Ghana and Strasbourg defender Alexander Djiku played for his club side on Wednesday in  their 2-1 loss against PSG after his betting ban by the French Ligue was overturned.

The 28-year-old defender was handed a one-match ban for his involvement in betting but that has been overturned as he played for his side on Wednesday in the French Ligue 1.

The LFP was lenient due to a small amount that is €20 bet he placed on Real Madrid in July 2020 as part of a partnership he had with a betting site.

Djiku and 76 other players, coaches, managers, and officials from the French Ligue pyramid were handed various bans for their involvement in betting.

"These offences were committed even though, together, the LFP and the UNFP (the players' union) have carried out awareness or information campaigns with the clubs on a daily basis," wrote the LFP in a press release.

“The Commission recalls that the actors of the competitions organized by the FFF or the LFP (in particular the players, coaches, managers of professional football clubs) have a general ban on betting, online or in physical networks, on all football competitions, whether domestic or foreign,” the statement added.

He was given a game ban but Strasbourg appealed and the decision was overturned.

PSG women's goalkeeper coach Guillaume Lemire received the heaviest penalty: four-match suspension and a fine of €1,000. Among the players, Samy El Khiar, midfielder at Quevilly-Rouen, is the most severely sanctioned: four-match suspension and a suspended fine of €2,000.

Five Ligue 1 players have also been punished: Auxerre goalkeeper Donovan Léon is suspended for five games, three of which are suspended. Irvin Cardona, the Brest striker (four matches including two suspended and a €1,500 fine), Sacha Delaye, Montpellier midfielder, and Alexander Djiku, Strasbourg defender (one match suspension) also miss the return of the Ligue 1. Jean-Charles Castelletto, defender of Nantes, is under threat of a heavy suspension: four suspended matches.