GFA to appeal CAF disqualification of Black Starlets 22:44 | 26.10.2014

The Ghana Football Association has begun an appeal with CAF following the disqualification of the Black Starlets following protest by Cameroon The Ghana Football Association has filed an appeal with the CAF Appeals Committee over the decision of the CAF U-17 Organizing Committee to disqualify the national U-17 team of Ghana, the Black Starlets from the 2015 U-17 Championship. The football governing body of Ghana is
dissatisfied with the decision of the CAF U-17.Organising Committee ban Ghana. Cameroon launched a protest against seven players of the Black Starlets after losing 2-1
to Ghana in the first leg match of the third round of the U-17 Championship qualifiers. CAF Medical Committee made adverse findings against two players with subsequent tests [in the presence of CAF Medical Committee
member] in Ghana using the F-Marc procedure for age determination. CAF later wrote to GFA claiming the analysis of the MRI report from the Medical Centre in Ghana contradict the analysis of the CAF experts despite Radiologist Consultant who carried out both the initial MRI tests and
rescanning confirming the player under review is within the age limit.