FIFA bans Tanzanian referee for life

Oden Charles Mbaga, a referee affiliated to the Tanzanian federation, has been banned from football for life for accepting bribes, world governing body FIFA said on Tuesday.

The adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s Ethics Committee found Mbaga guilty of offences from 2009.

Mbaga has been fined 200,000 Swiss francs (199,900 dollars) in addition to his ban.