South Africa accept decision to replay tie against Senegal

THE South Africa Football Association has said it will accept the decision that the World Cup qualifier against Senegal should be replayed after referee Joseph Lamptey’s lifetime ban was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Lamptey has been expelled by FIFA over match-fixing allegations, and the world governing body announced the match must be replayed after the decision from CAS last week. South Africa won the match 2-1 on November 12 last year. However, a statement on Tuesday by the South African FA said: ‘Following additional information SAFA received from world governing body FIFA, the Association resolved on moral and ethical grounds that we cannot be beneficiaries of corrupt activities. Therefore, we have decided that we will comply with the FIFA directive to replay the match.’