Tag: Referees
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NPFL: Referees to start using gadgets to improve decision making – League chairman, Elegbeleye
The Chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League, (NPFL) Gbenga Elegbeleye, has revealed that referees in the Nigerian topflight will begin to use gadgets to aid their officiating next season as part of efforts by the league board to improve the NPFL.
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Endeavour to change the narratives about Nigerian referees – Gusau advises FIFA referees
President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau (MON) has charged Nigerian referees to make conscious, deliberate efforts to change the running narratives of sheer incompetence, flagrant disregard of the rules by some and blatant roguery by a few, through saying the truth to themselves and resolving to uphold their professional tenets while committing…
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FIFA referee’s first-quarter fitness test and badging hold in Abuja
The first-quarter FIFA fitness test for Nigerian international referees will take place at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday, 20th February 2024. Medical tests were conducted on the referees on Monday, 19th February 2024.
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FIFA places 11 Nigerian referees, 11 assistant referees on 2024 international lists
World football-governing body, FIFA has approved a total of 30 Nigerian referees to be placed on the international lists for the year 2024, among them 11 referees, 11 assistant referees, four beach soccer referees and four futsal referees.
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Poor Officiating: NFF suspends 14 NPFL referees
In its reaction to dismal officiating in the Nigeria Professional Football League, the Nigeria Football Federation’s Referees’ Development Committee/Unit has resolved to suspend 14 NPFL referees.
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Gusau charges FIFA instructors to help develop, upscale Nigerian referees
President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau on Monday called on FIFA refereeing instructors who are in Nigeria for three refereeing programmes, to help improve the lot of Nigerian referees to a level that they would be regularly considered for major FIFA and CAF assignments.
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NFF Board approves evaluation report and sanctions meted by Referees Committee
The Board of the Nigeria Football Federation has endorsed the first evaluation report, including sanctions, meted out to erring officials by the Federation’s Referees Committee headed by Mrs Faith Irabor. It would be recalled that during the inauguration of the NFF Referees Committee, the President, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau had implored them to be of…
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FIFA Women’s World Cup: 88 referees, 19 video match officials named
The Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), has named 33 referees, 55 assistant referees, and 19 video match Officials (VMO) for the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand 2023. This is contained in a statement on the website of the world
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CAF announces 63 match officials for AFCON, only 1 Nigerian picked
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Tuesday released the list of 63 match officials who will officiate at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) slated for Cameroon. The list consists of 24 referees, 31 assistant referees and eight video assistant referees (VARs) from 36 countries. Only one of the listed officials was however…