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FIFA World Cup 2018 – Group Stage (Matches 12-14)
18 June 2018 Sweden – Korea Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Juan Zumba (SLV) Assistant Referee 2: Juan Mora (CRC) Fourth Official: Norbert Hauata (TAH) Reserve AR: Bertrand...
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FIFA World Cup 2018 – Group Stage (Matches 15-17)
19 June 2018 Colombia – Japan Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN) Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN) Fourth Official: Mehdi Abid Charef (ALG) Reserve AR:...
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FIFA World Cup 2018 – Group Stage (Matches 18-20)
20 June 2018 Portugal – Morocco Referee: Mark Geiger (USA, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Joe Fletcher (CAN) Assistant Referee 2: Frank Anderson (USA) Fourth Official: Sergei Karasev (RUS) Reserve AR:...
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World Cup and Euro final referee Gonella mourned
Former Italian referee Sergio Gonella, who took charge of both FIFA World Cup final and UEFA Euro final in the 1970s, has died at the age of 85.Gonella was promoted to Serie A in 1965 and became FIFA...
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Brazil requests VAR audio and video recordings
CBF sent a letter to FIFA the next day after the 1-1 draw with Switzerland, in which it questioned the procedures that led to the non-use of Video Assistant Referee (VAR). CBF would like to share with...
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FIFA World Cup 2018 – Group Stage (Matches 21-23)
21 June 2018 Denmark – Australia Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrian Devís (ESP) Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Perez (ESP) Fourth Official: Bamlak Tessema...
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FIFA to investigate VAR failures
FIFA will investigate the failure of video technology after Harry Kane’s World Cup penalty farce. Kane was denied what looked like two clear penalty decisions in their 2-1 victory over Tunisia after...
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22 June 2018Brazil – Costa RicaReferee: Björn Kuipers (NED)Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)Fourth Official: Damir Skomina (SVN)Reserve AR: Jure...
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UEFA Champions League – Preliminary Round
Semi-finals26 June 2018Santa Coloma – KF DritaReferee: Paul McLaughlin (IRL)Assistant Referee 1: Darragh Keegan (IRL)Assistant Referee 2: Darren Carey (IRL)Fourth Official: Sean Grant (IRL)Referee...
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UEFA Europa League – Preliminary Round (First Leg)
26-28 June 2018Europa FC – FC PrishtinaReferee: João Capela (POR, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Nélson Cordeiro (POR)Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Ferreira (POR)Fourth Official: António Carvalho (POR)Referee...
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5 July 2018St. Joseph's FC – B36 TorshavnReferee: Christophe Pires (LUX)Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Da Costa (LUX)Assistant Referee 2: Gilles Becker (LUX)Fourth Official: Ricardo Morais (LUX)Referee...
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FIFA denies referee Geiger (USA) asked for Portugal shirt
FIFA has denied claims by a Morocco player that American referee Mark Geiger asked for a player’s shirt during Portugal’s 1-0 win on Wednesday.Geiger denied the allegation to FIFA, which says the...
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Elleray: VAR interventions allow fairness to prevail
The introduction of video assistant referees was one of the major issues heading into this World Cup and, as expected, it has been a near constant talking point during the first round of games. But...
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FIFA World Cup 2018 – Group Stage (Matches 27-29)
23 June 2018 Belgium – Tunisia Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Corey Rockwell (USA) Assistant Referee 2: Juan Zumba (SLV) Fourth Official: Andres Cunha (URU) Reserve AR: Nicolas...
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Egypt to file complaint against referee Caceres
Egypt will formally protest to FIFA about the performance of Paraguay referee Enrique Caceres (photo) whose decisions they feel prejudiced the outcome of their World Cup game against hosts Russia in St...
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FIFA World Cup 2018 – Group Stage (Matches 30-32)
24 June 2018 England – Panama Referee: Ghead Grisha (EGY, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Redouane Achik (MAR) Assistant Referee 2: Waleed Ahmed (SDN) Fourth Official: Norbert Hauata (TAH) Reserve AR:...
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Serbia filed official complaint against referee Brych
For Serbia, it was a day and a night of agonising frustration, and at the end it boiled over. Before kick-off against Switzerland, they had watched Costa Rica holding out against Brazil, backs to the...
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FIFA World Cup 2018 – Group Stage (Matches 33-36)
25 June 2018 Uruguay – RussiaReferee: Malang Diedhiou (SEN, photo) Assistant Referee 1: Djibril Camara (SEN) Assistant Referee 2: El Hadji Samba (SEN) Fourth Official: Bamlak Tessema (ETH) Reserve AR:...
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The inside story of how VAR was born
The Dutch Refereeing 2.0 project created goal-line technology. Its next creation – VAR – has proven to be more divisive among footballers, fans and pundits at the Russian World Cup. The first video...
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FIFA World Cup 2018 – Group Stage (Matches 37-40)
26 June 2018Denmark – FranceReferee: Sandro Ricci (BRA, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Emerson de Carvalho (BRA)Assistant Referee 2: Marcelo Van Gasse (BRA)Fourth Official: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)Reserve AR:...
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