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He probably had a knee injury that he needed to treatQPR star Steven Caulker HANDCUFFED after being suspected of stealing Philadelphia cheese from Tesco
The Queens Park Rangers defender - who earns £42,000 a week - was arrested after staff at the Tesco Express store alerted cops. He was later released without charge
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Incident: Caulker was accused of shoplifting
Premier League football star Steven Caulker was handcuffed by police after being suspected of stealing a £1.85 tub of soft cheese from a Tesco store, it emerged last night.
Caulker, the £8 million-rated Queens Park Rangers defender, was held when officers who had been alerted by staff jumped from a patrol car.
It happened when Caulker, 22, who earns around £42,000 a week, went shopping at the Tesco store in Weybridge, Surrey. He was later released by police without charge.
A witness told The Lying Rag: “They were going on about cheese - Philadelphia.
"There were a group of lads watching from across the street who immediately recognised him and thought it was hilarious.”
Michael Regan
England star: Caulker (left) celebrates scoring for the Three Lions
He added: “Caulker had left the Tesco Express then turned around and gone back in. That was when the police arrived - jumping from their squad car and handcuffing him. He looked pretty alarmed.”
A spokeswoman for Surrey police said that no crime was committed and added: “There was some confusion between the staff about payment.”
A Tesco spokesman said: “Police were called after an allegation of shoplifting last Tuesday.
"The matter was resolved at the store and our store colleagues decided not to press charges.”
Neither Caulker nor his club commented last night.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/qpr-star-steven-caulker-handcuffed-4314506
Asamoah Gyan steps it up a bit from cream cheese. (Soz about the length)
Asamoah Gyan denies involvement in the alleged ritual killing of Ghanaian rapper Castro
PUBLISHED: 17:48 GMT, 24 September 2014 | UPDATED: 23:43 GMT, 24 September 2014
Asamoah Gyan has released a statement denying his involvement in the murder of Ghanaian rapper Castro.
Castro, a friend of the former Sunderland striker, went missing along with his girlfriend, Janet Bandu, in July.
The rapper, whose real name is Theophilus Tagoe, and his partner disappeared while using jet skis on holiday with Gyan's family in Ada.
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Asamoah Gyan has released a statement denying his involvement in the murder of the rapper Castro
There had been suggestions that Castro was killed as part of a ritual sacrifice - something that Gyan denies any knowledge of or involvement in.
The 28-year-old and his family released a statement addressing the 'wild allegations and rumours'.
It said: 'What sells in the media, and what indeed sold and is still selling in the media in Ghana are wild allegations and rumours directed especially at Asamoah Gyan – ranging from the absurd – of the imputation of criminality to him in the sense that he either murdered Castro or had him kidnapped – and ending with the ludicrous – that he sacrificed him spiritually to enhance his career.
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The 28-year-old and his family released a statement addressing the 'wild allegations and rumours'
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Ghanaian rapper Castro, real name Theophilus Tagoe, and his girlfriend disappeared while on holiday in Ada
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Gyan has 84 caps and 43 goals for Ghana, and featured for them at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil
'We have been silent while these wild allegations and rumours have been peddled in the media. We have been silent not because we are concealing anything or that we do not feel the need to fully state what, from our reckoning, had happened in Ada. We have been silent because we did not want to interfere with police investigations.
'We have been totally dismayed by the fact that the platform was provided for the peddling of these wild and ludicrous allegations and rumours against us. Those to whom the platform was provided offered no evidence whatsoever to back their statements. And indeed, the allegation of spiritual sacrifice can by no stretch of the imagination be propped up.
'Now, we take the opportunity and state without the slightest doubt in our minds that we are not blamable for the disappearance of Castro and Janet Bandu. We had no hand in that occurrence. We have no moral or legal culpability whatsoever.'
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The Ghanaian forward played 34 times for Premier League side Sunderland, scoring 10 times
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Gyan left Sunderland on loan in 2011 before making his move to UAE side Al Ain permanent in 2012
GYAN FAMILY STATEMENT ON DISAPPEARANCE OF CASTRO & JANET BANDU
Good Afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press.
If you take a close look at the Daily Graphic, you will see at the top right corner the words – 'Truth and Accuracy Every Day.' We take inspiration from these beautiful words and make them the foundation of this press meeting.
I will address you on the disappearance of Castro and Janet Bandu, the allegations and rumours thereafter, the Daniel Kenu affair, and the Gyan brothers and media relations in that order.
The Disappearance of Castro and Janet Bandu
On Friday 4 July 2014, Asamoah Gyan, the captain of the national football team (the Black Stars), his elder brother Baffour Gyan (a former Black Stars player), and some of their close friends and associates, checked into Aqua Safari Resort at Ada for a weekend vacation.
