The coach of a team relegated to the third division in Brazil has punched the referee in the face after being ejected from the bench.
Pedro Santilli, a former assistant coach for Brazil’s national team, also shoved a player into the ground in the match that led to his team’s demotion to the third division of [...]
A football referee was hit in the head by a coin thrown from the stands Sunday during a second division English game between rival Welsh teams.
Mike Dean was cut above his right eye but continued to officiate the League Championship match between Cardiff and Swansea at Ninian Park after being treated. Police arrested a Cardiff [...]
Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink thinks it’s time football started using goalline technology to help officials rule on whether the ball has crossed the line or not.
Striker Didier Drogba had a legitimate goal ruled out when his free kick was stopped by Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon in their Champions League match on Tuesday. TV replays showed [...]
North Korea has accused rival South Korea of making its players ill with “adulterated foodstuff” before last week’s World Cup qualifier. The North Koreans want FIFA to investigate the claim.
Italy were reduced to ten men just four minutes into a 2010 World Cup qualifying match against Ireland on Wednesday night. Sampdoria forward Giampaolo Pazzini was given his marching orders for allegedly elbowing Manchester United
defender John O’Shea.
TV replays seemed to suggest that the contact was accidental, but German referee Wolfgang Stark has stood by his [...]
New President of the Referees’ Association has issued a ban on all officials having Facebook pages.
Marcello Nicchi was elected to the position this week and immediately released a list of “rules for privacy and institutional communication protocols.”
These include a ban on using Facebook, MySpace or writing a blog, while taking part in internet forums is [...]