Tunisian boss suspended, team facing ban

Tunisia's football chief Wadie Jary was banned from all Confederation of African Football (Caf) activities on Friday following claims his side were unfairly treated during their controversial Africa Cup of Nations defeat against Equatorial Guinea.

CAF ordered Jary and the Tunisian federation to apologise or provide evidence to back up their complaints before midnight on Thursday.

However when no apology was forthcoming, Caf suspended Jary until an apology materialised.

"The Afcon Organising Committee decided to suspend the President of the Tunisian Football Federation, Mr Wadie Jary, from all activities related to Caf until he submitted a letter of apology or presented a letter with irrefutable, tangible evidence to substantiate claims of Caf bias against the Tunisian team," read a statement.

"The Committee also decided to give the Tunisian Football Federation until March 31, 2015 to comply with the recommendations of the Disciplinary Panel and the organising committee, otherwise the Executive Committee of Caf will disqualify Tunisian national team from the next edition of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2017."

Tunisian tempers flared after Mauritian referee Rajindraparsad Seechurn awarded the Nations Cup hosts a dubious stoppage-time penalty which resulted in the equaliser in their quarterfinal clash.

When the final whistle sounded after Equatorial Guinea won 2-1, riot police had to protect the match officials from furious Tunisian players.

CAF banned Seechurn for six months and dropped him from the elite referees panel.