The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) is mourning the death of the country’s first indigenous FIFA referee Bennet Simfukwe. Simfukwe, 81 died in Kitwe on July 2 after an illness. He earned his FIFA referee badge three years after Zambia’s independence in 1967 and was CAF Match Commissioner from 1991 …
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The FIFA Referees Committee has appointed 39 match officials from 31 different countries and from all FIFA Confederations to officiate the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup – Lithuania taking place between September 12 and October 3, 2021 in the cities of Kaunas, Klaipeda and Vilnius. “This team of referees is …
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CONCACAF has announced the Referees, Assistant Referees and Video Assistant Referees that have been selected to participate in the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. As part of their preparation for the continental competition, the 56 elite officials have all participated in a 5-day candidate course which included technical sessions on the …
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This season’s Premier League will feature four new referees after Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) announced that Jarred Gillett, Michael Salisbury, Tony Harrington and John Brooks have been all been promoted to Select Group 1. The four new referees will join the group of referees who officiate in the …
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History was made earlier this month as referees Tori Penso (United States) and Francia Gonzalez (Mexico) became the first women in CONCACAF history to whistle a Senior Men’s FIFA World Cup Qualification match. Penso’s historic moment came on Wednesday, June 2 in the First Round of FIFA World Cup Qualification …
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CAF Secretary General, Veron Mosengo-Omba opened on Monday, June 14 via videoconference, the VAR refresher course for the match officials of the Interclub competitions (Total CAF Champions League and Total CAF Confederation Cup) semifinals, scheduled next weekend. The General Secretary lauded the efforts of CAF Refereeing Department and motivated the …
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History will be made at the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup – Lithuania, which will be played from September 12 to October 3. In line with FIFA’s goal of leveraging technology to improve the football experience, as set out in The Vision 2020-2023, the FIFA Council recently approved the use …
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At a pre-tournament briefing on Friday, the chairman of UEFA’s Referees Committee, Roberto Rosetti, underlined the value of VARs and why they will be crucial in supporting referees and enabling correction decisions to be taken on-field during the tournament. The system, introduced in UEFA competitions on a gradual basis since …
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CAF’s Panel of Refereeing Experts has expressed its indignation to the General Secretary following the physical assault of the referees at the end of the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Confederation Cup between ASC the Jaraaf of Dakar and Coton Sport FC of Cameroon. CAF General Secretary Veron …
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The AFC Referees Committee underlined its determination to elevate the development of Asia’s match officials by approving the new criteria for the AFC Member Association (MA)’s International Referees Quota for 2023 to 2024 at its third meeting held virtually on Tuesday, May 25. Led by Chairperson His Excellency (HE) Du …
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