Izuchukwu Okosi
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has lifted the suspension placed on Senegal midfielder Pape Gueye.
The decision comes as a boost for Senegal ahead of their final Group B match against Malawi at ongoing AFCON on Tuesday.
The Teranga Lions are second on the Group B table, level on four points with group leaders Guinea after two matches while Malawi are behind in the third place with three points.
After Fifa’s decision to suspend the 22-year-old reached the Senegal camp in Cameroon, Gueye was withdrawn from the squad in the last minute before their goalless draw against Guinea on Friday.
The defensive midfielder was initially suspended for a transfer dispute between Marseille and Watford which happened in 2020. However, the Senegalese Football Federation confirmed CAS’ latest decision.
“Pape Gueye gets cause following his appeal. Court of Arbitration for Sports suspends Fifa ruling so the midfielder will indeed continue the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations with Team Senegal. Here we go,” according to a statement on the FSF Facebook.
Gueye, agreed a move to Watford in April 2020 ahead of the expiry of his contract at French club Le Havre later in July.
The Premier League club announced that he had signed a five-year deal but on July 1, Gueye moved to Marseille where he has played in 47 Ligue 1 games so far.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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