The core team included the boxer, Emmanuel Tagoe, alias Game Boy and his sister Naa, Theophilus Tagoe, the hiplife star known as Castro (who joined the team at the eleventh hour), Alberta Tetteh (Anim Addo's associate who brought along two female friends, Nana Akua Ayisi and Janet Bandu), Benjamin Owusu Ansah, Dauda Tetteh, Patrick Botchway, Akwasi Bonsu, Kwabena Boateng, Joseph Kissi, Seth Tetteh, DJ George, and me. As one would expect, the presence of Asamoah Gyan and Castro attracted other persons to the group during the team's entire weekend stay at Ada.
The trip itself was not remarkable in any respect, but for the unfortunate events of Sunday 6 July 2014. It was not remarkable because it is the annual practice of the core group that went to Ada to go on a weekend vacation at the end of the football calendar. The original destination of the trip this year was the Maritime Club at Akosombo. The venue had to be changed at short notice as a result of repair works then being carried on the main yacht at that resort.
These trips, this year's included, are funded by Asamoah Gyan – as treats to his close friends and associates. The trips, including this year's, are organized by Samuel Anim Addo – the Managing Director of Asamoah Gyan Foundation, Gyan Investments Ltd., Baby Jet Promotions, Mama Vits Investment Ltd, and the spokesperson for Asamoah Gyan. For some curious reason, the Daily Graphic has resorted to characterizing Samuel Anim Addo as the errand boy of the Gyan brothers. But I digress.
Samuel Anim Addo books the rooms in his name, and he allocates them to Asamoah Gyan's invitees at his discretion. Of course, he also has discretion to invite a few of his own friends. The core group of invitees congregated variously at the Shell station at the Tema Motorway roundabout, from where the team set off, excluding me. I joined them later that night.
The core group had dinner at the restaurant at Aqua Safari Resort and took boat rides on the Volta River thereafter. The boats, numbering three (3), were rented from the resort. The boat rides terminated without incident at about 10:30 p.m. The core group then proceeded to the poolside of the resort for a night barbecue, which ran well into the morning of Saturday 5 July 2014. As is their custom, Asamoah Gyan and Castro entertained guests at the poolside with live singing performances.
I left Ada at 4 a.m. on Saturday 5 July 2014 to attend to a pressing legal matter in Accra but with the intention of returning later that day to rejoin the core group at Peace Holiday Resort, located about seven minutes drive from Aqua Safari Resort.
As my last statement suggests, the team checked out of Aqua Safari Resort on Saturday 5 July 2014 and checked into Peace Holiday Resort soon thereafter. However, as subsequent events would show, the relationship that weekend between the core group and Aqua Safari Resort did not end on 5 July.
The core group spent the better part of the incident-free 5 July at Peace Holiday Resort, ending the day with a live band party which also featured, again, performances by the hiplife duo – Castro and Baby Jet (Asamoah Gyan). I could not rejoin the core group that day as I had intended. Fate engineered my reunion with the core group the next day under very grim and unhappy circumstances.
On Sunday 6 July 2014, the core group had breakfast at Peace Holiday Resort. Part of the group, including Asamoah Gyan and Castro, took boat rides to Aqua Safari resort to rent jet skis. The skis were rented by the individual members from the management of Aqua Safari Resort and each person was made to sign a generic form that purports to indemnify the resort against unhappy events that may ensue.
The jet ski riders did several trips up on the Volta River between Aqua Safari Resort and Peace Holiday Resort and also circumnavigated the island overlooking the later resort, which bears its name. All the riders, including Castro, were provided with and, indeed, wore contraptions intended as life jackets. Castro wore a bright reddish colour of the said contraption.
At some point during the jet ski rides, Asamoah Gyan suggested that the core group play a volley ball game at the sandy river end of Aqua Safari Resort. All the jet ski riders of the core group, except Castro, disembarked at Aqua Safari Resort for the volley ball game. Castro indicated that he wanted to ride a little bit longer. The other members of the core group, who were at Peace Holiday Resort, including Baffour Gyan were called in to join the others at Aqua Safari Resort. They left in groups of three (3) or four (4) on boats rented from Peace Holiday Resort to join the volley ball game at Aqua Safari Resort.
Castro rode for the last time from Aqua Safari Resort to Peace Holiday Resort where Baffour Gyan and a few others, including Alberta Tetteh, Nana Akua Ayisi and Janet Bandu were waiting for their turn to take the boat ride to Aqua Safari Resort.
When Castro got to Peace Holiday Resort Janet Bandu requested to ride on the jet ski with him, and he obliged her. While she was climbing on board Castro's jet ski, Baffour Gyan noticed that she was not wearing a life jacket. He immediately shot up to his feet and remonstrated with Castro to ensure that Janet wore a life jacket before setting off. Castro sped off, as soon as Janet sat behind him, toward the estuary – in the direction of where the Volta joins the Atlantic. They have not returned, eighty (80) odd days since they set off.
