{"id":1011,"date":"2022-12-27T22:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2022-12-27T22:54:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T22:54:00","slug":"alexander-djiku-escapes-punishment-over-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=1011","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Djiku Escapes Punishment Over Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133\" style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #171717; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 5px auto 1.25em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1600px;\">\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; 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color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Ghana defender Alexander Djiku has had&nbsp;a one-match betting ban reduced to a suspended sentence following an appeal by his club side Strasbourg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Djiku, 28, was among 76 players, coaches and team officials who were cited following an investigation by the Professional Football League (LFP) for their involvement in betting during the 2020-21 season and was subsequently banned for one match.<\/span><br style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" \/><br style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">However, he is now in line to feature against leaders Paris Saint Germain in the French Ligue 1 tomorrow after an appeal by his club saw the ban reduced to a suspended sentence.<\/span><br style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" \/><br style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">The France-born defender made 14 appearances for Strasbourg in all competitions before the World Cup break.<\/span><br style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" \/><br style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">He has made 20 appearances and scored one goal for Ghana and made his World Cup debut last month in Qatar, playing two games; 90 minutes in the group opener against Portugal, before getting seven minutes off the bench against South Korea.<\/span><br style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" \/><br style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Born Alexander Kwabena Baidoo Djiku, he debuted for the Black Stars in a 3\u20130 friendly loss to Mali on October 9, 2020.<\/span><br style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" \/><br style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Djiku is married to Heley Djiku and the couple has two children, Wesley and Elyana.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Source: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peacefmonline.com\/\">www.peacefmonline.com<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Ghana defender Alexander Djiku has had&nbsp;a one-match betting ban reduced to a suspended sentence following an appeal by his club side Strasbourg. 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