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Ali Sabbagh

Ali Sabbagh

Lebanese football referee

Ali Sabbagh (Arabic: علي صباغ; born 30 June 1979) is a Lebanese former football referee. He was a full international referee for FIFA between 2008 and 2013,[1] before being banned for life from refereeing due to fixing a match in return for sexual favours.

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Career

Sabbagh refereed in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers,[2] beginning with the match between Nepal and Timor-Leste.[3]

On 10 June 2013, the referee was sentenced to six months in jail by a Singapore court, after pleading guilty to influencing two linesmen to help fix an AFC Cup match which took place on 3 April 2013.[4] He and the two linesmen "corruptly receiving gratification in the form of free sexual service", arranged by Singaporean businessman Eric Ding Si Yang.[4] The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has also banned Sabbagh from refereeing and attending stadiums.[5]

Honours

References

  1. [1]
    FIFA. "Lebanon: Referees". Retrieved on 24 April 2013.
  2. [2]
    Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon). Worldreferee.com (2012-07-21). Retrieved on 2013-04-04.
  3. [3]
    FIFA. "Match Report - Nepal - Timor-Leste 2:1 (1:0)". 29 June 2011. Retrieved on 24 April 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Lebanese ref jailed six months for corruption". Today Online. 11 June 2013.
  5. [5]
    "FIFA gives lifetime ban to ref who fixed game for sexual favors". Sports Illustrated. 28 January 2014.
  6. [6]
    حسن معتوق أفضل لاعب في مهرجان المنار. al-akhbar (in Arabic). 22 May 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2019.


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