The rest of the members of the core group eventually joined the others at Aqua Safari Resort within the hour. While the volley ball game was still on, Samuel Anim Addo, was called aside by a staff of Aqua Safari Resort – who informed him that a call had been placed through to Aqua Safari Resort from a resort located in the Tsarleykope area that one of the jet skis belonging to Aqua Safari Resort had been spotted on the Volta River without its occupant(s). A head count showed that Castro and Janet had not returned.
Samuel Anim Addo was invited to join a search party that was constituted by Mubarak Montia, Adjei Annan, Ernest Doe and Theophilus Doe – staff of Aqua Safari Resort. One of the crafts the party went with overturned near the location where the jet ski was found. Thankfully, there were no injuries or fatalities.
Within an hour and half of the reported sighting of the unmanned jet ski, I returned to Ada, by which time the Ada Police, the District Chief Executive of Ada East District and the Member of Parliament for the area had been informed of the matter.
Together with these officials, Samuel Anim Addo and I took charge and we triggered a comprehensive search and rescue effort operating from the conference room of Peace Holiday Resort, which was entirely shut down for the purpose. We called in the Tema Police Command, the Marine Police, the Navy, planes from the Air Force, local fishermen and traditionalists. The main search effort continued for a full week.
We issued two brief press statements on Asamoah Gyan's official website to confirm the disappearance of Castro and Janet and the efforts being made to find them.
Since then the group has cooperated fully with the police in their investigation. I have personally supervised our involvement in the investigations.
Wild Allegations and Rumours
When it became apparent that Castro and Janet had disappeared, an article appeared on-line which appeared to commiserate with Asamoah Gyan citing the recent loss of his mother and now the loss of his best friend. One would have thought that this would have been a point of reference to console the Gyans – and indeed, a good number of well-meaning persons expressed this sentiment and sought to encourage us to stand firm. To the thousands of individuals and institutions that came to our aid and to offer support, we express our gratitude.
Sadly, the expression of empathy during a person's moment of grief and utter dismay does not sell in the media. What sells in the media, and what indeed sold and is still selling in the media in Ghana are wild allegations and rumours directed especially at Asamoah Gyan – ranging from the absurd – of the imputation of criminality to him in the sense that he either murdered Castro or had him kidnapped – and ending with the ludicrous – that he sacrificed him spiritually to enhance his career.
We have been silent while these wild allegations and rumours have been peddled in the media. We have been silent not because we are concealing anything or that we do not feel the need to fully state what, from our reckoning, had happened in Ada. We have been silent because we did not want to interfere with police investigations and recently the leveling of assault charges against Baffour Gyan and Samuel Anim Addo, sealed our mouths further. Now, we can come out openly because the police have stated their position and the assault charges against Baffour Gyan and Samuel Anim Addo have been dropped and they have been discharged. We will revisit this matter.
In our painful silence, we have been totally dismayed by the fact that the platform was provided for the peddling of these wild and ludicrous allegations and rumours against us. Those to whom the platform was provided offered no evidence whatsoever to back their statements. And indeed, the allegation of spiritual sacrifice can by no stretch of the imagination be propped up.
The startling development has been the outbursts of persons who should know better. Indeed, one such person has gone has far as to claim that he knows where Castro is being kept and that Asamoah Gyan also knows where Castro is being kept. He also made the unfortunate statement that we have bribed Castro's family to keep silent over the matter. Castro's father has publicly denied this. This is no way to treat grieving families and friends.
If this person has knowledge of such wonderful information, we encourage him to report his findings immediately to the police. It will better serve the purpose of the families of Castro and Janet Bandu. If he has been unable to do this all this while, then his statements are, to put it charitably, mischievous or calculated to earn him very cheap popularity.
Admittedly, the net effect of the peddling of these wild allegations and rumours is that the word on the street is that we had a hand in the disappearance of Castro and Janet Bandu. This is how a person's reputation gets ruined and this is how disaffection gets sowed in the minds of persons against the person who is being attacked so unfairly.
Perhaps we should have come out earlier. But I have already explained why we could not. Now, we take the opportunity and state without the slightest doubt in our minds that we are not blamable for the disappearance of Castro and Janet Bandu. We had no hand in that occurrence. We have no moral or legal culpability whatsoever. None of us rode out into the open estuary with Castro and Janet Bandu. Castro rode out there on his own volition and none of us have the slightest idea as to what happened to them. We have only been guess working and conjecturing and making what appears to us to be intelligent deductions – in light of the facts available to us, especially the fact that when they rode out on the jet ski Janet Bandu was not wearing a life jacket.
We do not know Janet Bandu that well. However, we do know that from the time we met her on 4 July 2014 till her disappearance on 6 July 2014, she proved herself to be a well mannered and graceful lady. We have no ill will against her.
