Zambia referee for Nigeria, Egypt match

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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed 37–year old Zambian referee, Janny Sikazwe, to take charge of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Day 3 qualifying match between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and the Pharaohs of Egypt
billed for the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna on Friday, March 25.

Arsenio Chadreque Marengula from Mozambique was also appointed by CAF as the assistant referee 1, while Zambians Romeo Kasengele and Wisdom Chewe will serve as assistant referee 2 and reserve referee respectively while Abbasi Ssendyowa from Uganda serves match commissioner for the big Group G game.

For the return leg in Alexandria on Tuesday, March 29, which will kick off at 7pm Egypt time at the Borg el Arab Stadium, veteran South African official Daniel Frazer Bennett will be at the centre.

He will be assisted by compatriots Zakhele Thusi Siwela (assistant referee 1), Peter Chauke (assistant referee 2) and Kulasande Qongqo. The match commissioner is Moroccan Said Belkhayat.

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