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  • Inter Allies thank Okudzeto Ablakwa for cash donation

    Inter Allies thank Okudzeto Ablakwa for cash donation

    Inter Allies FC, a newly promoted Division One League club, has expressed deep appreciation to Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, for his generous cash donation following the team’s recent triumph.

    This donation comes as a celebration of Inter Allies’ victory in the 2023/2024 Volta Football Association Middle League, which secured their promotion to the National Division One League.

    Ablakwa, whose constituency includes the team’s home ground at Battor R/C Park, shared his joy over their success.

    He urged the players and management to continue bringing pride to the people of Battor as they progress to the national level.

    “This kind gesture is a testament to Honourable Ablakwa’s belief in football’s potential for national development and as a career path for young people,” said Inter Allies CEO, Delali Senaye.

    Inter Allies is open to partnering with Mr Ablakwa in further promoting and developing football within the constituency.

    The team is committed to making the MP and all their supporters proud in the upcoming National Division One League.

    Once again, the team extends its thanks to Honourable Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa for his support and generosity.

  • CAS lifts GFA suspension against 21 Ashgold and Inter Allies players

    The (CAS) has given all players implicated in the highly publicized match-fixing case involving Ashgold and Inter Allies a stay of execution.

    Reports indicate that the grant by CAS comes as a result of the Professional Football Association of Ghana(PFAG)’s appeal through the International Federation of Professional Footballers(FIFPro).

    At the moment with the exception of Asante Kotoko’s Richmond Lamptey all the players can be involved in action for their clubs until the final judgement is passed by CAS.

    Lamptey was found guilty in the scandal during his days at Inter Allies. Asante Kotoko in a statement released on Friday, July 29, 2022, announced that the club have begun processes to appeal his banned at CAS.

    As a result, the PFAG exempted Lamptey’s name from their appeal list.

    Background

    The Disciplinary Committee of the GFA on Monday, May 16, 2022, announced that AshantiGold and now Division One side Inter Allies have been found guilty of match-fixing in 2021.

    Both teams have been demoted to the country’s third-tier league. The DC also sanctioned administrators, coaches, and some players of both teams.

    The GFA stated that the sanctions will take effect from the 2022/2023 season.

  • FIFPro drags GFA to CAS for banning AshGold, Inter Allies players over match-fixing allegations

    FIFPro, a global footballers welfare body, has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) to rescind the ban on Ashanti Gold and Inter Allies players for alleged match fixing by the Ghana Football Association (GFA).

    According to reports, it is unknown the specific players FIFPro is representing in order to save their careers.

    The Ghana Football Association banned eight players of Ashanti Gold for 24 months and four others 48 months over their inability to appear before the Association’s Committee after the club was found guilty of match manipulation in their 2020/21 Ghana Premier League Matchday 34 game against Inter Allies FC.

    The eight are Stephen Owusu Banahene, Dacosta Ampem, Frank Akoto, Agyemang Isaac Opoku, Amos Kofi Nkrumah, Eric Esso, Moses Kwame and Solomon Afriyie.

    Those banned for 48 months are Emmanuel Owusu, Mohammed Bailou, Amos Addai and Paul De Vries Asare.

    Two other players of Ashanti Gold, Samed Mohammed and Seth Osei have been banned for 30 months.

    Ashantigold demoted to Division Two over match-fixing

    Meanwhile, Asante Kotoko has directed its legal team to appeal the 30-month ban imposed on its midfielder, Richmond Lamptey, according to reports.

  • Richmond Lamptey banned 30 months for involvement in AshGold-Inter Allies match manipulation, social media reacts

    Richmond Lamptey, an Asante Kotoko midfielder, has been banned 30 months from the Ghana Premier League for his involvement in match fixing with Inter Allies against AshantiGold SC last season.

    The 25-year-old was charged on two counts for breaching Article 34(6)(d) of the GFA Premier league regulations,2019 and Article 26(1) & (2) of the GFA Code of Ethics, 2019.

    The Ghana Football Association (GFA) made this known in a press statement announcing the sanctions slapped on Ashanti Gold and its President, Dr Kwaku Frimpong, and a few others. The sanctions will take effect from the 2022/2023 Ghana Premier League season.

    Since the news broke, football fanatics have taken to Twitter to share their disappointment in Lamptey being banned. Kotoko fans are unhappy such a “good player” will be unable to contribute his quota to the development of the team.

    Others are calling on the club to terminate its contract with Richmond Lamptey.

    Meanwhile, a section of Twitter users has applauded the GFA for the thorough investigation it carried out.

    Source: The Independent Ghana

     



  • See the full list of sanctions against AshantiGold for involvement in match-fixing

    The Ghana Football Association (GFA) earlier indicated that AshantiGold SC have been demoted from the Ghana Premier League to the Division Two League.

