Kouyate and Sakho caught up in match fixing scandal

Cheikhou Kouyate and striker Diafra Sakho could play in a World Cup qualifier replay in November after FIFA ordered Senegal’s result with South Africa should be scrapped.

The qualifier will be played again after the referee, Joseph Lamptey was found guilty of match-fixing in a game which saw South Africa win 2-1 last November. Lamptey has now been banned for life by FIFA.

The match was surrounded by controversy after the Ghanaian official incorrectly awarded a penalty for handball to South Africa but video replays clearly showed that the ball actually struck the defender’s knee.

The Senegal Football Federation complained to FIFA and as a result, the match will be replayed in November, on a date set aside for an international break.