Assistant referee Paul Cook has been suspended for three rounds of the New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC) over an altercation with a player during a match between Canterbury United and Manawatu in Christchurch on February 7.
New Zealand Football (NZF) said today Cook will be suspended until March 15 for his part in an incident involving Manawatu player Cory Chettleburgh.
An exhibition game involving David Beckham was a commercial risk that cost New Zealand taxpayers almost NZ$2 million ($1.46 million) according to the country’s chief watchdog over public expenditure.
The England midfielder, one of the most marketable athletes in sports, turned out for his LA Galaxy side in a match in Auckland in December 2008 but less than 15,000 fans turned out to watch.
New Zealand Football (NZF) will invest NZ$450,000 ($318,000) on developing the youth game, officials said on Tuesday, but will not be turning its domestic soccer championship professional any time soon.
NZF pledged the cash over the next three seasons and will also offer a bonus of NZ$50,000 for any Kiwi team who wins the Oceania Champions League.
A couple of months back, when he was making plans for October, Matthew Breeze was faced with an unusual dilemma. Would he tackle the NSW Bar practice course, or officiate at the under-17 Soccer World Cup in Nigeria?
A referee in a Midlands Division Two Soccer League A was assaulted during a championship match between favourites Hardbody and Clemkwa Gweru United at Gweru Sports Club. Thomas Kusosa was assaulted soon after awarding Hardbody a penalty towards the end of the match with United leading 1-0.
The Premier Soccer League have lashed out at the violence that rocked Rufaro on Sunday moments after the derby clash between Dynamos and Lengthens and have threatened to hand a stiff penalty to DeMbare for the wild behavior of a section of their fans.
The Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) has slapped another 3-month ban on Young Africans midfielder Athuman Idd for misconduct. The suspension came two weeks after TFF banned him accusing him to have misbehaved in the match against African Lyon at Uhuru Stadium on August 23.
Two soccer team-mates vying for the same first-grade position faced a referee of a different kind yesterday after a Kemblawarra Football Club preseason training session erupted into violence.