South African football was embroiled in another scandal today when FIFA said the national team's World Cup qualifying win over Senegal last year was fixed.<br/><br/>In banning Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey for life, world soccer's governing body said, the outcome of South Africa's 2-1 home win in African Group D in November had been contrived.<br/><br/>The revelation follows allegations that South Africa paid a 10 million dollars bribe to help secure the rights to the 2010 World Cup and that officials were duped by an Asian betting syndicate over the results of warm-up matches before the finals.<br/><br/>South Africa is still reeling from the allegations made by US prosecutors that a payment of 10 million dollars to former FIFA vice president Jack Warner during the country's successful bid to stage the 2010 World Cup was a bribe.
News On AIR | March 21, 2017 9:55 PM
South African football hit by new match fixing claim