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Sports News of Thursday, 2 July 2020

Source: GNA

Kotoko, Ashgold to represent Ghana at continental competitions

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has settled on Asante Kotoko and Ashanti Gold FC as the nation’s representatives for the 2020/21 continental competitions to be organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The two clubs were champions of the last season’s normalization committee competitions for tier one and tier two respectively and therefore have been selected to represent the nation in the next CAF inter-club championship.

The GFA on Tuesday, June 30, decided to cancel the 2019/2020 football season following the unending coronavirus pandemic, that has rocked the entire world.

A statement from the GFA said, “the Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), has taken a decision to cancel the 2019/20 football season following a marathon meeting on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, at the GFA Secretariat in Accra.

“Accordingly, all records associated with the season has been expunged but fines accrued must be honoured by clubs. There shall also be no demotion and promotion,” it stated.

The League season had been on suspension since March 16, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the statement, the Executive Council would meet on Thursday, July 9, 2020, to discuss all issues relating to the next football season and Congress.