Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Friday, 4 September 2026

2026/27 UEFA Champions League - Referee Observers for MD1

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UEFA has assigned the following observers to MD1 of 2026/27 Champions League, league phase. Carlos Velasco Carballo observing a debut in Sla...
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Monday, 24 August 2026

Must-Read for Football and Refereeing Fans: "The Impossible Job" by William Ralston

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"The Impossible Job": Why You Will Never Watch a Football Match the Same Way Again.
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Monday, 6 July 2026

FIFA Decision to Suspend Balogun Ban

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Following the suspension of the US player's ban, here are some reactions.
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Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Roberto Rosetti: "At EURO, only the captains will be allowed to talk to referees, the other players doing that will be booked"

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Roberto Rosetti wrote a piece for Italian newspaper "La Gazzetta dello Sport". Here the translation for you.
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Monday, 28 March 2022

Law5 Blog is close to Ovidiu Hațegan and we want to wish him a speed recovery!

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 As refereeing blog, we are close to the Romanian after what happened to him. 
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Tuesday, 15 March 2022

Kateryna Monzul back to officiate in Italian Women's Serie A on next Sunday

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Kateryna Monzul (UKR) will officiate a game of Italian Women's serie A, Inter - Sampdoria, to be played on 20 March 2022.
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Monday, 30 August 2021

Damir Skomina has retired from international refereeing

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The Slovenian Elite referee, after a very long injury, has decided to retire from refereeing, starting a different adventure in football.  
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Saturday, 7 August 2021

7 August 2021: Björn Kuipers day

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The Dutch referee has announced that today it will be his last game before retirement. He will be in charge of Dutch Super Cup. 
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Saturday, 9 January 2021

Pierluigi Collina: "Honored to be considered nr. 1 but I also have a bit of nostalgia"

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Some days ago Pierluigi Collina has released an interesting interview to the Italian newspaper "Il Corriere della Sera". Law 5 The...
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Thursday, 20 August 2020

Referee Makkelie relishing big Cologne date

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Dutch referee Danny Makkelie, who takes charge of Friday's UEFA Europa League final, talks about his career and what makes a top match o...
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Tuesday, 7 April 2020

Laws of the Game Revisions, 2020-21

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International Football Association Board have announced the changes for the Laws of the Game for the season 2020-21. Decisions will come in...
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Wednesday, 15 May 2019

Norway - Terje Hauge appoints himself as head of refereeing two months before he got the job?

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A story reported by one of the most important Norwegian newspapers on its website: vg.no . 
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Saturday, 2 March 2019

133rd Annual General Meeting of The IFAB: sensible changes to make the game better

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Today the International Football Association Board (IFAB) held its 133rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Aberdeen, Scotland. The meeting wa...
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Wednesday, 30 January 2019

RIP Peter Mikkelsen

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1960 - 2019
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Wednesday, 9 January 2019

Mark Geiger named PRO Director of Senior Match Officials

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The Professional Referee Organization has announced that Mark Geiger, one of the most heralded U.S. referees over the past two decades, has...
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Monday, 15 January 2018

Former FIFA referee Tony Chapron suspended after Nantes - PSG incident

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Former FIFA referee Tony Chapron has been officially suspended by French Referees Committee, following the incident occurred in yesterday...
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