http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/refs-can-take-bribes-as-long-as-they-are-fair.html World Cup South Africa 2010 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:45:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/refs-can-take-bribes-as-long-as-they-are-fair.html/comment-page-1#comment-45962 Nigeria: Come for the Football, Stay for the Machetes - The Offside - The Offside Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:38:07 +0000 http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/refs-can-take-bribes-as-long-as-they-are-fair.html#comment-45962 [...] A few months back on World Cup Blog we reported that referees in Nigeria are sometimes encouraged to take bribes. While this hardly is something we would promote for the Beautiful Game, we are a little more sympathetic towards corrupt Nigerian referees after reading what happened to referee Sani Abiodun this past weekend. [...] [...] A few months back on World Cup Blog we reported that referees in Nigeria are sometimes encouraged to take bribes. While this hardly is something we would promote for the Beautiful Game, we are a little more sympathetic towards corrupt Nigerian referees after reading what happened to referee Sani Abiodun this past weekend. [...]

]]> http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/refs-can-take-bribes-as-long-as-they-are-fair.html/comment-page-1#comment-1298 No Angolan Referees at the World Cup - FIFA World Cup 2006 - Angola World Cup Team Blog Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:24:45 +0000 http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/refs-can-take-bribes-as-long-as-they-are-fair.html#comment-1298 [...] Scanning the list of the referees who have been announced to call the games in Germany this summer and I don’t see one referee from Angola. Africa is represented by referees from Egypt and Benin. It would be cool for an Angolan referee to gain the experience of officiating a game at the World Cup, but like many countries our referees have a long way to go before they become world renowned. At least our referees aren’t making headlines like the news coming out of Nigeria. [...] [...] Scanning the list of the referees who have been announced to call the games in Germany this summer and I don’t see one referee from Angola. Africa is represented by referees from Egypt and Benin. It would be cool for an Angolan referee to gain the experience of officiating a game at the World Cup, but like many countries our referees have a long way to go before they become world renowned. At least our referees aren’t making headlines like the news coming out of Nigeria. [...]

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