Stars tale of humiliation, Commission of Inquiry

The Black Stars of Ghana started 2014 on a high and ended on a low. It was the year the Stars' over-bloated egos also landed them in global humiliation at the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup over delayed appearance fees.

Worse still, the unfortunate crisis pushed the government of Ghana to, for the first time, fly over $3million to Brazil in a chartered flight Hollywood style before the Stars could honour their last group game against Portugal in the capital Brasilia.

That summarised Ghana's third World Cup campaign which saw Kwasi Appiah emerging as the first Ghanaian coach to lead the Stars to the Mundial, yet bowing out in the first round with a single point in three games.

One thing led to another and dissatisfied Ghanaians called for a probe into the Stars' ignominious campaign which was in sharp contrast with the two previous competitions, and President John Mahama did not hesitate to form a three-man Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate the mat