The Indian Women’s league has given opportunities to a lot of women footballers a chance to showcase their skills at the top level for three seasons now. However, it is not just the players who are benefiting from the leagues. Moving away from the players, Assistant Referee Uvena Fernandes from …
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The UEFA Referees Committee has announced the referee team which will officiate the 2019 UEFA Women’s Champions League final. This year’s edition between Olympique Lyonnais and FC Barcelona at the Ferencváros Stadion in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday, May 18 (kick off 18.00 CET) will be refereed by the 38-year-old Russian …
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The FIFA Referees Committee has selected 15 video match officials, representing 11 different countries appointed for 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. “Following the historic implementation of VAR at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia last summer, we were determined to do our utmost to ensure that VAR …
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The three referee teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland and France who are at the UEFA Youth League finals are being urged to make the most of the experience on their career paths. Alongside the talented young players currently taking part in the UEFA Youth League finals, three referee teams …
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The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) has taken root in football and its implementation is spreading throughout the world, with the AFC continuing to develop and train its elite referees with the latest AFC Video Assistant Referees Course that came to an end in the Malaysian capital on Saturday, April 20. …
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UEFA is continuing its intensive training courses for video assistant referees (VAR). Another group of European match officials has undertaken three days of work in Nyon – with UEFA aiming to have more VARs ready for assignments by this summer. The course, the latest in a series that began last …
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When legendary Italian match official Pierluigi Collina speaks about refereeing, everyone has to listen. Collina was in capital of the United Arab Emirates during the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 group stage as part of the preparation for the introduction of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system from the competition’s …
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When referee Cesar Arturo Ramos and his compatriots Miguel Hernandez and Alberto Morin step out of the Zayed Sports City Stadium this evening to referee the match between United Arab Emirates and India, they will create AFC Asian Cup history. For the CONCACAF Referee of the Year in 2017 and …
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With the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system making its debut from the quarterfinals of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup – UAE, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) yesterday held a media briefing outlining the rationale, principles and reviewable decisions of the VAR. The VAR system will be implemented in the final …
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The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has condoled the death of former FIFA referee and FIFA referee’s instructor Alex Vaz, who passed away after a long battle with cancer. Mr. Vaz is survived by his two sons and two daughters. Condoling his death, AIFF general secretary Kushal Das said, “Mr. …
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