Joseph Lamptey’s long history of disputed football decisions to be examined
Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey‚ who is at the centre of a match-fixing scandal involving Bafana Bafana‚ has a long history of controversial decisions‚ some of which will now be much more closely examined in the wake of his being handed a lifetime ban. On Monday, Lamptey was banished from the sport by Fifa for manipulating the result of SA’s 2-1 win over Senegal in World Cup qualification in Polokwane in November‚ which presents the possibility that world football’s governing body might order the match to be replayed. The referee‚ whose father was also a Fifa match official and later a president of the Ghana Football Association‚ had been influenced by betting syndicates to ensure SA won‚ according to Fifa insiders. Lamptey had already been suspended by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for his poor handling of the game where Bafana were handed a soft penalty and then scored from a quickly-taken free kick, in quick succession. Lamptey‚ an immigration officer at Kotoko airp...
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