    This is after the club was found guilty of match manipulation in their 2020/21 Ghana Premier League Matchday 34 game against Inter Allies FC.

    Several sanctions have been meted out to AshantiGold and this will take effect from the 2022/2023 Ghana Premier League season.

    Among the sanctions is a ¢100,000 fine against the club and its President, Dr Kwaku Frimpong, respectively.

    Here is the full list of sanctions:

    • At the end of the 2021/22 Ghana Premier League season, Ashantigold SC shall be demoted to the Division Two League in accordance with Article 6(3)(h) of the GFA Disciplinary Code 2019.
    • That a fine of ¢100,000 is imposed on Ashantigold SC in accordance with Article 6(1)(c) and Article 6(4) of the GFA Disciplinary Code 2019.
    • The President of Ashantigold SC, Dr Kwaku Frimpong, is banned from taking part in any football-related activity for 120 months in accordance with Article 34.5(d)(i) of the Ghana Premier League Regulations 2019.
    • That a fine of ¢100,000 is imposed on Dr Kwaku Frimpong in accordance with Article 34.5(d)(ii) of the Ghana Premier League Regulations 2019.
    • The CEO of Ashantigold SC, Emmanuel Frimpong, is banned from taking part in any football-related activity for 96 months in accordance with Article 34.5(d)(i) of the Ghana Premier League Regulations 2019.
    • That a fine of ¢50,000 is imposed on the Chief Executive Officer of Ashantigold SC Emmanuel Frimpong in accordance with Article 34.5(d)(ii) of the Ghana Premier League Regulations 2019.
    • The Head Coach of Ashantigold SC, Thomas Duah, is banned from taking part in any football-related activity for 24 months in accordance with Article 34.5(d)(i) of the Ghana Premier League Regulations 2019.
    • The Team Manager of Ashantigold SC, Aidoo Gee Ahmed, is banned from taking part in any football-related activity for 24 months in accordance with Article 34.5(d)(i) of the Ghana Premier League Regulations 2019.
    • The underlisted players of Ashantigold SC are hereby banned for 24 months each in accordance with 34.5(d)(i) of the Ghana Premier League Regulations 2019.

    Player Name Jersey Number

    Stephen Owusu Banahene 4

    Dacosta Ampem 7

    Frank Akoto 15

    Agyemang Isaac Opoku 19

    Amos Kofi Nkrumah 24

    Eric Esso 25

    Moses Kwame 29

    Solomon Afriyie 35

    • That Samed Mohammed, Player number 32 of Ashantigold SC, is hereby banned for 30 months in accordance with Article 34.5(d)(i) of the Ghana Premier League Regulations 2019.
    • That Seth Osei, Player number 33 of Ashantigold SC, is hereby banned for 30 months in accordance with Article 34.5(d)(i) of the Ghana Premier League Regulations 2019.
    • That the underlisted players and official of Ashantigold SC who were invited but failed to appear before the Committee are hereby banned for 48 months each in accordance with Article 34.5(d)(i) of the Ghana Premier League Regulations:
    1. Emmanuel Owusu Player
    2. Mohammed Bailou Player
    3. Amos Addai Player
    4. Paul De Vries Asare Player
    5. Nana Kwasi Darling Sporting Director

    The GFA’s decision shall be communicated to FIFA to be given international application in accordance with the GFA Disciplinary Code and FIFA Disciplinary Code, since a number of players are now playing in outside clubs.

    Source: The Independent Ghana

  • Inter Allies head of technical Henrik Lehm leaves club

    Inter Allies FC Head of Technical for the first team Henrik Peters Lehm has left the club with immediate effect following his recall by Capelli Sport.

    The hugely respected Danish trainer, who doubled as the Head of Technical for the Capelli Sport Group joined Inter Allies in January as part of an agreement with Capelli Sports to provide technical support to the club.

    Lehm with his 41-year coaching experience immediately rejuvenated the side, winning four games and losing once in 7 games of the 2019/2020 Ghana Premier League season.

    Inter Allies together with its Technical Partners, Capelli Sport will in the coming days announce a new head coach.

    The Tema-based club are currently lying 16th position on the league standings with just four points from six matches.

    Source: Ghana Soccernet

  • GPL Week 5 Preview – Inter Allies vs. Bechem United

    Inter Allies FC will be looking for a rebound on Saturday when they take on Bechem United at the Accra Sports Stadium in the Ghana Premier League.

    The capital-based side suffered a 1-0 defeat in the hands of King Faisal Babes FC in Techiman in their last league fixture.

    Inter Allies currently lie at the 11th position managing a single victory from four matches so far in the season and drawn once and lost twice.

    Head coach Tony Lokko has exited the club following a mutual termination on Wednesday leaving the position vacant.

    Technical director and youth development director Henrik Peters Lehm takes over on the interim for Saturday’s game.

