2017 AFCON: CAF excludes Ghanaian referees for tournament

No Ghanaian referee will be officiating at the 2017 Afcon finals in Gabon as none was named by CAF in the 17 center referees and 21 assistant referees for the tournament. A list released by the continent's football governing body indicated that no regret from the West Africa country was named for the event. Ghana's elite referee Joseph Lamptey who looked set to getting named for the tournament committed a blunder during the 2018 World Cup qualifier between South Africans Senegal, killing his chances of making an appearance at the event. Joseph Lamptey awarded a dubious penalty to South Africa which compelled the Referees... Read Full Story