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FIFA: Belgium exceeded the maximum number of substitutions
Belgium's 5-1 victory over Luxembourg on 26 May 2014 will not stand as an official FIFA-recognised international friendly match after coach Marc Wilmots used seven substitutes during the match. The...
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Final seminar for World Cup referees
The 33rd team in action at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil took to the pitch on Friday in Rio de Janeiro. Representing 45 countries, the tournament’s 25 referee trios and eight support duos took part in...
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Cann: “My skillset is far more suitable to being an assistant referee”
He’s been there, seen it and done it when it comes to the World Cup but Darren Cann is looking to do it all over again in Brazil. Four years after running the line of the 2010 World Cup final between...
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FIFA World Cup 2014 – Group Stage (Matches 1-4)
Japan’s Yuichi Nishimura has been assigned as the referee for the opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup between Brazil and Croatia on Thursday, 12 June. He will be assisted by compatriots Toru...
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Bennett sent home due to injury
After an injury prevented assistant referee Ravinesh Kumar (FIJ) to run the fitness test, another selected match official was forced to miss the 2014 World Cup. Daniel Bennett (RSA) suffered an injury...
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FIFA World Cup 2014 – Group Stage (Matches 5-8)
Colombia-Greece will be officiated by US referee Mark Geiger (photo), who is 39. He supervised his first international in 2008 and was in charge for two finals in 2011: Costa Rica-Mexico in the...
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Nishimura defended by FIFA
FIFA have defended under-fire referee Yuichi Nishimura for his decision to award a penalty in favour of Brazil during the World Cup-opening 3-1 victory over Croatia that has sparked a massive backlash...
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FIFA World Cup 2014 – Group Stage (Matches 9-11)
Switzerland-Ecuador will be officiated by Ravshan Irmatov from Uzbekistan. The 36-year-old is taking part in his second FIFA World Cup, having overseen five matches at the 2010 edition, including the...
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FIFA World Cup 2014 – Group Stage (Matches 12-14)
16 June 2014 Germany – Portugal Referee: Milorad Mazic (SRB, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristic (SRB) Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Durdevic (SRB) Fourth Official: Néant Alioum (CMR) Reserve AR:...
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FIFA World Cup 2014 – Group Stage (Matches 15-17)
Marco Rodriguez (photo) from Mexico will oversee the Belgium-Algeria game. Rodriguez is 40 years old and will be taking part in his third World Cup, having handled a total of four games at the 2006 and...
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Lannoy: "Fred abused the referee"
Stephane Lannoy, who refereed the Brazilian team at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, comments on the penalty kick awarded by Nishimura in the opening match.“What shocks me the most is not the...
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FIFA World Cup 2014 – Group Stage (Matches 18-20)
Pedro Proenca (photo), 43, will referee match 18 between Cameroon and Croatia. In 2012, Proenca was assigned to cover the finals of both the UEFA Euro and the UEFA Champions League. Last year, the...
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FIFA World Cup 2014 - Group Stage (Matches 21-23)
The match between Colombia and Côte d’Ivoire will be refereed by Howard Webb, the first appearance of the 42-year-old Englishman who refereed the FIFA World Cup Final in 2010. He earned his...
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JFA: Nishimura speaks English
The Japan Football Association said its referees dispatched to top level international matches have no trouble communicating in English, despite allegations to the contrary after the World Cup’s...
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FIFA World Cup 2014 – Group Stage (Matches 24-26)
Enrique Osses will referee the match Italy-Costa Rica, two teams who meet after winning their first games. The 40-year-old Chilean has already officiated a match at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Cote...
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World Cup referees: preacher, lawyer, dancer, millionaire, wrestler
A dancing chemist, a British bobby and doppelganger for a Hollywood star, a Swedish millionaire and a hair-salon owner are all playing a central role in this year’s football world cup. These are just...
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FIFA World Cup 2014 – Group Stage (Matches 27-29)
The Nigeria-Bosnia game will be the first appearance for Peter O’Leary from New Zealand. The 42-year-old worked as a fourth official at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and he holds a number of appearance...
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Damon has retired from refereeing
Former World Cup (2010) referee Jerome Damon (South Africa) has called time on his career to pursue other interests. Damon, who made his refereeing debut in the 1996/97 season, informed the South...
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FIFA replaced AR Clavijo
FIFA started an internal investigation to determine whether the Colombian AR Humberto Clavijo’s errors were just human mistakes or something else. Clavijo wrongly disallowed, for offside, two Mexican...
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FIFA World Cup 2014 – Group Stage (Matches 30-32)
Nestor Pitana will officiate in the match between USA and Portugal, his second match after Russia-Korea Republic. The 39-year-old Argentinian has been overseeing international matches since 2010,...
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