We know Castro all too well. He was our brother. We loved him as one of our own. We did everything together with him. You are all witnesses to the hit songs Castro has been featuring Asamoah Gyan on and the added popularity that gave him. Indeed, the duo were just about to release another song. We will never do anything to harm him.
We are in unimaginable pain and shock and we will give anything to Castro and Janet back.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ed-ritual-killing-Ghanaian-rapper-Castro.html
Asamoah Gyan denies involvement in the alleged ritual killing of Ghanaian rapper Castro
- Asamoah Gyan has denied murdering rapper Castro
- Castro disappeared in July while on holiday with Gyan's family in Ada
- The rapper's girlfriend, Janet Bandu, also went missing
- Former Sunderland forward's family released statement
- Statement denies any involvement in disappearance of the pair
PUBLISHED: 17:48 GMT, 24 September 2014 | UPDATED: 23:43 GMT, 24 September 2014
Asamoah Gyan has released a statement denying his involvement in the murder of Ghanaian rapper Castro.
Castro, a friend of the former Sunderland striker, went missing along with his girlfriend, Janet Bandu, in July.
The rapper, whose real name is Theophilus Tagoe, and his partner disappeared while using jet skis on holiday with Gyan's family in Ada.
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Asamoah Gyan has released a statement denying his involvement in the murder of the rapper Castro
There had been suggestions that Castro was killed as part of a ritual sacrifice - something that Gyan denies any knowledge of or involvement in.
The 28-year-old and his family released a statement addressing the 'wild allegations and rumours'.
It said: 'What sells in the media, and what indeed sold and is still selling in the media in Ghana are wild allegations and rumours directed especially at Asamoah Gyan – ranging from the absurd – of the imputation of criminality to him in the sense that he either murdered Castro or had him kidnapped – and ending with the ludicrous – that he sacrificed him spiritually to enhance his career.
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The 28-year-old and his family released a statement addressing the 'wild allegations and rumours'
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Ghanaian rapper Castro, real name Theophilus Tagoe, and his girlfriend disappeared while on holiday in Ada
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Gyan has 84 caps and 43 goals for Ghana, and featured for them at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil
'We have been silent while these wild allegations and rumours have been peddled in the media. We have been silent not because we are concealing anything or that we do not feel the need to fully state what, from our reckoning, had happened in Ada. We have been silent because we did not want to interfere with police investigations.
'We have been totally dismayed by the fact that the platform was provided for the peddling of these wild and ludicrous allegations and rumours against us. Those to whom the platform was provided offered no evidence whatsoever to back their statements. And indeed, the allegation of spiritual sacrifice can by no stretch of the imagination be propped up.
'Now, we take the opportunity and state without the slightest doubt in our minds that we are not blamable for the disappearance of Castro and Janet Bandu. We had no hand in that occurrence. We have no moral or legal culpability whatsoever.'
Like our MailOnline Sport Facebook page.
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The Ghanaian forward played 34 times for Premier League side Sunderland, scoring 10 times
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Gyan left Sunderland on loan in 2011 before making his move to UAE side Al Ain permanent in 2012
GYAN FAMILY STATEMENT ON DISAPPEARANCE OF CASTRO & JANET BANDU
Good Afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press.
If you take a close look at the Daily Graphic, you will see at the top right corner the words – 'Truth and Accuracy Every Day.' We take inspiration from these beautiful words and make them the foundation of this press meeting.
I will address you on the disappearance of Castro and Janet Bandu, the allegations and rumours thereafter, the Daniel Kenu affair, and the Gyan brothers and media relations in that order.
The Disappearance of Castro and Janet Bandu
On Friday 4 July 2014, Asamoah Gyan, the captain of the national football team (the Black Stars), his elder brother Baffour Gyan (a former Black Stars player), and some of their close friends and associates, checked into Aqua Safari Resort at Ada for a weekend vacation.
The core team included the boxer, Emmanuel Tagoe, alias Game Boy and his sister Naa, Theophilus Tagoe, the hiplife star known as Castro (who joined the team at the eleventh hour), Alberta Tetteh (Anim Addo's associate who brought along two female friends, Nana Akua Ayisi and Janet Bandu), Benjamin Owusu Ansah, Dauda Tetteh, Patrick Botchway, Akwasi Bonsu, Kwabena Boateng, Joseph Kissi, Seth Tetteh, DJ George, and me. As one would expect, the presence of Asamoah Gyan and Castro attracted other persons to the group during the team's entire weekend stay at Ada.
The trip itself was not remarkable in any respect, but for the unfortunate events of Sunday 6 July 2014. It was not remarkable because it is the annual practice of the core group that went to Ada to go on a weekend vacation at the end of the football calendar. The original destination of the trip this year was the Maritime Club at Akosombo. The venue had to be changed at short notice as a result of repair works then being carried on the main yacht at that resort.
