{"id":461956,"date":"2026-02-11T10:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/461956\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T10:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:16:08","slug":"afcon-referee-suspended-over-officiating-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/461956\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON referee suspended over officiating errors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/AFCON-referee-suspended-over-officiating-errors-2021190?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/13050106.295.jpg\" alt=\"Haitham Guirat is a Tunisian referee\" title=\"Haitham Guirat is a Tunisian referee\" width=\"295\" height=\"177\" \/> <\/a>Haitham Guirat is a Tunisian referee<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Tunisian referee Haitham Guirat, who officiated several matches at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, has been suspended indefinitely by the Tunisian Football Federation following a major officiating error in a domestic league fixture.<\/p>\n<p>The federation confirmed the decision on Monday after Guirat was involved in a controversial incident during a Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 match.<\/p>\n<p>The referees\u2019 committee described the decision as a \u201cserious refereeing mistake\u201d, prompting immediate disciplinary action to protect the integrity of the league.<\/p>\n<p>Although the federation did not disclose specific details of the incident, the call sparked widespread criticism and raised serious concerns about the officiating standard.<\/p>\n<p>The suspension has also reignited debate surrounding Guirat\u2019s performances at the Africa Cup of Nations. Guirat was the VAR for Nigeria\u2019s third-place game against Egypt, which the Super Eagles won on penalties.<\/p>\n<p>According to the federation, Guirat\u2019s suspension does not carry a defined timeframe. The referee will undergo further assessment and review by Tunisian football authorities before any consideration is given to his possible return to officiating duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Haitham Guirat is a Tunisian referee Tunisian referee Haitham Guirat, who officiated several matches at the 2025 Africa&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-461956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}