{"id":16524,"date":"2013-02-01T17:57:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T17:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2013\/02\/match-fixing-reports-senseless-ghana-coach\/"},"modified":"2013-02-01T17:57:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T17:57:31","slug":"match-fixing-reports-senseless-ghana-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/02\/01\/match-fixing-reports-senseless-ghana-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Match-Fixing Reports Senseless – Ghana Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah says ”senseless” reports of match-fixing has not affected his preparations for Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final clash.<\/p>\n

Correspondents of the Ghana News Agency and Radio Gold claimed on Thursday that Ghana striker Gyan met Ghana-born Niger defender Kofi Dankwa on the eve of the game in an attempt to throw the game in favour of the Black Stars.<\/p>\n

Ghana beat Niger 3-0 last Monday to head Group B but the irony is that Dankwa scored a goal against the Black Stars which was disallowed-TV replay proved it was a legitimate goal.<\/p>\n

The Ghana Football Association has issued damning statement damning the publication and has false, reckless and mischievous.<\/p>\n

Appiah, an ex-Ghana captain, took time to address the issue ahead of his final training session before playing Cape Verde in Port Elizabeth.<\/p>\n

“I heard about this negativity that you spoke off. For me there is no truth in it,” Appiah said<\/p>\n

“Everyone who watched the game will see that it doesn\u2019t actually even make sense.<\/p>\n

“At the end of the day, the FA has issued an official statement on it. What I need to do is concentrate on the game ahead.<\/p>\n

“My boys are very focused on our game. As to what someone is suggesting or thinking, it up to that person.”<\/p>\n

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Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah says ”senseless” reports of match-fixing has not affected his preparations for Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final clash.Correspondents of the Ghana News Agency and Radio Gold claimed on Thursday that Ghana striker Gyan met Ghana-born Niger defender Kofi Dankwa on the eve of the game in an attempt to throw the game in favour of the Black Stars.Ghana beat Niger 3-0 last Monday to head Group B but the irony is that Dankwa scored a goal against the Black Stars which was disallowed-TV replay proved it was a legitimate goal.The Ghana Football Association has issued damning statement damning the publication and has false, reckless and mischievous.Appiah, an ex-Ghana captain, took time to address the issue ahead of his final training session before playing Cape Verde in Port Elizabeth.”I heard about this negativity that you spoke off. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}