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Post by rugbytoffee on Sept 7, 2017 7:07:57 GMT
A World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal will be replayed after the referee was found guilty of match-fixing. Joseph Lamptey, the official from Ghana, awarded a penalty to South Africa for handball just before half-time with the score at 0-0. Subsequent replays showed the ball clearly hit Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly on the knee. The game in November last year finished in a 2-1 win for South Africa, a result which saw the Senegal Football Federation (FSF) make a complaint to Fifa. The world governing body banned Lamptey for life in March for “unlawfully influencing match results”, a decision upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport this Wednesday. "Today there are many reasons to be happy about this decision - a decision that will be remembered as being significant but will also warn everybody that they are being watched," FSF vice-president Abdoulaye Sow told the BBC after the initial decision in March. "All cheating and stealing will be punished according to its gravity." The qualifier between the two sides – currently third and fourth in their group – will be replayed in November
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Post by mcrbluenose on Sept 7, 2017 11:23:45 GMT
Is it too late to officially complain about the beady eyed baldy Italian guy
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Post by evertontillidie on Sept 7, 2017 21:45:05 GMT
Is it too late to officially complain about the beady eyed baldy Italian guy Good point. Refs have been taking a bung at our expense for far too long.
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Post by rugbytoffee on Sept 12, 2017 19:50:33 GMT
The South African Football Association (SAFA) has accepted FIFA's decision to replay a World Cup qualifier against Senegal after the match referee was handed a lifetime ban for match-fixing. Ghanaian official Joseph Lamptey was expelled from football for allegedly manipulating Bafana Bafana's 2-1 win in the November 2016 encounter. The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld Lamptey's ban, leading FIFA to last week confirm a replay after clearing both nations of any wrongdoing. SAFA had considered appealing the verdict, but has now agreed it should not benefit from the result on "moral and ethical" grounds. "Therefore, we have decided that we will comply with the FIFA directive to replay the match against Senegal at a date to be decided," SAFA said in a statement. "We have, however, noted that the official at the centre of all this controversy has appealed his case to the courts of law and if the courts overturn the decision, everything becomes null and void and SAFA will reserve its right to challenge the decision of FIFA to replay the match. "SAFA’s zero tolerance on corrupt activities within football are well documented and it is in this light that we decided to comply with the FIFA directive." The match will be replayed during the November international window, with Senegal in strong contention to leapfrog Burkina Faso into Group D's qualification spot.
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Post by jimmy on Sept 12, 2017 22:00:51 GMT
Nothing surprises me with African football
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