Dodoo to head Ghana Olympic Committee (AP)
ACCRA, Ghana (AP)—Former African triple jump champion Francis Dodoo was named the new president of the troubled Ghana Olympic Committee on Sunday following an unruly election process marred by claims of fraud and watched over by armed guards. The 51-year-old Dodoo, who competed at the 1992 and ’96 Olympic Games, has pledged to bring stability to the GOC after Ghana was suspended from the International Olympic Committee earlier this year because of government interference. But soon after Dodoo won the election, Frank Appiah—who was voted out as first vice president—told The Associated Press he would be part of a group filing protest with the IOC, saying the vote was “not properly conducted” and held when some of the candidates had left the congress venue. Ghana was suspended by the IOC in January after then-president B.T. Baba was voted out in favor of Dodoo in an election allegedly influenced by Ghana’s government, which apparently favored Dodoo. Ghana made changes to its legislation to adhere to IOC rules—which do not allow governments to interfere in the elections of sports bodies—and the country was readmitted to the Olympic body in August on condition it hold a new vote. The latest vote, which started on Saturday and ran into the early hours of Sunday, was overseen by Joao Manuel da Costa Alegre Afonso of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa, who was an observer for the IOC. Afonso was forced to suspend the session late on Saturday, with delegates shouting at each other over disagreements with nominations for various positions and armed security guards watching to keep order during the congress in an Accra hotel. The session resumed after 2 1/2 hours to elect Dodoo—the head of the Ghana Athletics Association—as GOC president. Dodoo won 38 votes against two for Kojo Adu-Asare and none for Emile Missodey in results announced on Sunday. Baba was stepping down as president and not on the ballot. Deborah Cubagee was elected first vice president with 39 votes to one for Appiah, but Appiah claimed afterward the voting process was unfair. “We shall make a protest to the IOC because the election was held after some of us who had nominated ourselves to stand for position had left the congress grounds,” he said.
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Bears’ Cutler: I may be done for season (AP)
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP)—Jay Cutler(notes) isn’t sure he’ll throw another pass for the Chicago Bears this year. Speaking to reporters for the first time Wednesday since he broke his thumb on his right hand against San Diego two weeks ago, Cutler said he “could be done for the season.” The Bears hope he will return this year. So does Cutler, but he wasn’t making any guarantees. Jay Cutler’s Bears are in a tough battle in the NFC North against the Packers and Lions.(US Presswire) Cutler was injured trying to help tackle Antoine Cason(notes) on an interception return in the fourth quarter of a 31-20 victory over the Chargers and had three screws and two pins surgically inserted into his throwing hand. He says the thumb is “structurally sound” and the screws will stay in. He says the pins come out after three to 10 weeks.
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Celebration costs Bills WR Johnson $10K (AP)
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP)—A person familiar with the NFL’s disciplinary decision has told The Associated Press that Buffalo Bills receiver Stevie Johnson(notes) has been fined $10,000 for his questionable touchdown celebration in a loss to the New York Jets last weekend. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the league has not made an announcement. Johnson declined to comment except to say he had an overnight courier envelope from the NFL left at his locker Wednesday. Johnson was fined as a result of a celebration in which he mocked Jets receiver Plaxico Burress(notes) by mimicking shooting himself in the thigh after scoring on a 5-yard catch late in the first half. Burress served 20 months in prison for shooting himself in a New York City nightclub in 2008.
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