These trips, this year's included, are funded by Asamoah Gyan – as treats to his close friends and associates. The trips, including this year's, are organized by Samuel Anim Addo – the Managing Director of Asamoah Gyan Foundation, Gyan Investments Ltd., Baby Jet Promotions, Mama Vits Investment Ltd, and the spokesperson for Asamoah Gyan. For some curious reason, the Daily Graphic has resorted to characterizing Samuel Anim Addo as the errand boy of the Gyan brothers. But I digress.
Samuel Anim Addo books the rooms in his name, and he allocates them to Asamoah Gyan's invitees at his discretion. Of course, he also has discretion to invite a few of his own friends. The core group of invitees congregated variously at the Shell station at the Tema Motorway roundabout, from where the team set off, excluding me. I joined them later that night.
The core group had dinner at the restaurant at Aqua Safari Resort and took boat rides on the Volta River thereafter. The boats, numbering three (3), were rented from the resort. The boat rides terminated without incident at about 10:30 p.m. The core group then proceeded to the poolside of the resort for a night barbecue, which ran well into the morning of Saturday 5 July 2014. As is their custom, Asamoah Gyan and Castro entertained guests at the poolside with live singing performances.
I left Ada at 4 a.m. on Saturday 5 July 2014 to attend to a pressing legal matter in Accra but with the intention of returning later that day to rejoin the core group at Peace Holiday Resort, located about seven minutes drive from Aqua Safari Resort.
As my last statement suggests, the team checked out of Aqua Safari Resort on Saturday 5 July 2014 and checked into Peace Holiday Resort soon thereafter. However, as subsequent events would show, the relationship that weekend between the core group and Aqua Safari Resort did not end on 5 July.
The core group spent the better part of the incident-free 5 July at Peace Holiday Resort, ending the day with a live band party which also featured, again, performances by the hiplife duo – Castro and Baby Jet (Asamoah Gyan). I could not rejoin the core group that day as I had intended. Fate engineered my reunion with the core group the next day under very grim and unhappy circumstances.
On Sunday 6 July 2014, the core group had breakfast at Peace Holiday Resort. Part of the group, including Asamoah Gyan and Castro, took boat rides to Aqua Safari resort to rent jet skis. The skis were rented by the individual members from the management of Aqua Safari Resort and each person was made to sign a generic form that purports to indemnify the resort against unhappy events that may ensue.
The jet ski riders did several trips up on the Volta River between Aqua Safari Resort and Peace Holiday Resort and also circumnavigated the island overlooking the later resort, which bears its name. All the riders, including Castro, were provided with and, indeed, wore contraptions intended as life jackets. Castro wore a bright reddish colour of the said contraption.
At some point during the jet ski rides, Asamoah Gyan suggested that the core group play a volley ball game at the sandy river end of Aqua Safari Resort. All the jet ski riders of the core group, except Castro, disembarked at Aqua Safari Resort for the volley ball game. Castro indicated that he wanted to ride a little bit longer. The other members of the core group, who were at Peace Holiday Resort, including Baffour Gyan were called in to join the others at Aqua Safari Resort. They left in groups of three (3) or four (4) on boats rented from Peace Holiday Resort to join the volley ball game at Aqua Safari Resort.
Castro rode for the last time from Aqua Safari Resort to Peace Holiday Resort where Baffour Gyan and a few others, including Alberta Tetteh, Nana Akua Ayisi and Janet Bandu were waiting for their turn to take the boat ride to Aqua Safari Resort.
When Castro got to Peace Holiday Resort Janet Bandu requested to ride on the jet ski with him, and he obliged her. While she was climbing on board Castro's jet ski, Baffour Gyan noticed that she was not wearing a life jacket. He immediately shot up to his feet and remonstrated with Castro to ensure that Janet wore a life jacket before setting off. Castro sped off, as soon as Janet sat behind him, toward the estuary – in the direction of where the Volta joins the Atlantic. They have not returned, eighty (80) odd days since they set off.
The rest of the members of the core group eventually joined the others at Aqua Safari Resort within the hour. While the volley ball game was still on, Samuel Anim Addo, was called aside by a staff of Aqua Safari Resort – who informed him that a call had been placed through to Aqua Safari Resort from a resort located in the Tsarleykope area that one of the jet skis belonging to Aqua Safari Resort had been spotted on the Volta River without its occupant(s). A head count showed that Castro and Janet had not returned.
Samuel Anim Addo was invited to join a search party that was constituted by Mubarak Montia, Adjei Annan, Ernest Doe and Theophilus Doe – staff of Aqua Safari Resort. One of the crafts the party went with overturned near the location where the jet ski was found. Thankfully, there were no injuries or fatalities.
