPES IN HIS SIGNATURE BLACK TRUNKS TO HEAR THE OPENING BELL IN A BOXING RING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS AS HE WENT HEAD ON WITH RETIRED BOXER ROY JONES JR IN A MUCH HERALDED EXHIBITION FIGHT .
ACCUSED OF MATCH FIXING WERE CLEARED OF ALL ALLEGED CRIMES ON DECEMBER 9TH 2020 . PROMINENT AMONGST THE ACCUSED WERE SAMUEL BALLAY AND FORMER LEONE STARS TEAM CAPTAIN IBRAHIM OBREH BANGURA . THE TWO AFOREMENTIONED PLAYERS WERE NOT PLEASED AFTER THEIR VINDICATION BECAUSE THEY ASSERTED THAT THEIR FOOTBALL CAREERS HAD BEEN RUINED BY THE SMEAR OF THE ALLEGED IMPROPRIETY .
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