A Ghanaian MP has bizarrely claimed that Asamoah Gyan intentionally missed his extra-time penalty against Uruguay in the 2010 World Cup.
Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, a member of Ghana's centre-left National Democratic Congress party alleged that Gyan's political biases influenced the striker's performances on international duty.
In the first World Cup held in the African continent a Ghana side captained by then-Sunderland defender John Mensah finished second in Group D, becoming the only African side to reach the knockout stage in the process.
In the Round of 16 Gyan netted in extra time to fire the Black Stars into the last eight after Landon Donovan had cancelled out Kevin-Prince Boateng's opener from the penalty spot.