The long legal battle waged against the Ghana Football Association by Nania FC has been completed with the football body successfully left unscathed.

An Accra High Court on Tuesday in its ruling dismissed an appeal filed by a director of the club seeking an injunction application to restrain the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association from beginning rehearing into the case of alleged match of convenience involving Nania FC.

Maha Ayew on behalf of Nania FC, was seeking to have the court restrain the FA from rehearing the case and commencing the 2007/2008 football season pending the club's appeal case on an earlier judgment.

Earlier, an Accra Fast-Track High Court threw out the suit brought against the FA by the director of Nania FC.

Maha Ayew, wife of Abedi Pele, who is a director and a shareholder of Nania FC sued the Ghana Football Association as well as its President, Kwesi Nyantakyi, the chairmen of the Disciplinary and Appeals Committee of the FA – Amadu Tanko and Justice Anim Yeboah respectively, asking the court to restrain the FA from rehearing the alleged match of convenience case between her club and Okwawu United.

Justice Apaloo in dismissing the appeal, also shared in FIFA’s declaration that matters of the sport be handled within the family.

The judge also counseled parties to take advantage of the football body’s dispute resolution mechanism and not the regular courts.

A cost of 1,000 GH cedis was awarded against the plaintiff, Maha Ayew.

With the dismissal of the appeal, the stage is now clear for the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association to re-hear the case involving the Nania FC and Okwawu United for their roles in playing a match of convenience.

The Appeals Committee of the FA had set aside the ruling of the Disciplinary Committee banning the clubs for their roles in the said match and directed the disciplinary body to re hear the matter.

Nania FC beat Okwawu United 31-0 on the last day of the promotion league.