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World Cup-bound referee Al Mirdasi handed lifetime ban in Saudi Arabia for match fixing

The Saudi FA has called on FIFA to withdraw the official from next month's World Cup after the referee was handed a lifetime ban

The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (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 SAFF 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.