An undercover investigation by The Telegraph and Channel 4’s Dispatches programme finds that the President of Ghana’s Football Association agreed for the team to play in international matches that others were prepared to rig
Ghana has been exposed for agreeing to take part in international football matches organised by match fixers.
An undercover investigation by The Telegraph and Channel Four’s Dispatches programme found that the President of Ghana’s Football Association agreed for the team to take part in international matches that others were prepared to rig.
Ghana has been exposed for agreeing to take part in international football matches organised by match fixers.
An undercover investigation by The Telegraph and Channel Four’s Dispatches programme found that the President of Ghana’s Football Association agreed for the team to take part in international matches that others were prepared to rig.
The team is currently competing in the World Cup finals in Brazil and our revelations threaten to raise yet more questions on the oversight of international football.
The Telegraph and Channel 4’s Dispatches launched a six-month investigation into match-fixing after receiving information that some football associations were working with criminal gangs looking to rig scores in World Cup friendlies.
Undercover reporters and an investigator approached Christopher Forsythe, an agent accredited by Fifa, football’s governing body, who said he was close to Ghana’s Football Association and able to organise international matches.
During a meeting in London, Mr Forsythe agreed to fix football matches by organising international fixtures for Ghana which would be overseen by corrupt referees.
When they were confronted about their operation, both Mr Forsythe and Mr Nketiah denied any involvement in a plot to fix matches.
Mr Nketiah said: "These are false allegations and I will never in my life do such a thing."
As part of a lengthy statement, Mr Forsythe said “To be frank everything I told you about the match fixing was a figment of my own imagination because I am so naive that I don’t even know how matches are done. They were promises just to be able to get something off you.”
Mr Nyantakyi said that he had not read the contract and he did not know about the deal to fix games.
He said that the proposed match would have been handled by a licensed Fifa match agent and that he was unaware that Mr Forsythe had demanded £30,000 for the football association.
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