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FIFA Club World Cup Final 2013: Ricci (BRA)
21 December 2013FinalBayern Munchen – Raja CasablancaReferee: Sandro Ricci (BRA, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Emerson De Carvalho (BRA) Assistant Referee 2: Marcelo Van Gasse (BRA)Fourth Official: Mark...
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UEFA Futsal Euro 2014
Belgium, 28 January - 8 February 2014Referees1. Gerald Bauernfeind (AUT, 1981) 2. Marc Birkett (ENG, 1978)3. Ondrej Cerny (CZE, 1979) 4. Kamil Cetin (TUR, 1984) 5. Balazs Farkas (HUN, 1975) 6. Eduardo...
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AFC Referee of the Year 2013: Williams (AUS)
Australian official Ben Williams has been named AFC Referee of the Year following another season of assured performances while officiating in the Confederation’s topflight tournaments. Williams, who is...
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Ivanov to replace Rosetti as Head of Russian referees
The Russian Football Union (RFU) has hired former FIFA official Valentin Ivanov to replace Italian Roberto Rosetti as head of the domestic referees' department, the RFU president said on Monday....
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Moreno will retire after the World Cup
The Panamanian referee Roberto Moreno has decided to retire in the summer, after more than 15 years as a FIFA referee, regardless of whether he will be selected or not for the 2014 World Cup. Moreno,...
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IFFHS World’s Best Referee 2013: Webb (ENG)
Selected editorial offices and experts from 70 countries and from all the football continents took part in the 2013 annual election for the World’s Best Referee, the 27th time it has been carried out...
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UEFA referees urged to avoid the “triple punishment”
European referees have been instructed by UEFA to avoid the “triple punishment” and not show the red card to players who commit an offence punishable by a penalty kick while being the last defender, as...
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CAF Referee of the Year 2013: Haimoudi (ALG)
Algerian Djamel Haimoudi has been elected Referee of the Year for a second successive time. The 43-year old, eased past Bakary Gassama (Gambia) and Neant Alioum (Cameroon) for the award of the finest...
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CAF African Nations Championship 2014
South Africa, 11 January - 1 February 2014Referees 1. Ali Lemghaifry (MTN) 2. Juste Zio (BFA) 3. Mutaz Khairalla (SDN) 4. Mohamed Benouza (ALG, photo) 5. Redouane Jiyed (MAR) 6. Mahamadou Keita (MLI)...
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Kuipers: “A wrong decision could have cost my career”
Referee Bjorn Kuipers (NED) had a very special 2013. He had some very good matches and officiated the 2013 Confederations Cup final, a Champions League semi-final and the Europa League final. He talked...
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FIFA World Cup 2014
The FIFA Referees Committee, meeting in Zurich on 14 January 2014, under the chairmanship of Jim Boyce (Northern Ireland), has appointed 25 referee trios and eight support duos representing 43...
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Velasco: “My children will be proud of me this summer”
Radio Federation interviewed Carlos Velasco Carballo, Roberto Alonso Fernandez and Juan Carlos Yuste Jimenez, after the official announcement regarding the presence of the Spanish trio at the 2014...
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Proenca: "My dream is to be at Maracana on July 13"
Portuguese referee Pedro Proenca, selected for the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil, felt that the quality of the Portuguese refereeing increased with the introduction of the professional referees, as...
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Cakir: “I had a dream”
Referring to Martin Luther King Jr., Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir said “he had a dream” and has always worked for it. Speaking at a press conference, Cakir, who was, along with his two assistants Tarik...
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Webb returned to police force
Howard Webb has returned to his former job with the police - but has no plans to quit refereeing. The decorated official, who took charge of the 2010 World Cup Final, has brought an end to the...
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Orange cards proposed by FIFA candidate Champagne
FIFA presidential candidate Jerome Champagne has suggested introducing orange cards that would allow referees to send players to a sin-bin. The Frenchman, 55, launched his bid to succeed Sepp Blatter...
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IFFHS World’s Best Woman Referee 2013: Steinhaus (GER)
Editorial staff and experts from 70 countries from all the football continents in the world took part in the second running of the IFFHS annual election of The World’s Best Woman Referee 2013. German...
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Nijhuis suspended for prank
FIFA referee Bas Nijhuis was suspended by the Dutch Football Association for inappropriate behavior during a training camp in Belek, Turkey.The 37-year old Nijhuis was given a disciplinary punishment...
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UEFA Referee Winter Courses 2014
The top UEFA match officials will be in Lisbon (Portugal) for their annual winter gathering (3-6 February 2014), while the new European referees on the FIFA List will attend the Introductory Course...
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Argentine referee "retired" his yellow card
Carlos Maglio broke new ground in the field of refereeing during a recent exhibition game between two of Argentine soccer’s fiercest rivals.Players from Estudiantes and Gimnasia had racked up eight...
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