International Football
VIDEOS: HOW GUNMEN KILLED UNDERCOVER JOURNALIST WHO HELPED EXPOSE FOOTBALL GRAFT
Graphic description of how Ghana’s ant-graft crusader was killed has emerged. According to Ghanaweb.com, an eyewitness who was at the scene of the murder of Anas’ partner, Ahmed, has given more details on events leading to his sad death.
According to the eyewitness, Ahmed’s killers who rode on a motorbike followed him into a salon and fired two more shots at him after an earlier one.
This is contained in a video sighted by YEN.com.gh on Citinewsroom.
The eyewitness who spoke on conditions of anonymity revealed
that Ahmed was earlier in the company of some friends including himself when he
had a call and went over to move his car.
However, as soon as he moved the car, the gunmen who were
apparently monitoring his moves crossed the car and fired the first gun at him
at a junction.
According to the eyewitness, Suale, upon reaching the
junction, slowed down and that was when the shot was fired.
Out of desperation to save his life, the journalist was said
to have driven backwards, losing control of the steering in the process, and as
a result, crashed into a hairdressing salon across the road breaking its glass
door.
The
gunmen then pursued him right into the salon and fired two more shots at him
killing him instantly.
Following this, a man who stood by and saw what was happening
decided to raise alarm, but one of the gunmen pointed his gun at him threatening
to shoot if he made any noise.
“So we all kept quiet because he was holding the gun in his
face. We couldn’t say anything and they came for the motorbike and went away,”
the eyewitness said sadly.
He added that it was after the gunmen had sped off that they
gathered the courage to call the police.
The police, he revealed, said they could not come immediately
because all their patrol cars had hit town.
Therefore, the young men around tried stopping some taxis to
help convey Suale to the hospital, but because it was a gunshot case, they all
refused. Consequently, before help could come for Ahmed to be taken to
the hospital, he had already died.
According to this narrator, the gunmen had earlier been
lurking in the area around 3:15 pm, however, no one suspected them.
“We saw them around 3:15 in the area but we didn’t pay
attention to them. They waited till it was late before they killed him. I had
my torchlight because it was late,” the eyewitness revealed.
Meanwhile, controversial MP for Assin Central, Kennedy
Agyapong, has called for the arrest of Anas.
He
said Anas’ ‘rushing’ to announce the death on social media giving all details
leading to the death was premature and raised suspicions.
According to him, a text message available shows that Ahmed
and Anas had had some misunderstandings recently which led to Anas killing him
for falling out of the team.
In a related development, some Ghanaians have slammed Anas
for blaming Ken for the death, with other saying “he (Anas) cannot be trusted
either”
Representatives from four national players’ unions on Thursday launched a new global organisation in Madrid, which they say will strengthen footballers’ rights and improve dialogue with governing bodies.
Opening a new front in the battle over who speaks for players, the International Footballers’ Association (AIF) was unveiled, with David Aganzo, president of Spain’s Association of Footballers (AFE) and a former head of the global union FIFPRO, appointed to lead the organisation.
Players’ unions from Brazil, Mexico and Switzerland were also represented.
The initiative drew a swift rebuke from FIFPRO, which said in a statement that Aganzo was acting out of self-interest and aligning himself with organisations linked to football governing bodies, as well as groups expelled from FIFPRO over alleged mismanagement.
Aganzo rejected the criticism, saying he “will not seek confrontation with FIFPRO”.
The launch comes amid strained relations between players’ unions and football authorities, particularly over the expanding international match calendar.
Relations between FIFA and FIFPRO deteriorated in 2024 after the union lodged a complaint with the European Commission, arguing that the global governing body was abusing its dominant position by adding competitions without sufficient consultation.
Aganzo denied suggestions that the new initiative was backed by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, but said “direct dialogue with FIFA” was essential.
AFE’s Extraordinary General Assembly approved the initiative in February with 99.8% of votes cast in favour of spearheading the creation of the AIF.
The same assembly also backed AFE’s withdrawal from FIFPRO, citing what it described as a “complete lack of transparency, as well as its total lack of dialogue with international bodies.”
“We represent over 30,000 footballers, and we come here with a new model aimed at safeguarding players’ rights and facilitating direct communication with all international bodies,” Aganzo told reporters.
“We are in contact with 15 to 20 unions already who were very aware of this moment and waiting for this announcement to make their move and join our initiative.”
He declined to identify any unions beyond those present.
Asked about a report that a senior envoy to U.S. President Donald Trump had urged FIFA to replace Iran with Italy at the upcoming World Cup, Aganzo urged caution.
“These are more political issues; on April 30th, I’ll be speaking to Gianni (Infantino) at the FIFA Congress, and we will discuss those things,” Aganzo said.
“People who want to go to the World Cup have to earn their place on sporting merit.”
-Reuters
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A new trial over the death of Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona will begin on Tuesday, with seven members of his medical team charged with negligent homicide nearly a year after a previous case collapsed in a mistrial.
An enduring presence in Argentina – from towering murals to tattoos, opens new tab – Maradona died on November 25, 2020, at 60, after a heart attack while he was recuperating from brain surgery to remove a blood clot.
A court in San Isidro, near Buenos Aires, will hear testimony from just under 100 witnesses as it tries Maradona’s medical team over alleged negligence in the death of the 1986 World Cup champion.
His medical team has denied wrongdoing. The defendants are psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, psychologist Carlos Angel Diaz, physician Nancy Edith Forlini, nurse Ricardo Almiron, head nurse Mariano Ariel Perroni, and physician Pedro Pablo Di Spagna. An eighth defendant, nurse Dahiana Madrid, will be tried in a separate jury trial, with no date yet set.
Two months into the first trial, which started last March, a mistrial was declared when one of three judges, Julieta Makintach, resigned after video surfaced showing her being interviewed by a camera crew in the corridors of the courthouse and in her office as part of a documentary, in breach of judicial rules.
The retrial will require both prosecutors and defense lawyers to reassess their strategies after the first trial aired photographs, videos, audio recordings and forensic evidence. Many witnesses, including Maradona’s children and his former wife, Claudia Villafane, have already testified.
Prosecutors argued in the initial trial that medical professionals broke treatment protocols and that the home where Maradona was recovering from surgery amounted to a “theatre of horror,” where necessary care was not provided.
The defense countered that his death was inevitable given his longstanding health problems. Maradona struggled for decades with cocaine and alcohol addiction.
The negligence charges emerged in 2021 after prosecutors appointed a medical board to investigate Maradona’s death. The panel concluded his medical team acted in an “inappropriate, deficient and reckless” manner.
-Reuters
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Aliou Cisse has been named coach of the Angola national team, the country’s football federation (FAF) announced on Thursday, 24 hours after the Senegalese left his post in Libya.
The 50-year-old coach, who led Senegal to their maiden Africa Cup of Nations title in 2022, ended his short stint with the Libyan national team on Wednesday, after taking charge in March 2025.
“Welcome, Aliou Cisse, head coach of the Angola national team,” the FAF said on Facebook. Angola, which failed to reach this year’s World Cup, will start their 2027 AFCON qualifying campaign in September.
-Reuters
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