An American soccer team suffered another impossibly cruel (and suspicious) loss on Mexican soil Tuesday night.
The story of a short summer should never be about a referee. The exception might be the Frenchman Stéphane Lannoy.
Violence against referees has been increasing and they are the most abused and threatened people on the field of play.
Soccer is widely recognized as the “beautiful game.” But can it be called a “gentleman’s game.” I’m not so sure.
The idea that the appointment of Howard Webb to referee the World Cup final is some consolation for the abject failure of England’s footballers in South Africa is frankly nonsense.
Sunday will mark the peak of a career that began in South Yorkshire’s amateur leagues way back in 1989.
The World Cup final on Sunday will be played with a special gold-colored ball in honor of Johannesburg’s gold-mining history.
Friends, Americans, everyone who has ever laughed at a banana peel sight-gag: It’s time to embrace flopping.
Soccer referees may be unconsciously biased towards calling fouls based on a play’s direction of motion.
A look at some of the game-changing decisions the men in the middle have made so far in the World Cup.