{"id":15730,"date":"2026-01-06T21:51:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15730"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:51:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:51:42","slug":"hearts-of-oak-assistant-coach-charged-with-assaulting-ball-boy-in-tarkwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15730","title":{"rendered":"Hearts of Oak Assistant Coach Charged with Assaulting Ball Boy in Tarkwa&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-120226-696x554-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-120226-696x554-1.png 696w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-120226-696x554-1-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Disciplinary Committee has formally charged Hearts of Oak assistant coach Gazale Abdulai for allegedly assaulting a ball boy during their Premier League clash with Medeama SC at TNA Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an official statement as part of its 2025\/2026 season regulatory updates, the GFA said Gazale faces a breach of Article 12(1)(h) of the GFA Disciplinary Code, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-06-at-7.46.23-AM-1024x1024-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-06-at-7.46.23-AM-1024x1024-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-06-at-7.46.23-AM-1024x1024-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-06-at-7.46.23-AM-1024x1024-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-06-at-7.46.23-AM-1024x1024-1-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The allegation stems from an incident captured on widely circulated video footage showing the assistant coach chasing a ball retriever on the pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Post-match reports indicate that the ball boy had kicked the ball away as Gazale tried to retrieve it to pass to a player. The ball boy claims he was slapped by Gazale but also struck back, prompting the pursuit seen in the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The referee responded by sending off Gazale during the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the field, Hearts of Oak fell 1-0 to Medeama SC. The defeat left the Phobians in fifth place, while Medeama retained their position atop the league standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gazale has been given until Thursday, January 8, 2026, to submit a formal response before the Disciplinary Committee advances the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Disciplinary Committee has formally charged Hearts of Oak assistant coach Gazale Abdulai for allegedly assaulting a ball boy during their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15733,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15730\/revisions\/15733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}