Within an hour and half of the reported sighting of the unmanned jet ski, I returned to Ada, by which time the Ada Police, the District Chief Executive of Ada East District and the Member of Parliament for the area had been informed of the matter.
Together with these officials, Samuel Anim Addo and I took charge and we triggered a comprehensive search and rescue effort operating from the conference room of Peace Holiday Resort, which was entirely shut down for the purpose. We called in the Tema Police Command, the Marine Police, the Navy, planes from the Air Force, local fishermen and traditionalists. The main search effort continued for a full week.
We issued two brief press statements on Asamoah Gyan's official website to confirm the disappearance of Castro and Janet and the efforts being made to find them.
Since then the group has cooperated fully with the police in their investigation. I have personally supervised our involvement in the investigations.
Wild Allegations and Rumours
When it became apparent that Castro and Janet had disappeared, an article appeared on-line which appeared to commiserate with Asamoah Gyan citing the recent loss of his mother and now the loss of his best friend. One would have thought that this would have been a point of reference to console the Gyans – and indeed, a good number of well-meaning persons expressed this sentiment and sought to encourage us to stand firm. To the thousands of individuals and institutions that came to our aid and to offer support, we express our gratitude.
Sadly, the expression of empathy during a person's moment of grief and utter dismay does not sell in the media. What sells in the media, and what indeed sold and is still selling in the media in Ghana are wild allegations and rumours directed especially at Asamoah Gyan – ranging from the absurd – of the imputation of criminality to him in the sense that he either murdered Castro or had him kidnapped – and ending with the ludicrous – that he sacrificed him spiritually to enhance his career.
We have been silent while these wild allegations and rumours have been peddled in the media. We have been silent not because we are concealing anything or that we do not feel the need to fully state what, from our reckoning, had happened in Ada. We have been silent because we did not want to interfere with police investigations and recently the leveling of assault charges against Baffour Gyan and Samuel Anim Addo, sealed our mouths further. Now, we can come out openly because the police have stated their position and the assault charges against Baffour Gyan and Samuel Anim Addo have been dropped and they have been discharged. We will revisit this matter.
In our painful silence, we have been totally dismayed by the fact that the platform was provided for the peddling of these wild and ludicrous allegations and rumours against us. Those to whom the platform was provided offered no evidence whatsoever to back their statements. And indeed, the allegation of spiritual sacrifice can by no stretch of the imagination be propped up.
The startling development has been the outbursts of persons who should know better. Indeed, one such person has gone has far as to claim that he knows where Castro is being kept and that Asamoah Gyan also knows where Castro is being kept. He also made the unfortunate statement that we have bribed Castro's family to keep silent over the matter. Castro's father has publicly denied this. This is no way to treat grieving families and friends.
If this person has knowledge of such wonderful information, we encourage him to report his findings immediately to the police. It will better serve the purpose of the families of Castro and Janet Bandu. If he has been unable to do this all this while, then his statements are, to put it charitably, mischievous or calculated to earn him very cheap popularity.
Admittedly, the net effect of the peddling of these wild allegations and rumours is that the word on the street is that we had a hand in the disappearance of Castro and Janet Bandu. This is how a person's reputation gets ruined and this is how disaffection gets sowed in the minds of persons against the person who is being attacked so unfairly.
Perhaps we should have come out earlier. But I have already explained why we could not. Now, we take the opportunity and state without the slightest doubt in our minds that we are not blamable for the disappearance of Castro and Janet Bandu. We had no hand in that occurrence. We have no moral or legal culpability whatsoever. None of us rode out into the open estuary with Castro and Janet Bandu. Castro rode out there on his own volition and none of us have the slightest idea as to what happened to them. We have only been guess working and conjecturing and making what appears to us to be intelligent deductions – in light of the facts available to us, especially the fact that when they rode out on the jet ski Janet Bandu was not wearing a life jacket.
We do not know Janet Bandu that well. However, we do know that from the time we met her on 4 July 2014 till her disappearance on 6 July 2014, she proved herself to be a well mannered and graceful lady. We have no ill will against her.
We know Castro all too well. He was our brother. We loved him as one of our own. We did everything together with him. You are all witnesses to the hit songs Castro has been featuring Asamoah Gyan on and the added popularity that gave him. Indeed, the duo were just about to release another song. We will never do anything to harm him.
We are in unimaginable pain and shock and we will give anything to Castro and Janet back.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ed-ritual-killing-Ghanaian-rapper-Castro.html
Let's see how they actually ban this.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/sep/26/sepp-blatter-fifa-ban-third-party-ownership
[article]Sepp Blatter says Fifa will ban third-party ownership
• President calls for ‘transitional period’ for working party
• Far-reaching decision comes in wake of Guardian’s exposé
Guardian sport and Reuters
The Guardian, Friday 26 September 2014 14.44 BST
Fifa is to ban third-party ownership of players, Sepp Blatter has announced.
