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Hussein: “It’s the same rules on the pitch as in the pharmacy”

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On the pitch, she is "the boss". Her job as a referee is to ensure that players adhere to the Laws of the Game, while she makes d...

Rizzoli explains Inter - Juventus VAR controversy

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Refereeing designator Nicola Rizzoli hit back at suggestions from a former FIGC prosecutor that VAR clips ‘disappeared’ from Inter-Juventus...

Clattenburg has hair transplant top up before going into lockdown

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The ex-official filled in a patch of thinning hair on his crown and is sprouting his new locks while the UK hunkers down against coronaviru...

UEFA refereeing family is keeping fit

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Thanks to careful planning, detailed research and preparation, expert advice, and a spirit of teamwork and positive thinking on all sides, ...

Webb and Geiger on their most talked-about calls

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Howard Webb and Mark Geiger, two of the most well-known referees produced by England and the United States, respectively, are now among the...

FIFA's plan for 5 substitutes to be fast-tracked for approval by IFAB

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The IFAB, football's lawmakers, will move quickly to approve FIFA's proposal that teams can make up to five substitutions per match...

Player suspended 50 years for violence against referees

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Portuguese Ricardo Ferreira (1986), an amateur player of the Portugal Futebol Clube of the Swiss Fourth Division, was suspended for 50 year...

Spanish referees still receive the "fixed" amount agreed with RFEF

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A few weeks ago we found out that the First Division referees stopped receiving some payments as a result of the suspension of professional...

Yellow card for “unhygienic behaviour”?

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Footballers could be on the receiving end of a booking from referees for spitting in games due to the potential spread of coronavirus from ...

50th anniversary of yellow and red cards in football

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It all started from a fracas which occurred during the 1966 World Cup quarter-final at Wembley between England and Argentina which resulted...