    Goalkeeper Rashid Seidu has been named the club’s player of the month and is expected to replicate his form against the Hunters.

    Richmond Nii Lamptey is expected to be fit for this weekend’s match after missing the game against King Faisal through an injury.

    Bechem United make a second trip to the Greater Accra this season aiming to protect their unbeaten streak after three games.

    They opened their campaign in Dansoman where they held Liberty Professionals to a 1-1 draw coming from behind.

    The Hunters have recorded a win and a draw in their other two matches against WAFA SC and Aduana Stars respectively.

    Bechem have managed only a draw in their five previous games as guests to Inter Allies and have lost all of the last three in the Ghana premiership.

    Kwaku Danso and his men would want to change the status quo on Saturday at the Accra Sports Stadium.

    Striker Prince Kwabena Adu didn’t make the journey to Dormaa Ahenkro to face Aduana in the last fixture.

    The prolific attacker is expected back in the fold for Bechem for the trip to Accra as he looks to find his mojo this campaign. He is yet to get to his best.

    Source: Ghana Soccernet

  • Inter Allies defender Hashmin Musah pens contract extension

    Inter Allies have announced defender Hashmin Musah has signed a one-year contract extension.

    This means the centre back will be available for the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League season.

    Musah has been at the club since 2016 and has gone on to make 48 appearances.

    In March 2018, he signed a new two-year contract with the ‘Eleven Is To One’ boys.

    Inter Allies open their campaign on the weekend of 13-16 November against Dreams FC at home.

    They travel to Karela United the following week before a home clash against giants Hearts of Oak.

    Source: Ghana Soccernet

  • Emmanuel Adjetey delighted to re-join Inter Allies

    Inter Allies returnee Emmanuel Adjetey has expressed delight in re-joining the club after spells abroad.

    The 32-year-old, who previously played for MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps and USL side Charleston Battery, has penned a one-year contract for the second spell.

    “I am very happy to come back home. I want to use my experience to help the team this season,” said Adjetey.

    During his first stint, he spent four years in their books.

    Adjetey also played for Ghana Premier League sides AshantiGold and Liberty Professionals.

    He represented Togolese top-flight side Maranatha FC.

    Source: Ghana Soccernet

  • Inter Allies FC confirms Samuel Armah’s move to Albanian side KF Skenderbeu

    Inter Allies striker, Samuel Armah, has joined Albanian top-flight side KF Skenderbeu on a season-long loan, the club has announced.

    As earlier reported by GHANAsoccernet.com, Armah joins the club on loan with the option for the club to make his stay permanent at the end of the season.

    A statement from the club read: “Our striker Samuel Armah has completed a move to Albania top-flight side KF Skenderbeu on a season-long loan deal.

    “The deal which sees the player move to Europe contains an option to buy clause after the one season loan contract.”

    “Armah arrived in Albania last Thursday and trained with his new team-mates for the first time on Saturday morning”.

    The 20-year-old scored two goals in 16 appearances in the truncated 2019/20 season.

    Source: Ghana Soccernet

  • Inter Allies cool interest in Christopher Bonney

    Inter Allies have cooled their interest in Hearts of Oak midfielder Christopher Bonney, according to Graphic Sports Online.

    Bonney is one of the players the Phobians have put on the transfer market as they seek to strengthen the team ahead of the start of the new season.

    Inter Allies had expressed the desire to sign the right-back on loan and talks between the parties involved started before the lockdown.

    The report further stated that Inter Allies are no longer ready to have Bonney in their fold and they have pulled out of the deal as they focus on other options.

    A return to his former club Ebusua Dwarfs on loan is likely while there is a possibility of the player switching to Legon Cities.

    Bonney has also previously played for Unistar Academy and Asante Kotoko.

    Source: footballghana.com

  • Player exodus cannot be stopped in Ghana – Inter Allies coach Tony Lokko

    Inter Allies FC head coach Anthony Lokko insists player exodus cannot be stopped in Ghana.

    The experienced trainer believes that home based footballers deserve more than what they are currently earning as salaries and bonuses which the clubs cannot.

    And due to the fact that clubs cannot meet players’ demands, they will continue to travel elsewhere for greener environment every season.

    It has been a common practice in Ghana as every season many talents travel outside the country to seek for greener pastures and that has affected the quality of the domestic league.

    Lokko says it will be extremely difficult for the Ghana Football Association to stop the player exodus.

    “It will be extremely difficult for us to stop players from travelling to seek greener pastures following how low their salaries are,” he told Opemsuo 104.7 FM in Kumasi.

    “Until we are able to pay huge sums of money to our local players, we should forget to keep them in Ghana.”