The Fifa president said a working group would be set up to implement the ban which would come into effect following “a transitional period”.
“We took a firm decision that TPO should be banned but it cannot be banned immediately – there will be a transitional period,” Blatter said following a meeting of the executive committee.
His announcement came after an exposé in the Guardian from David Conn showed how the super agent Jorge Mendes was serially involved in third-party ownership across the globe.
Following the publication of that article, Uefa told the Guardian it would ban third-party ownership unilaterally if Fifa did not act.
Its general secretary, Gianni Infantino, said: “It threatens the integrity of sporting competition, it damages contractual stability, it undermines the relationship of trust that should exist between a player and the club that employs him, it creates conflicts of interests, it means that players have less control over the development of their own careers, it keeps clubs in a vicious cycle of debt and dependence and damages the overall image of football.
“Furthermore, there is little doubt that third-party investors do influence the transfer policies of clubs even though Fifa rules expressly forbid this. These are actually the findings of Fifa’s own – detailed – research into this subject. So, it’s now time to act, and if Fifa does not address the problem, then Uefa will.”
Blatter had first promised to take action on third-party ownership in 2007, shortly after the Premier League had banned it in the wake of the Carlos Tevez affair.
Third-party ownership is when the transfer rights of players are wholly or partially owned by the footballer himself or a company, instead of just the player’s club.
It is widespread in Brazil and Argentina but is also present in some European countries such as Portugal.[/article]
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/sep/26/sepp-blatter-fifa-ban-third-party-ownership
[article]Sepp Blatter says Fifa will ban third-party ownership
• President calls for ‘transitional period’ for working party
• Far-reaching decision comes in wake of Guardian’s exposé
Guardian sport and Reuters
The Guardian, Friday 26 September 2014 14.44 BST
Fifa is to ban third-party ownership of players, Sepp Blatter has announced.
The Fifa president said a working group would be set up to implement the ban which would come into effect following “a transitional period”.
“We took a firm decision that TPO should be banned but it cannot be banned immediately – there will be a transitional period,” Blatter said following a meeting of the executive committee.
His announcement came after an exposé in the Guardian from David Conn showed how the super agent Jorge Mendes was serially involved in third-party ownership across the globe.
Following the publication of that article, Uefa told the Guardian it would ban third-party ownership unilaterally if Fifa did not act.
Its general secretary, Gianni Infantino, said: “It threatens the integrity of sporting competition, it damages contractual stability, it undermines the relationship of trust that should exist between a player and the club that employs him, it creates conflicts of interests, it means that players have less control over the development of their own careers, it keeps clubs in a vicious cycle of debt and dependence and damages the overall image of football.
“Furthermore, there is little doubt that third-party investors do influence the transfer policies of clubs even though Fifa rules expressly forbid this. These are actually the findings of Fifa’s own – detailed – research into this subject. So, it’s now time to act, and if Fifa does not address the problem, then Uefa will.”
Blatter had first promised to take action on third-party ownership in 2007, shortly after the Premier League had banned it in the wake of the Carlos Tevez affair.
Third-party ownership is when the transfer rights of players are wholly or partially owned by the footballer himself or a company, instead of just the player’s club.
It is widespread in Brazil and Argentina but is also present in some European countries such as Portugal.[/article]
I am going to guess they will do it with fines.
Since FIFA / UEFA competitions are in effect 'private, by invitation only' then surely it would be easy to amend the current rules governing which players/clubs are eligible to apply for entrance. Players (and the clubs buying them) would soon avoid 3rd Party ownership if it meant they were ineligible for the CL/WC/EC/EL etc.
Even if you're a devoted sports fan, chances are high you've wanted the commentators to just shut up at some point or another. If you're watching on a TV with surround sound, you can get your wish. Just disconnect (or turn down) the center channel. As you may know, in 5.1 and up surround system setups, the center channel is usually reserved for dialog.
Movies and TV shows do a bit more mixing to create a feeling of space, but sports commentary usually isn't so complicated. So, in many cases, you can simply remove the center channel to watch the game as if you were there, without the announcers yakking in your ear. Just be sure to reconnect the channel when you're done.
http://lifehacker.com/disconnect-th...urce=lifehacker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
Movies and TV shows do a bit more mixing to create a feeling of space, but sports commentary usually isn't so complicated. So, in many cases, you can simply remove the center channel to watch the game as if you were there, without the announcers yakking in your ear. Just be sure to reconnect the channel when you're done.
http://lifehacker.com/disconnect-th...urce=lifehacker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
We sold the wrong players !! Ex-Reds performing.
Victor Moses: Only Stewart Downing (19) has completed more accurate crosses in the PL this season than Moses (14) has in just 4 appearances.
