Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), the body that manages the Premier League match officials, has confirmed a number of appointments to its Leadership Team. In addition to Howard Webb arriving as Chief Refereeing Officer during this international break, Danielle Every, Dr Steve McNally and Dr Wayne Allison have all …
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Fourteen Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) officials took the opportunity to upskill in Sydney on November 25/26. Football Federation Australia facilitated a VAR course for them, designed to show how the video assistant referee system works. The course was run by Mathew Cheeseman, Edward Lennie and Renae Coghill of the FFA. …
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At the FIFA referees media day prior to the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar, the Chairman of the FIFA Referees Committee, Pierluigi Collina, gave notice that time lost due to different specific events that transpire during matches would be compensated for. The aim of this move …
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For quite a few years, the football associations in the Nordic countries have cooperated in a referee exchange programme. As a part of this cooperation, a female referee from another Nordic country came to the Faroe Islands for the first time to referee a match in the women’s top flight. …
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During his days as an active referee, Michael Andrews was a leading name in the circuit, who rose to become a FIFA referee. Currently the Chairman of the AIFF Referees Committee, Mr. Andrews has his task cut out – to take Indian refereeing to the next level of professionalism. A …
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The Fiji Football Association (FFA) has bolstered their match official ranks following an OFC Level 1 Referees Course held last week, which saw 24 new referees become qualified. The course was run over three days, with FFA Referees Director Rakesh Varman particularly pleased to see the number of young people …
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The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system was implemented for the first time at the 2018 FIFA World Cup – Russia and four years later, a team of 24 Video Match Officials (VMOs) have been entrusted to operate the game-changing system in Qatar. Forming Asia’s stellar line-up are none other than …
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The AIFF Referees Committee Meeting was held at the Football House in New Delhi on Monday, November 7 and was chaired by former FIFA referee Michael Andrews. AIFF Secretary General Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran was present to address the Referees Committee, and was also accompanied by Deputy Secretary General Sunando Dhar, …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s commitment to establish the best possible conditions for AFC match officials to thrive was further underlined on Thursday through the commencement of several class leading initiatives all aimed at ensuring the highest refereeing standards. Held from November 3 to 5, 2022, three marquee events have …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Referee Assessor Seminar 2022 successfully concluded on Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur and saw 84 participants from 26 Member Associations (MAs) gather to discuss updates and examine their knowledge of the referee assessment curriculum. Held over two days, from November 1 to 2, this was the …
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