FIFA has ordered the replay of a 2018 World Cup qualifier between Senegal and South Africa after referee Joseph Lamptey was banned for life for "match manipulation".

The Ghanaian referee awarded a controversial penalty to the Bafana Bafana in their defeat of the Terenga Lions of Senegal last November for handball.

However, replays showed that the ball hit Senegalese's Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly on the knee.

The qualifying match has been rescheduled to be replayed in the November 2017 international window break.

Lamptey was initially banned for life in March but on Wednesday the decision was overruled by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Senegal and South Africa are placed third and fourth respectively in Group D of the African qualifying race behind Burkina Faso and Cape Verde, with the top team guaranteed a spot in next year's World Cup in Russia.


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