A World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal will be replayed after the match referee was banned for life by Fifa.
Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey was banned for "match manipulation".
He awarded a penalty to South Africa in their 2-1 win in November last year for handball but replays showed the ball hit Senegal's Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly on the knee.
The match is due to be replayed in the November 2017 international window.
Lamptey was initially banned for life in March but on Wednesday the decision was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Lamptey, who also officiated at the Rio Olympics last year, declined BBC Sport's invitation to comment at the time of his original ban, which came about after a complaint from the Senegal Football Federation.
Senegal and South Africa are currently third and fourth respectively in Africa's Group D behind Burkina Faso and Cape Verde Islands. Only the top team qualify for next year's finals in Russia.
Source: BBC
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When will Nyantakyi GFA chairman be banned too?
oh Ghana why! we are even exporting corruption to football
What happened to that referee that officiated that Famous Barca and Chelsea match....? What about the France and Ireland match.. he went on to officiate in the world cup. Corruption does not only exist in Africa. Good, he is banned... but be consistent.
Charity begins at home. This is what they do at home that has resulted in the collapse of the local league. This is a national disgrace.
It serves him right and this must be a lesson to the rest of the corrupt ones out there.This is what they did and the game in Ghana is no more attractive to Ghanaians.They have killed the game in Ghana and now want export it.Shame
OH GHANA AND CORRUPTION ; WHY OH WHY ARE TAINTED WITH THIS EVIL DEED OF CORRUPTION : WHAT A DISGRACE TO MOTHER GHANA !!!!!NOKOFIO LAMPTEY !!!!;look at where it has ended you !!!!!