Tag: referee
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It’ll get messy if I talk about refs – Zidane
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane was reluctant to talk about the match officials this morning. Real Madrid go to Granada on Thursday night needing victory to keep up pressure on leaders Atletico Madrid. Zidane said, “I don’t talk about this anymore. I trust football and everyone does their job. I’m not going to say anything…
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AFCON qualifiers: Referee collapses in middle of football match
On Tuesday, the match between Ivory Coast and Ethiopia was abandoned 10 minutes from time after the match referee collapsed. The match referee, a Ghanaian named Charles Bulu collapsed at the 80th minute of the Group K fixture in Abidjan. He was removed on a stretcher and taken to hospital, and the state of his…
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Klopp accused of influencing referee before Man Utd clash
Ex-Premier League ref Mark Clattenburg has accused Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp of trying influence match officials ahead of Sunday’s clash with Manchester United. The German boss hit out at the awarding of penalties to United earlier this month, something which left his rival boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer feeling defensive. In his column for the Mail,…
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Ex-national team captain sentenced to community service after assault on referee
A Moscow court on Friday sentenced Roman Shirokov, the former captain of the Russian men’s national soccer team, to 100 hours of community service over an assault on a referee, the Interfax news agency reported. The 39-year-old, who was taking part in an amateur tournament in August, was angry when referee Nikita Danchenko refused to…
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Wolves boss Espirito Santo slams referee after Burnley defeat
Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Nuno Espirito Santo could face sanctions from the Premier League after saying the referee in his team’s 2-1 defeat at Burnley on Monday was not good enough for the top flight. The Portuguese manager took aim at referee Lee Mason, despite the official giving his side a late penalty, and his words…
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FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: African referees, assistant referees to feature [Full list]
Nineteen female referees from Africa have been selected to participate in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023, to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, during a reserved period in the FIFA Women’s International Match Calendar between 10 July and 20 August 2023. The candidates will join the “Road to AUS/NZL” project, a…
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CAF appoints new referee for 2019 AFCON final
The Confederation of African Football (CAF), announced on Thursday the replacing of the referee of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations final, scheduled for Friday between Algeria and Senegal. CAF assigned the Cameroonian Sidi Alioum instead of South Africa’s Victor Gomez without giving any reasons, after the African confederation announced on Tuesday that Gomez will…
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Ex-EPL referee Mark Clattenburg reveals club he supports
Former Premier League referee, Mark Clattenburg, has revealed that he supports Newcastle United, during a Twitter question-and-answer session. Clattenburg was a match official in the English top flight for 13 years before he left the UK in 2017 for a role with the Saudi Arabian Football Federation. Earlier this year, he confirmed that he had…
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Poland 2019: Nigerian Referees missing as FIFA announce officials
Nigerian whistle men and their assistants were as usual completely missing as FIFA released list of referees and assistants that will take charge at the FIFA under 20 world cup which kicks off May 23 in Poland. A check on the list released by the world soccer ruling body indicates that 27 referees and 42…
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FIFA bans referee from Tanzania for life
Oden Charles Mbaga, a referee affiliated to the Tanzanian federation, has been banned from football for life for accepting bribes, world governing body FIFA said on Tuesday. The adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s Ethics Committee found Mbaga guilty of offences from 2009. Mbaga has been fined 200,000 Swiss francs (199,900 dollars) in addition to his ban.