Gozo Football Association president Elvin Grech, who was given a suspended jail sentence in connection with a falsified document, has been appointed head of the new Gozo Sports Board.

Sources close to the Gozo Ministry yesterday said that Mr Grech was recommended for the post by Gozo Minister Anton Refalo and was receiving more than €40,000 a year from the government.

However, Dr Refalo says that he has nothing to do with the board or Mr Grech’s appointment.

The board was launched last March. Dr Refalo had said that the sports board was his government’s initiative and it would be “implementing the government’s sports policy for Gozo”. 

Mr Grech said he did not think his position had become untenable. His court case involved floodlighting at the Xewkija stadium.

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