Tag Archives: Referees

Between May 31 and June 22, FIFA held three seminars to thoroughly prepare the 36 referees, 69 assistant referees and 24 video match officials from all six confederations chosen to officiate at the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar. The three-day seminars enabled officials from each confederation to come …

Semi-Automated Offside Technology will premiere at the UEFA Super Cup match in Helsinki, and will be used in the upcoming UEFA Champions League season. The UEFA Referees Committee has appointed Michael Oliver (England) to referee the 2022 UEFA Super Cup match between Real Madrid CF and Eintracht Frankfurt, which will …

Match officials from eight OFC Member Associations have been selected to control matches at the Oceania Champions League 2022, which kicks off this week in Auckland. Experienced referees Matthew Conger, Norbert Hauata, Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh and David Yareboinen have all been named after earlier this year taking part in the Oceania …

The All India Football Federation condoles the demise of former FIFA referee and AIFF ex-AIFF Executive Committee member Gulab Chauhan, who passed away in his Ahmedabad residence on Thursday, July 28, 2022. Mr. Chauhan officiated as a FIFA referee between 1990 to 1999, and later also functioned as a member …

The referees section of RFEF, the Royal Spanish Football Federation, of which Macron was Official Referee Match Kit Supplier for the 2022/23 season, has presented the new kits that Spanish referees will wear for next season’s matches. Macron has developed a very high profile product, not only technically speaking, but …

The FIFA MA Course 2022 for Referees, Assistant Referees, and the referee assessors being organised by the All India Football Federation kicked-off today on July 20, 2022 in Kochi. The courses have been divided into two parts with 35 Referee Assessors and 33 Women Referees undergoing a 5-day course starting …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) successfully conducted the AFC Elite Referees Seminar 2022 over four days from July 5 to 8. The first two days of the online seminar were attended by male match officials whereas the participants on the third and fourth days were exclusively women officials. On all …

The Referees Committee of the Karnataka State Football Association is set to conduct a Beginners Course for football referees from Sunday, July 10. The classes will be conducted every Sunday between 10am and 1pm at the Bangalore Football Stadium in Ashoknagar, Bengaluru. Subsequent to the classes, an etrance exam will …

Many referees have their own stories of struggle. But balancing motherhood and work is something different. One such story of a great mother is that of Kanika Barman – who has successfully completed AFC Referee evaluation, and is recently selected for AFC Elite Women Referees Panel 2022. “I feel very …