Sunday 27 January 2013

AFCON 2013: Egyptian referee Grisha Ghead sacked


Grisha Ghead, the Egyptian referee that officiated the Zambia v Nigeria group C  football match in the on going African Cup Of Nations has been sacked by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), following the controversial penalty he awarded to the defending champions Zambia, which saw the equalised and finally drew the match 1-1 with Nigeria.

The Nigerian Football Federation was reported to have lodged an official complaint to CAF, and the sack of the Egyptian Grisha Ghead might have been the outcome of the compliant.

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