CAF dismisses Egyptian ref who officiated Nigeria vs Zambia match

The 36 year old Egyptian referee who
officiated the match between the
Super Eagles of Nigeria and
Chipolopo of Zambia on Friday
January 25th, has been dismissed
from the on-going 2013 Africa Cup of
Nations as a result of poor officiating.
Ghead Grisha awarded a
controversial penalty to Zambia in the
85th minute which enabled them
draw level in the group C match.
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF
immediately sent a protest letter to
the Confederation of African Football,
CAF, asking the football governing
body to look into the questionable
call by Grisha.
A top official of CAF said today that
Grisha 'has been sent home. He will
have no further action at this Cup of
Nations. His decisions did not tally
with best practices of the refereeing
profession and we would not allow
anyone to start re-writing the rules of
the game here'