Saudi Arabian Referee Al Mirdasi Banned for Life for Match Fixing
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Saudi Arabia Football Federation (SAFF) has banned referee Fahad Al-Mirdasi for life over bribery.
SAFF has asked FIFA to remove referee Fahad Al Mirdasi from the upcoming World Cup in Russia after he received a lifetime ban from the federation for offering to accept a bribe to influence the outcome of a match.
World Cup-bound official Al Mirdasi, 32, was hit with a life-long suspension by the SAFF having confessed to offering to fix Saturday's King's Cup final between Al-Ittihad and Al-Faisaly in Saudi Arabia.
Denied from participating in any football-related activity for life, the SAFF has also called on FIFA to withdraw Al Mirdasi from next month's World Cup, while approving his life ban on an international level.
Al Mirdasi was among the referees for last year's Confederations Cup in Russia, where he oversaw the third-place match between Mexico and Portugal, having also officiated at the 2016 Olympic Games.
