{"id":415718,"date":"2017-09-07T11:30:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T11:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/07\/ghanaian-referees-life-ban-upheld\/"},"modified":"2017-09-07T11:30:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T11:30:24","slug":"ghanaian-referees-life-ban-upheld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/07\/ghanaian-referees-life-ban-upheld\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian referee\u2019s life ban upheld"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/37390887.295.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph REFREE Ban\" title=\"Joseph REFREE Ban\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey was banned for &#8216;match manipulation&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1504783824_581_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal will be replayed after the match referee was banned for life by Fifa.<\/p>\n<p>Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey was banned for \u201cmatch manipulation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He awarded a penalty to South Africa in their 2-1 win in November last year for handball but replays showed the ball hit Senegal\u2019s Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly on the knee.<\/p>\n<p>The match is due to be replayed in the November 2017 international window.<\/p>\n<p>Lamptey was initially banned for life in March but on Wednesday the decision was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.<\/p>\n<p>Lamptey, who also officiated at the Rio Olympics last year, declined BBC Sport\u2019s invitation to comment at the time of his original ban, which came about after a complaint from the Senegal Football Federation.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal and South Africa are currently third and fourth respectively in Africa\u2019s Group D behind Burkina Faso and Cape Verde Islands. 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Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey was banned for \u201cmatch manipulation\u201d. 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