    Source: Ghana Soccernet

  • Coronavirus: We are not ready for football – Inter Allies coach

    Inter Allies head coach Tony Lokko has disclosed that his team is not ready for the resumption of football as the coronavirus pandemic lingers on.

    Ghana has recorded 32,000 cases since the outbreak of the virus and as the government continues to ease restrictions on some sectors of the economy, football activities remained suspended since March this year.

    The effects of the coronavirus have led to the Ghana FA cancelling the 2019/20 football season with a new date for restart scheduled for October.

    Despite efforts from the Ghana FA to ensure football restart amid the pandemic, Inter Allies coach Tony Lokko has hinted that his players are not ready as safety measures or protocols to ensure football returns in the safest possible means have not been put in place.

    “We are not ready for our football to come back,” Tony Lokko told BBC Africa.

    “I have been communicating with my players and they are also scared. Look at the situation, we are all scared of the virus.

    “The health materials we are supposed to put in place are not ready and that is the fear of everyone at the moment.”

    Meanwhile, the Ghana FA despite announcing to start the Ghana Premier League in October is yet to disclose the plans to ensure all the COVID-19 protocols are adhered to.

    The FA is still engaging the government on ways to ensure football restarts amid the pandemic.

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last week gave the green light for the country junior national teams to resume camping ahead of their international assignments.

    All sporting activities were suspended by the Ghanaian government due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

    However, with the gradual ease of lockdown in the country, the Black Starlets (Male U-17), Black Princesses (Female U-20) and Black Maidens (Female U-17) will resume camp.

    Whilst giving updates on measures taken against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the President said the U-17, U-20 female teams can resume camping ahead of their respective international assignments in September 2020.

    “The playing, technical and management teams must observe strictly all the protocols issued by Government, CAF and FIFA against COVID-19 whilst training,” he said.

    Source: Ghanaian Times

  • Match Preview: Berekum Chelsea v Inter Allies

    Berekum Chelsea returned to home turf determined to make amends after a horror show in Elmina Sharks last week against Inter Allies.

    The Blues tasted their second consecutive way defeat in that humiliating 3-1 reverse against Sharks.

    At the Golden City Park, victory is guaranteed for the former league champions who are undefeated at home this term.

    But their defenders will have a lot of work to do to stop the enterprising striker Victorien Adebayor.

    Striker Kofi Owusu is recapturing his verve and scored in their defeat last week, so the club can count on him.

    It rained goals for Inter Allies in their last trip after clobbering Eleven Wonders 3-0 in Techiman.

    They have already lost at Aduana Stars and Karela United FC but in those matches, they played well.

    Prediction:

    Berekum Chelsea 2-1 Inter Allies

    Source: GHANAsoccernet.com

  • I have never seen a striker like Adebayor in the GPL – Inter Allies defender Paul Abanga

    Inter Allies defender Paul Abanga says he is yet to come across a striker better than teammate Victorien Adebayor in his time in the Ghana Premier League.

    Victorien Adebayor is enjoying a blistering start to the season with the ‘Eleven is to One Boys’ after netting 8 goals in 9 premier league games, won four MVP’s and contributed three assists.

    Abanga is impressed by the exploits of the Niger international and admits he has not met a better attacker in his five years in the top flight than Adebayor.

    “Frankly speaking I have never met a guy like him,” Abanga told Joy Sports. “I have been in the Ghana Premier League for five years and I have never met a striker like him (Adebayor),” added the experienced defender.

    “He is super on the pitch and off the pitch.

    “Talking about striking, he is a striker. Whether he shows it on the pitch or not in a match he delivers.

    “He does his as Adebayor and we know on the field of play he always delivers. We have so much confidence in him and we know what he is capable of doing.”

    Adebayor’s goals has seen the Accra based club leap from the relegation zone to 11th position.

    Source: GHANAsoccernet.com

  • Adebayor has a lot to learn- Inter Allies chief

    Technical head of Inter Allies Football Club, Henrik Peters insists red-hot striker Victorien Adebayor has a lot to learn despite his explosive start to the Ghana Premier League.

    The Niger international has been in stupendous form in the domestic league, netting 8 goals in nine premier league games and is joint top scorer with Aduana Stars’ Yahaya Mohammed.

    But the head of Inter Allies’ technical department believes the media is over hyping the player, who he thinks has a ‘lot to learn.’

    “He is very good on one-against-one, thus dribbling, his left foot is very good,” the Dane told Joy Sports.

    “But is also important to say you are making a lot of hype about Adebayor, he still have a lot to learn, he is a good player, he scores a lot of goals, he can go very far but he has a lot to learn.”

    Victorien Adebayor joined the Accra based club in the 2017/18 season after excelling in the WAFU Cup of Nations in Ghana three years ago.

    He has since been an integral member of the Capelli Boys and was recently a target of Ghanaian giants Asante Kotoko.

    Source: GHANAsoccernet.com