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UEFA: Women referees Foster and Martincic added to Men’s Second Category

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The UEFA Referees Committee approved the referee categories for the second half of the season 2022/2023. The changes took effect on 1 Januar...

Professional referee project: "FIFA Elite" or "UEFA Profi"

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FIFA Elite or UEFA Profi - this is the name of the new group of world's leading referees, to which the number 1 candidate is Szymon Marc...

CAF African Nations Championship 2022

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Algeria, 13 January – 4 February 2023 Referees 1. Lotfi Bekouassa (ALG, photo) 2. Patrice Milazare (MRI) 3. Alhadi Mahamat (CHA) 4. Kalilou ...

Ma Ning: ranked first in 4 fitness tests, but only support referee at World Cup

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With great pride and yet still some regret, Chinese referees Ma Ning, Shi Xiang and Cao Yi ended their 2022 FIFA World Cup journey. Despite ...

Gringore: “Refereeing opens doors and builds character”

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At the age of 50, Cyril Gringore ended on 28 December 2023, with the Ligue 1 match Paris SG - Strasbourg, a career that started in 1990, in ...

IFFHS World’s Best Referee 2022: Marciniak (POL)

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After Daniele Orsato (2020) and Felix Brych (2021), Polish referee Szymon Marciniak is crowned by IFFHS as the world’s best referee in 2022....

Fandel - the pianist referee: "Music has developed my personality"

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Herbert Fandel is an important name in the refereeing world due to his biography as a top European referee. Between 1996 and 2009, he refere...

Faghani and Gillett achieved FIFA referee status in a second country. Conger to follow?

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FIFA recently published the 2023 Refereeing International Lists. Alireza Faghani, who represented Iran at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 World Cup...

Arabian Gulf Cup 2023

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Iraq, 6-19 January 2023 Referee: Ma Ning (CHN, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Zhou Fei (CHN) Assistant Referee 2: Zhang Sheng (CHN) Referee: ...

Saadia and Al-Asmari: two firsts in FIFA female refereeing

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Heba Saadia is to become the first Palestinian match official to attend the FIFA Women's World Cup, also becoming one of the first Arab ...