South Sudan Footballers Banned for Assaulting A Female Referee (newscentral.africa)
South Sudan's Wau Local Football Association (WLFA) has banned two Al-Hali FC team members from playing in the local league after they insulted and physically attacked a female referee during a match.
The prominent female referee in Wau, Sezarina Gabriel, who officiated the match between Al-Tadamun FC and Al-Hali FC on Sunday, was targeted after she warned the footballers over rough play and sent one of them off after repeated offences.
Four other players from Al-Hali FC were also suspended for three years for openly uttering offensive and discriminatory words against the referee and for supporting their teammates who assaulted her.
Al-Hali FC head coach, Hassan Ali, was suspended from all sporting activities until he appears before a disciplinary committee. He was accused of urging his players to continue despite the attack.
The match ended in chaos.
WLFA secretary-general John Baptist Abakar said his association “maintains zero tolerance to all kinds of discrimination, unjust behaviour and misconduct” in the local league.
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