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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has given a boost to the former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, repealing his lifetime ban and reducing it to 12 years.
The Swiss-based organization is reported to have communicated the news to the former FIFA Council member and first vice-president of CAF on Tuesday after he appealed FIFA’s decision.
According to a report by local radio station Nhyira FM in Ghana, FIFA has also been informed of the decision, but the three parties have not independently confirmed it.
It is not known whether the other sanctions against Nyantakyi have been lifted following appeal to the highest court in sport.
If this is true, it means that Nyantakyi can return to the administration of the game in 2029 but can attend football matches even though he cannot participate in the administration of the game for now.
Nyantakyi, a former member of the FIFA General Council, was found guilty after being filmed by an investigative journalist in a hotel room who appeared to accept a $ 65,000 bribe from an alleged businessman seeking to sponsor Ghana’s soccer league.
He was also fined 500,000 Swiss francs ($ 498,000).
“The sentencing chamber declared Mr. Nyantakyi guilty of having violated art. 19 (Conflicts of interest), art. 21 (Bribery and corruption) and art. 22 (Committee) of the FIFA Code of Ethics, ”FIFA said in a statement.
“As a consequence, Mr. Nyantakyi is banned for life from all football-related activities (administrative, sports or any other) both nationally and internationally.
FIFA sanctioned for life all football-related activities by FIFA in October 2018 following several violations of the governing body’s code of ethics, including bribery and corruption.
Nyantakyi, who was also a former vice president of the African Football Confederation, resigned in June after a recording by undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas appeared showing him demanding kickbacks to hand over top government officials, including the presidency.
Nyantakyi later apologized to Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo and the government for what he called his “indiscretion.”
He denied any wrongdoing regarding match-fixing.
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