WhoScored.com @WhoScored 1h
Victor Moses: Of players to make 2+ apps, only 3 have a higher WhoScored rating in the PL this season than Moses (7.99)
OptaJoe @OptaJoe 31m
90 - Peter Crouch is the 33rd player to score 90+ goals in @premierleague history. Robotic
Victor Moses: Only Stewart Downing (19) has completed more accurate crosses in the PL this season than Moses (14) has in just 4 appearances.
WhoScored.com @WhoScored 1h
Victor Moses: Of players to make 2+ apps, only 3 have a higher WhoScored rating in the PL this season than Moses (7.99)
OptaJoe @OptaJoe 31m
90 - Peter Crouch is the 33rd player to score 90+ goals in @premierleague history. Robotic
Is it the Russian immigrant who writes for them? I'm glad I missed the crows-cum-shot across the face.
In and around is the giveaway, it's Andy Townsend.
John Terry has never apologised for donning full kit to join Chelsea's Champions League celebrations in 2012, despite not having played in the final. And that remains the case - but he now explained his actions, at least.
Terry became, for a time, the most mocked human being on Planet Earth after Chelsea won the Champions League in 2012.
The Blues skipper had to sit out the final after a red card in the semis against Barcelona, having inexplicably booted Alexis Sanchez up the bum.
But his suspension for the climactic match in Munich didn't stop him from donning full kit after the final whistle, so that he could parade around the turf with the trophy pretending that he'd played his part.
The subsequent photos splashed across newspapers and website the next day made fans of every club except Chelsea splutter on their morning coffee - and prompted literally thousands of memes at JT's expense.
Terry himself has never said a word about the jokes that were aimed his way - though he provided the most eloquent statement of all when, 12 months later, he pulled off the exact same quick-change stunt when the Blues won the Europa League.
But now, in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, he has explained why he did what he did. "The biggest night ever for the club and I didn’t play in it," he laments. "[But] I felt a massive part of it, and the players made me feel a huge part of it. Along the way you look back at games, like the Napoli game [in the last 16] and other games along the way where you played a big part as well."
All relatively fair comment, you might think - - but then Terry makes a terrible mistake by over-egging the pudding. "Because it’s me, people look and say ‘he’s not won it’, people like to have their digs and their pops, but I know I played a huge part along the way, in the dressing room and on the field as well," he added, "so I count myself to have won it."
Then, it really gets out of control: "No one speaks about the other 10 players who weren’t on the pitch that night as well."
Well, no, John, of course they don't. Because the other 10 players who weren't on the pitch didn't get dressed up as if to pretend that they were.
Terry became, for a time, the most mocked human being on Planet Earth after Chelsea won the Champions League in 2012.
The Blues skipper had to sit out the final after a red card in the semis against Barcelona, having inexplicably booted Alexis Sanchez up the bum.
But his suspension for the climactic match in Munich didn't stop him from donning full kit after the final whistle, so that he could parade around the turf with the trophy pretending that he'd played his part.
The subsequent photos splashed across newspapers and website the next day made fans of every club except Chelsea splutter on their morning coffee - and prompted literally thousands of memes at JT's expense.
Terry himself has never said a word about the jokes that were aimed his way - though he provided the most eloquent statement of all when, 12 months later, he pulled off the exact same quick-change stunt when the Blues won the Europa League.
But now, in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, he has explained why he did what he did. "The biggest night ever for the club and I didn’t play in it," he laments. "[But] I felt a massive part of it, and the players made me feel a huge part of it. Along the way you look back at games, like the Napoli game [in the last 16] and other games along the way where you played a big part as well."
All relatively fair comment, you might think - - but then Terry makes a terrible mistake by over-egging the pudding. "Because it’s me, people look and say ‘he’s not won it’, people like to have their digs and their pops, but I know I played a huge part along the way, in the dressing room and on the field as well," he added, "so I count myself to have won it."
Then, it really gets out of control: "No one speaks about the other 10 players who weren’t on the pitch that night as well."
Well, no, John, of course they don't. Because the other 10 players who weren't on the pitch didn't get dressed up as if to pretend that they were.
Owen Gibson @owen_g · 19m19 minutes agoThe much loved Christian Purslow is interviewing Uefa's Gianni Infantino at the Leaders summit. He seems to be channelling Alan Partridge.
Owen Gibson @owen_g · 17m17 minutes agoPurslow:" Let's unpack what we mean by a Week of Football". I'm just guessing here but I think it might be a week of football.
Owen Gibson @owen_g · 15m15 minutes agoPurslow: "Centrally you've grown the pie. The revenue pie."
Owen Gibson @owen_g · 3m3 minutes agoPurslow: "Third party ownership is another hot potato." Ouch!
"The revenue pie"...
I've got grapes in that region but a bit further back.
Luckily they weren't green last time I checked.
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