Buenos Aires: Incriminating photographs of a referee dining at a restaurant with the officials of a football team the day before a game has sparked a scandal in Argentina.

Referee Mauro Giannini was seen dining out Saturday night in the Argentine city of San Francisco, in Cordoba province, with the treasurer and other officials of Atletico Tucuman, prior to Sunday's second-division match between Atletico and San Francisco's Sportivo Belgrano, reports Xinhua.