The All India Football Federation Disciplinary Committee have suspended FC Pune City head coach Ranko Popovic with immediate effect pending further inquiry. Disciplinary Committee Chairman Ushanath Banerjee, while reviewing the latest public comments made by coach Ranko Popovic against Referee and Match Officials, issued the sanction order. In a communication …
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Indian Super League franchise NorthEast United FC have send out a press release to complain about referee decisions against them in the ISL – Season 4. In the closing minutes of the match on Saturday, February 17 between Northeast United FC and the Kerala Blasters FC at the Indira Gandhi …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) presented eight referees and assistant referees the AFC Referees Memento Award in conjunction with the AFC Referee Instructors & Assessors Seminars on Thursday, February 8. The award is given to match officials who have served at least five years on the AFC Elite Panel and …
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Asia’s officials have gathered for the AFC Referee Instructors & Assessors Seminars which began on Monday, February 7 in the Malaysian capital. A total of 78 Instructors and Assessors are part of the four-day seminars which are divided into two-parts: The Instructors on Feb 5 followed by the Assessors from …
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FIFA has taken note of the motivated arbitral award of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirming the lifetime ban imposed by FIFA’s Disciplinary and Appeal Committees on Ghanaian match official Joseph Odartei Lamptey. FIFA’s judicial bodies had banned Mr Lamptey for life for breaching art. 69 par 1 …
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The AFC Futsal Referees and AFC Futsal Instructors Seminars kicked-off in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, January 10. The seminars will see participation from 43 referees and 15 instructors – with the aim to prepare them for the 2018 AFC Futsal Competitions. The seminar is divided into …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) yesterday, January 10 presented the AFC Referees Special Award to Uzbekistan’s Bakhtiyor Namazov at the AFC Futsal Referees and Instructors Seminar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 43-year-old capped off another remarkable year for Asian refereeing in 2017 when he became the first AFC referee to …
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FC Pune City head coach Ranko Popovic has been suspended for four matches and fined INR 500,000 (5 Lakhs) with immediate effect for the club’s upcoming games in the Indian Super League 2017-18. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) Disciplinary Committee found FC Pune City coach Popovic in breach of …
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Road to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France is proceeding with great strides for the teams aiming to qualify, but also for the match officials. FIFA in cooperation with the confederations recently developed a revised list of 35 referee and 69 assistant referee candidates – representing all six …
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2017 ends on a high for Indian Referees as 16 Indian Referees and Assistant Referees have been approved by the FIFA Referees Committee in the FIFA panel to officiate in International matches in 2018. The list includes seven referees inclusive of one Women Referee and nine Assistant Referees inclusive of …
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