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The coach of Ghana�s U20 female team has rubbished Namibia�s U-20 coach Jacqueline Shipanga over allegations that the West Africans are age cheats. Robert Sackey launched a scathing rebuttal at Shipanga�s claims that several players of the Black Princesses are age cheats. Ghana thrashed Namibia 10-0 over two legs in the qualifying for the FIFA U-20 Women�s World Cup but Shipanga accused striker Florence Dadson of being an age cheat. But Sackey has hit back at the Namibia coach saying that she is a �bad loser� and questioned her credentials as a competent coach. �I�m so surprised by her claims. She is a bad loser,� Sackey told Ghana Football, the GFA�s official newspaper. �A coach is supposed to know the background of his opposing players and I�m surprised she doesn�t even know the background of the players of the [Black] Princesses. �If she knew she would not have made this funny and strange claims because she would have known that these are players that didn�t just appear with new passports to play for Ghana. �She is just crying over spilt milk. �These are players who have been playing for Ghana at different age groups. Sackey says the players Dadson is a player who is known by FIFA has she has played for her country since she was a child. �Take Florence (Dadson) for instance, she claims Florence is 15 years which is a lie. Florence is 20 now and this is not a secret. �She has played for the Damsels and the Maidens and her records are there to prove her age. �She played at the last World Cup in Germany two years ago when she was 18. �She�s 20 now and the rule permits her to play in the competition this year and can only be ruled out next year. �The right age to go to the university in the United States is 18 and Florence went there two years ago when she was 18.� Ghana will play South Africa in the second qualifying round of the FIFA U-20 Women�s World Cup as they chase one of the continent�s two places in the finals to be hosted by Japan.