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Clattenburg: From swearing in Spanish to post-match hugs with an icon
Taking charge of football's heavyweights heaps pressure on a referee, but Mark Clattenburg looks back fondly on his encounters with legends of the game. The former Premier League official's career...
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Aerosol vs FIFA
The lawsuit initiated by the Argentine Pablo Silva and his Brazilian partner Heine Allemagne, inventors of the spray, has been going on for 4 years. Lawyer Cristiano Zanin Martins takes the case...
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FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events
Following a thorough assessment of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent recommendations made by the FIFA-Confederations Covid-19 Working Group, the Bureau of the FIFA Council...
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DFB: What happens if the referee is infected?
"Both the special hygiene regulations and the corona tests, as well as refereeing in front of empty stands require special preparation", said Lutz-Michael Fröhlich in an interview with ntv.de. The...
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Referees need 21 days of training before returning to competitions
The fitness instructor of the CONMEBOL Referees Committee, Juan Carlos Albarracin, affirms that professional football referees need at least 21 days of training to regain form before facing the...
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New competition rules in CONMEBOL
The CONMEBOL Council approved adjustments to the regulations applicable to the 2020 Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. The modifications require that each club and other participants to adapt to...
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DFB: VAR intervention "not appropriate"
The last-second penalty kick against VfB Stuttgart heated the minds of the Swabs and led to another explanation from the DFB. VfB Stuttgart is upset about the referees after their unsuccessful restart...
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MLS referees would make "sensible" adjustments
With the growing likelihood that any 2020 MLS season return would occur without fans in the stands, Professional Referees Organization general manager Howard Webb anticipates a period where his...
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Clattenburg admitted Real's offside goal in 2016 UCL final
Atletico Madrid have tweeted a response after referee Mark Clattenburg admitted rivals Real Madrid's crucial opener in the 2016 Champions League final should have been ruled out for offside. The club...
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Mental health in refereeing
Scottish FIFA referee John Beaton speaks about the challenges he’s had to overcome along with special moments in his career so far. - After a Rangers v Celtic match in 2018, you had a challenging time...
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Top 10 Mexican referees of all time
These are the 10 best referees in the history of Mexico, according to sports newspaper "90min". 1. Marco Rodriguez - "Chiquimarco" is one of the most emblematic referees of Mexican football. He debuted...
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FIFA to offer online courses to referees
Much of FIFA’s competition calendar for 2020 has been impacted by COVID-19, and three tournaments have so far been re-scheduled for 2021. Consequently, all FIFA referees' preparatory seminars for those...
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Cunha: "Referees get angry, but do not show it"
Uruguayan World Cup referee Andres Cunha spoke live on Instagram with Balon Latino on how he is experiencing inactivity with his colleagues, the economic situation and some of his recent experiences on...
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Elite referee Vincic attended a wild party interrupted by police
According to 24ur.com, a prominent Slovenian referee, Slavko Vinčić, was among those detained in the Kristal police operation, which was organized by the Bijeljina Police Administration in the...
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Atkinson and his “roller coaster” life as top flight referee
The now 48-year-old has risen to the very top of his trade becoming a Premier League referee in 2005 and officiating the Emirates FA Cup final in 2011 as well as the 2014 EFL Cup final and 2015 Europa...
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Gavillucci: “I was dismissed by text”
Former Italian referee Claudio Gavillucci has revealed he was ‘dismissed by text message’ and claims his colleagues ‘aren’t guaranteed by a transparent system’. Gavilucci, who has overseen 50 matches...
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Collina: “The ultimate final in the history of the Champions League”
On this day 21 years ago, 26 May 1999, United clinched arguably the club’s most famous win and one of football’s greatest ever comebacks by beating the German giants in Spain. In an extraordinary night...
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Rizzoli: Yellow cards for players not socially distancing from referees
The "new normal" in football as the sport feels its way back from the coronavirus crisis means games without fans, goals without celebrations and, in news that referees around the world will welcome,...
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Aytekin “failed in the performance of his duties”
UEFA have acknowledged that referee Deniz Aytekin “failed in the performance of his duties” during Barcelona's comeback victory against PSG in 2017. The historic comeback, when Barca came back from a...
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FIFA calls for "common sense" on player protests
FIFA has called on leagues to use "common sense" when deciding whether to discipline footballers for displaying political messages after several players in the German Bundesliga called for justice for...
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