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UEFA Champions League – Round of 16 (Second Leg, I)
6 March 2018 Paris St. Germain – Real Madrid Referee: Felix Brych (GER, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER) Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER) Additional AR 1: Bastian Dankert (GER)...
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World Cup referees will be announced at the end of March
In a few days, a referee seminar will be held in Dubai and will decide the final list of referees and their role at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Massimo Busacca, Head of the FIFA Refereeing Department,...
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CONCACAF Champions League – Quarter-finals (First Leg)
6 March 2018Club America – Tauro FCReferee: Armando Villarreal (USA, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Ian Anderson (USA) Assistant Referee 2: Eduardo Mariscal (USA)Fourth Official: David Gantar (CAN)Club...
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UEFA Europa League – Round of 16 (First Leg)
8 March 2018AC Milan – ArsenalReferee: Clément Turpin (FRA, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)Additional AR 1: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)Additional AR 2:...
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Busacca: Clear laws for everyone
Ensuring consistency and the uniform application of criteria, keeping mistakes to a minimum and, most importantly of all, upholding fair play: these were just some of the areas that FIFA Director of...
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Copa Libertadores – Group Stage (Matchday 2)
13-14 March 2018Atlético Tucuman – LibertadReferee: Raphael Claus (BRA, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Danilo Manis (BRA)Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Rocha (BRA)Fourth Official: Luis Oliveira...
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Geiger’s “thing”: “He vomits before every game. If it is a big game, he might...
"Refs are remembered exclusively for our bad calls" is the Tao of Mark Geiger, who performs a ritual before every game he works. He calls this ritual his "thing". "I have a fear of failure", he says....
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UEFA Youth League – Quarter-finals
13-14 March 2018FC Barcelona – Atletico de MadridReferee: Robert Madley (ENG, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Harry Lennard (ENG)Assistant Referee 2: Ian Hussin (ENG)Fourth Official: David Medie Jimenez...
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Greece: Referee Kominis awarded a goal two hours after pitch invasion by...
The Greek Super League has been indefinitely suspended after PAOK Salonika's president invaded the pitch with a gun during a match on Sunday.Fernando Valera had scored for PAOK in the 90th minute...
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UEFA Champions League – Round of 16 (Second Leg, II)
13 March 2018AS Roma – Shakhtar Donetsk Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)Assistant Referee 2: Juan Yuste Jiménez (ESP)Additional AR 1:...
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Where will the VAR centre be located during World Cup 2018?
Former three-time World Cup referee Oscar Ruiz, currently member of the CONMEBOL Referees Committee, spoke to Planeta Fútbol of Antena 2 about the implementation of the VAR at the 2018 World Cup in...
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CONCACAF Champions League – Quarter-finals (Second Leg)
13 March 2018Tigres UANL – Toronto FCReferee: Hector Rodriguez (HON, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Walter Lopez (HON)Assistant Referee 2: Geovany García (SLV)Fourth Official: Bryan Lopez (GUA) New York...
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UEFA Europa League – Round of 16 (Second Leg)
15 March 2018Viktoria Plzeň – Sporting CPReferee: Tobias Stieler (GER, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Mike Pickel (GER)Assistant Referee 2: Jan Seidel (GER)Additional AR 1: Marco Fritz (GER)Additional AR...
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Prospective World Cup ARs tested in Dubai
The Professional Soccer Referees Association (PSRA) has announced on Twitter that all four North American assistant referees (Frank Anderson, Corey Rockwell, Joe Fletcher and Ian Anderson) passed their...
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Refereeing in the genes for Borjas
The careers of many female international footballers have started out the same way: by playing alongside boys because there were no girls' teams available. Melissa Borjas is no exception, even if her...
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FIFA council approves VAR for World Cup 2018
FIFA has finally and fully approved video review to help referees at the World Cup. The last step toward giving match officials high-tech help in Russia was agreed to on Friday by FIFA's ruling council...
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UEFA U-21 Euro 2019 Qualifiers (Matchday 11)
22-23 March 2018Northern Ireland – SpainReferee: Bartosz Frankowski (POL, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Dawid Golis (POL)Assistant Referee 2: Jakub Winkler (POL)Fourth Official: Zbigniew Dobrynin...
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FC Porto reveals an email exchange between referee Pinheiro and Benfica
Francisco Marques, communication and information director of FC Porto, revealed a new series of emails, accusing Nuno Cabral, who allegedly used, through a second email address, the alter ego 'Eva...
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UEFA Women’s Champions League – Quarter-finals (First Leg)
21-22 March 2018Manchester City – LinköpingReferee: Stephanie Frappart (FRA, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Manuela Nicolosi (FRA)Assistant Referee 2: Rocio Puente Pino (ESP)Fourth Official: Victoria Beyer...
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International Friendly Matches
22-27 March 2018 Italy – Argentina Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Lee Betts (ENG) Assistant Referee 2: Constantine Hatzidakis (ENG) Fourth Official: Craig Pawson (ENG)Russia...
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