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Futsal Laws of the Game 2020/21
On 8 April 2020, the Bureau of the FIFA Council approved an update to the Futsal Laws of the Game. The latest rules form the 2020/21 edition and came into force on 1 June 2020. Several of the...
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Aytekin: “Games without supporters lack passion”
A leading German referee has said his heart rate has dropped considerably during matches held behind closed doors as some of the “passion” is missing without supporters. Deniz Aytekin took charge of...
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Collum: “Ridiculous abuse almost forced me out”
Referee William Collum has condemned the “ridiculous abuse” of referees in Scottish football and revealed he has considered quitting on several occasions. The 41-year-old has been Scotland’s...
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The Battle of Santiago
An earthquake, a series of articles written by a couple of Italian journalists, a trend-setting referee who had a bad day in office. The result: the Battle of Santiago, a football game that has gone...
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Former Uruguayan referee killed in Montevideo
Andres Pollero, a 42-year-old former Uruguayan referee, who announced his retirement at the end of 2019, was killed on Sunday night in Montevideo. Pollero was shot in the chest when he resisted the...
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Chenard: From speed skater to player handler
Do you remember the look on Carol Anne’s face when confronted by a malevolent ghost on Steven Spielberg’s supernatural horror blockbuster Poltergeist? A similar look of horror is sketched over the face...
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Treimanis explains his unusual gesture
Latvian Andris Treimanis recently refereed a friendly match between Riga FC and RFS, played Estonia because in Latvia it was still not allowed. At 75' RFS player Kouadio showed his middle finger to an...
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Spanish referee permitted 16 more penalties than he should have
On 30 January 1975, one of the most peculiar officiating moments in Spanish football took place. Carabanchel hosted Mallorca in the Copa del Rey - called the Copa del Generalisimo at the time - and the...
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FIFA referee in less than 3 years!
Less than three years ago, Louise Thompson was playing for Fermanagh Mallards, getting to third place in the Women’s Premiership before a serious knee injury ended her career. Now 31-year-old Thompson...
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Collina: “Tolerance doesn’t resolve the offside problem; it just moves it”
Pierluigi Collina explains the updated IFAB guidelines on handball and offside are “not modifications, but clarification” and why referees must use the on-field monitor. The sport is changing after the...
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Doctor before referee
Cesar Noval Font is a plastic surgeon and at the same time an assistant referee in the Spanish First Division. He gained notoriety in 2018 when, during the same week, he carried out a pioneering sex...
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Baldassi and Ronaldinho's boots
The former international referee and now National Deputy, Hector Baldassi, left some pearls in his dialogue with the program “4 a la Barrera”, which comes out on Thursdays at 10 pm on FM La Ranchada....
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Spanish referee tested positive
The RFEF Technical Referees Committee, along with its 126 First and Second Division members, plus the 3 specific VAR referees, is holding the seminar prior to the return to competition. During the...
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Former FIFA Referee removed as VAR in Mexico
Virginia Tovar will be remembered for having been the first woman referee in Mexican football. A FIFA referee between 1996 and 2004, she has officiated at FIFA Women’s World Cup 1999 and Concacaf...
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Jonsson: “Why me? What did I do to deserve this?”
The FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 was held one year ago. The match officials for the tournament comprised 27 referees and 47 assistant referees – all female – from 42 different countries, while...
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Rennie: “It should not be unusual to see a black referee”
Uriah Rennie, the Premier League's last black referee, has said it is time 'words are matched by action' to increase the diversity of officials. Not one of the 79 referees on this season's national...
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Winning goal scored in the 167th minute!
These days, soccer matches have a finite end. More than any other sport in the world, you can predict within a couple minutes how long a match will take from the moment it kicks off. Even in the rare...
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Australian Gillett to become the first foreign referee in EPL
Australian Jarred Gillett is in line to become the first foreign Premier League referee before the end of the season, Sportsmail understands. The 33-year-old is among those earmarked for a taster of...
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MLS is Back: It will be difficult for non full-time officials to participate
Major League Soccer has announced plans to return to action in Orlando next month in a 26-team round-robin tournament that will kick start the 2020 season. The event, similar to the format of the FIFA...
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Referees threatened after Belarusian Premier League match
A group of referees were stopped on the roadside and threatened after overseeing a draw between the top two teams in the Belarusian league, said the national football federation.The incident happened...
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