Baku. 27 September. REPORT.AZ/ Four football referees in the southern African country of Malawi have been banned for life for match-fixing after they received just $ 20 between them to fix a game and returned $15 to the team doing the bribing because they still lost.
Report informs, referee Aziz Nyirenda, assistant referees Limbani Chisambi and Stephano Gomani, and fourth official Jimmy Phiri, were all found guilty of fixing a national cup match between lower league team Nchalo United and Chitipa United.
The match-fixing was revealed after Nchalo United, the team that bribed the refs, lost in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw and demanded their money back. When the referees could only stump up $15, Nchalo went to the authorities.
The life ban for the four officials was announced by the Malawian referees association.