Wednesday, December 30, 2015

CAF shun Nigerian refs for CHAN 2016


By Rasaq Oboirien
THE Confederation of African Football (CAF) has failed to name any top Nigerian match official for next year's African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda, despite the Nigeria Premier League been rated among the top five in the continent.NaijaSportsXtra gathered that Daniel Bennet (South Africa) and Joseph Lamtey (Ghana) were the 34 top Center Referees and Assistant Referees named by CAF referees standing committee to officiate at the tournament that is played by only locally based players.
Meanwhile, as the tournament gets underway on the 16th January 2016, the fitness tests for all the referees will be conducted on 13th January 2016 in Kigali.


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