Ghana to appeal CAF Black Starlets ban

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has said that it will appeal CAF's disqualification of the Black Starlets from participating in the 2015 U-17 championship.

CAF banned the Starlets after Cameroon filed a protest against seven players of the team on September 13th 2014 after the 1st leg match of the 3rd round of the U-17 Championship qualifiers which Ghana won 2-1.

Out of the seven players, the CAF Medical Committee made adverse findings against two players. 

CAF subsequently requested a retest of the two players using the F-Marc procedure for age determination which was done in Ghana on 1st October, in the presence of a CAF Medical Committee member. 

CAF wrote to the GFA on Saturday claiming the analysis of the MRI report from a Medical Centre in Ghana contradicts the analysis of two CAF medical experts on the eligibility of one of the players. 

However, according to the GFA, the Radiologist Consultant who carried out both the initial MRI tests and rescanning confirmed that the said player was within the age limit. 

The GFA said it was dissatisfied with the decision of the CAF U-17 Organising Committee and had accordingly filed an appeal with the CAF Appeals Committee.

Daily Graphic