Bafana match to be replayed?
Fifa investigating whether SA’s win over Senegal will be left to stand
Fifa legal experts were to check regulations and hold discussions in Zurich on Wednesday and Thursday to determine whether Bafana Bafana’s World Cup qualifier against Senegal should be replayed after the referee was found guilty of fixing the outcome of the game‚ Fifa insiders told Business Day. Shock waves reverberated at the start of the week, when Fifa said its disciplinary committee had banned Joseph Lamptey of Ghana for manipulating the result of the match. World football’s governing body said Lamptey was banned for life from any form of football activity‚ be it administration‚ sports or any other‚ in the harshest sentence it can impose. He had been found guilty of unlawfully influencing the match result when SA beat Senegal 2-1 in their Group D qualifier at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane in November 2016. Linesman David Lartey‚ who had also been charged‚ was found not guilty.
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