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SUNDA International supports May 9 victims

A Chinese company operating in Ghana SUNDA International has donated cash and household consumables, toiletries and T-shirts through the May 9 foundation for families of victims of the Accra stadium disaster as Ghana marks 19th anniversary of the sports tragedy.

Dear GFA, stop blaming Number 12 for PUMA contract slash

When I saw speculative reports that Puma has slashed Ghana's financial benefits in its new contract with the GFA, I was taken aback. But after some enquiries, including contacts at Puma, I ended up laughing like a baby who has seen the mother after minutes of loneliness.

Five substitutions per team permitted by IFAB to help aid players' return

Teams will be allowed to make up to five substitutions per match if and when football does return this season.

The International Football Association Board (IFAB), who govern the laws of the game, have made a temporary amendment to Law 3 off the back of a request from FIFA, with protecting player welfare at the centre of their concerns.

Any competition that has already started but is due to finish by the end of this year can implement the law to increase from three permitted subs to five for each team in their remaining fixtures.

The law is conditional on it being implemented by the respective governing bodies of specific competitions, e.g. UEFA agreeing for its use in the Champions League.

One objection to passing the amendment initially was the suggestion that teams may use it to their advantage to time waste.

However, IFAB have stated that teams can only make changes at three times during a match, or at half-time, in order to minimise disruption.

A statement from IFAB on Friday said: "The temporary amendment comes into force with immediate effect, and has been made as matches may be played in a condensed period in different weather conditions, both of which could have impacts on player welfare.

"The decision on whether to apply this temporary amendment will remain at the discretion of each individual competition organiser, while The IFAB and FIFA will determine at a later stage whether this temporary amendment would need to be extended further (e.g. for competitions due to be completed in 2021)."

IFAB's ruling now leaves the decision in the hands of the FA, as well as the Premier League and EFL, as to whether they want to utilise it in English football.

The law could also impact Champions League and Europa League football, depending on how UEFA wish to proceed with those competitions.

Should teams make substitutions at the same time, that would only classify as one opportunity for each team.

If matches go to extra time in cup competitions where the law is in place, substitutions will be carried over as normal.

In competitions where an additional substitution is permitted in extra time - like the Champions League - this will remain the case, with teams able to also make changes after full-time and at half-time in extra time.

Source: thesun.co.uk

GFA reacts to former Black Stars coach Kwasi Appiah after salary outburst

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has maintained that they are not the ones to foot the outstanding fees of the ex-Black Stars coach Kwasi Appiah but Sports Ministry.

Kwasi Appiah, 59, is demanding an amount owed him after his two year stint with the GFA came to an end in December.

Despite leaving his job months ago, he is still owed five months of salary and outstanding bonuses totalling around $180,000.

According to the coach, attempts to retrieve his money has proved futile and has instructed his lawyers to deal with the GFA.

"I decided to keep quiet on my salaries’ issues all these while but I think if you are working with someone and you are no more, the best way is to give the person whatever he deserves and there will be peace,” he is quoted as saying by Accra-based Starr FM.

“The question is how do I feed my family meanwhile I quite remember when they took over Dr. Kofi Amoah gave them $1,000,000 dollars and I even understand there is also some $500,000 from FIFA or whatever, the bottom line is you should look at the essential ones and try and sort it out.

“But it looks like they don’t care. This is money I have worked for and they are not telling me anything which I feel it doesn’t show sign of respect. So I have told my lawyers to deal with it.”

However, the Ghana Football Association’s Communications Director Henry Asante Twum, has made it clear that to the former coach that, the Sports Ministry are the ones to pay the arrears and not his outfit.

He says ‘angry’ Kwasi Appiah should have known better since he was a former employee of the Black Stars.

“The GFA does not pay the coach – it’s the state that pays the coach,” Twum told the BBC.

“The GFA is the employer of the head coach of the national team but his salary is paid by the state. He [Appiah] wrote to the GFA [demanding his outstanding salaries and bonuses] and we forwarded his letter to the [sports] ministry.

“It is the ministry that must pay him, not the GFA.

“Kwasi Appiah has been in and out of the Black Stars for so many years and he knows that it is not the FA that pays him.

“It’s very strange to read what is going round because it’s not the FA that pays the head coach of Black Stars, it is the Government of Ghana. That has been the constitution. The Government owes him.”

FIFA clears Kotoko

World football governing body, FIFA has closed its file on the issues relating to player, Kwame Bonsu, Asante Kotoko and Esperance.

GFA grateful to clubs for maximum cooperation

The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) wishes to express its profound gratitude to the leadership of Clubs and the Regional Football Associations for their cooperation during the recent engagement on the way forward for the sport.