Friday 8 February 2013
Ghana vs Mali AFCON semi final referee suspended by CAF
Slim Jdidi
The Tunisian referee that officiated the semi final match between the stallions of Burkina Faso and the Black stars of Ghana has been suspended by Confederation of African Football (CAF) due to his below average performance. Slim Jdidi openly denied Burkinabe so many opportunities and favoring Ghana but his grand plan did not just work out. He gave controversial penalty to Ghana which gave them early lead. He disallowed a clean goal which Burkina Faso scored; he red carded Jonathan Pitroipa instead of giving them penalty. In CAF football, referee's decision is final in regulation time, issuance of red card inclusive. But if during investigation, the referee admitted he made a mistake like giving red card, the red card could be canceled.
Whether or not Pitroipa will play in final on Sunday will be made known on Friday, today . CAF secretary, Hicham Amrani pointed out that CAF officials were very disappointed with Slim Jdidi's poor officiating but added that Jonathan Pitroipa's red card will be rescinded if and only if the referee admitted he gave the card out in error. The CAF official will also sit to know the duration of the suspension. The two teams playing the finals Super Eagles of Nigeria and Stallions of Burkina Faso have resumed training ahead of their encounter at Soccer City stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg. All the 76,000 public tickets have all been sold out according to the local organizing committee (LOC)
Thursday 7 February 2013
Annie Macaulay weds 2Face March 23, 2013
2Face and Annie Macaulay
The wedding date for 2face Idibia and Annie Macaulay has been made public. It will take place on March 23 in far away Dubai, United Arab Emirate. Attendance is strictly by invitation as the couple will have to pay for the flight of all the attendees. We wish them well as they tie the knot next month.
Wednesday 6 February 2013
Tuesday 5 February 2013
FERMA Engineer slumped, died while watching Nigeria vs Ivory Coast Match
It is unfortunate to report that Super Eagles' matches have always recorded sudden deaths each time they feature in Football tournaments. This time around the victim was an Engineer who worked with Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Ismaila Owolabi. He went to a nearby viewing centre, Promise stadium very close to his house at Oke-Sokori, Abeokuta in Ogun state, south west Nigeria just like every other person to have a glimpse of the tension soaked match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Elephants of Ivory Coast. Unfortunately, the man lost consciousness when victor Moses missed a golden opportunity to score, slumped and was taken a nearby hospital but there was no doctor at hand to attend to him. He was rushed to another hospital in the area but luck was not on his side as he passed on while being taken to the second hospital.
Mr. Owolabi was a father of two, a male and a female. He has been buried according to Muslim rites. Eye witness reported that Mr. Owolabi cheated death last December when the bus he was travelling in had a fatal accident along Lagos-Ibadan expressway and all the occupants died except him.
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