GHANA has been accused of agreeing to take part in international football games organised by match fixers.
Ghana are currently playing in the World Cup [REUTERS]The Ghana Football Association has called in police after an undercover investigation reportedly found the team had been lined up to play in games that would be fixed by corrupt officials.
The Daily Telegraph and Channel 4's Dispatches launched a six-month investigation after being told that some football associations were working with gangs looking to rig scores in international games.They claim that senior figures in the Ghanian FA said they could employ corrupt officials who would rig matches played by the national team.The president of the country's football association allegedly agreed to sign a contract for the team to play in rigged matches in exchange for around £100,000 per match.The claims cast a shadow over the country's World Cup success, after they drew 2-2 against Germany on Saturday.Star players for the team include ex-Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien and former Tottenham Hotspur player Kevin-Prince Boateng.There is no suggestion that any of the players were involved in the alleged fixing.The Ghana Football Association said in a statement: "We wish to assure the public that we will not tolerate such misrepresentations and we will seek strong sanctions against such individuals if such claims are found to be true."Christopher Forsythe, a registered Fifa agent, was reported as saying that match-fixing is "everywhere" in football, and claiming that he could arrange rigged matched between Ghana and the UK.The investigation comes after three people were convicted last week of attempting to rig football matches in the UK.Singapore businessmen Chann Sankaran and Krishna Sanjey Ganeshan were sentenced to five years each, and former footballer Michael Boateng was sentenced to 18 months.
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