BREAKING NEWS: Techiman City in trouble as CAS dismisses appeal against GFA, club set to suffer huge fine

Techiman City FC are in hot waters as the Court Of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) has dismissed their appeal against the Ghana Football Association and has directed that the decision of the Appeals Committee of the FA must stand.

On top of the dismissal, the Division One League side re to pay a huge fine to be determined by FIFA to cover the cost of the arbitration processes.

In a document chanced upon by GHANAsoccernet.com, signed by Luigi Fumagalli – Sole Arbitrator of the case, the appeal file by the Ghanaian club had no merits hence the dismissal.

The decision of CAS regarding the case are as follows:

1. The appeal filed by Techiman City FC on 13^th November 2017 with respect to the Appeals Committee decision of the Ghana Football Association on 12 September 2017 and 14^th October 2017, to the extent in which it is admissible. Is dismissed.
2. The decision of the Ghana Football Association on 12^th September 2017 and 24^th October 2017 are confirmed.
3. The cost of the arbitration, to be determined and served to the parties by the CAS court office, shall be borne by Techiman City FC.
4. Each party shall bear the legal cost and expenses incurred in connection with the present proceedings.
5. All other motions or prayers are dismissed.

Techiman City officially reported Techiman Eleven Wonders to FIFA, CAF and the GFA for inducing their player Martin Kyeremeh ahead of their clash in Techiman.

This followed the action of the decision of the Appeals Committee of the FA to overturn the decision of the Discipline Committee which was in favour of Techiman City.

The Appeals Committee threw away the ruling of the DC to rule in favour of Wonders who were charged for inducing the player ahead of the local derby between the two sides.

City’s discomfort with the decision of the Appeals Committee jumped to CAS to seek redress but the final ruling from CAS means the Appeals Committee took the right decision.

The Zone One of the Division One League has been characterised by legal wars compelling the DC to suspend the zone for a month to handle the legal issues but the legal tag of war does not show any promise of ending any time soon.

By: Sheikh Tophic Sienu @desheikh1 on twitter