{"id":430237,"date":"2017-10-19T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/hearts-of-oak-official-arrested-over-match-fixing-scandal\/"},"modified":"2017-10-19T14:00:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T14:00:33","slug":"hearts-of-oak-official-arrested-over-match-fixing-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/hearts-of-oak-official-arrested-over-match-fixing-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearts of Oak official arrested over match-fixing scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday, 19 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-10-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/30582328.295.jpg\" alt=\"Accra Hearts Of Oak Logo.jpeg\" title=\"Accra Hearts Of Oak Logo.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"278\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Hearts of Oak logo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1508421633_276_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The protocol officer of Accra Hearts of Oak has resigned after he was arrested and questioned over a match-fixing scandal that has rocked the club.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Acquah according to reports, connives with some betting companies and coaches to gamble with the club\u2019s premier league games to his benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Acquah who was responsible for receiving match officials and ensuring their accommodation, allegedly agrees with the officials to manipulate results to suit the betting companies they benefit from.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations were first made by die-hard supporter of the former Ghana Premier League Champions Aziz Haruna Futtah on Asempa FM.<\/p>\n<p>According to Aziz, the match-fixing activities of Acquah contributed to the Phobia Boys\u2019 failure to win this season\u2019s premier league and also explains the club\u2019s inconsistent displays.<\/p>\n<p>Starrfmonline.com has gathered that Mr. Acquah was arrested on Thursday, October 12, and questioned by the Nima Police over the betting scandal. 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