In this episode of “It’s My Game”, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) shares the inspiring story of Heba Saadieh, the Palestinian referee who has carved a niche for herself on the global stage. Saadieh, who has been a mainstay in the AFC’s roster of match officials, created history yesterday when …
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The All India Football Federation, on Tuesday on July 25, 2023, announced the awards for the Best Referee and the Assistant Referee for the season 2022-2023. Rahul Gupta was named the Best Referee, and Kishan Chand Joshi was declared the Best Assistant Referee.
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) underlined its efforts to ensure that the Confederation’s match officials continue to perform at the highest levels on the world’s biggest stages when it concluded the AFC Elite Futsal Referees Seminar 2023 in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. The seminar, which spanned over five days, saw …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s commitment to ensure the world-class standards of Asian refereeing was reinforced today at the first meeting of the AFC Referees Committee for the term 2023-2027. Led by Chairperson Hany Taleb B S Al-Raeesi, the Committee approved the establishment of the AFC Elite Video Match Officials …
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Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) has announced that two new referees, Tim Robinson and Darren Bond, have been promoted to Select Group 1 and will officiate in the Premier League next season. Robinson took charge of his first Premier League match in December 2019, Burnley v Newcastle United. The …
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The new UEFA match official kit, designed and made by Macron, the “Official UEFA Referee Match Kit Supplier”, will be seen for the first time at the long-awaited UEFA Champions League final between Manchester City and Inter on Saturday the 10th of June at Istanbul’s Atatürk Olympic Stadium. The Macron …
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UEFA has diligently investigated the allegations surrounding Szymon Marciniak’s participation in an event organised in Katowice on May 29, 2023. These allegations are taken with utmost seriousness by UEFA and the entire football community as we unequivocally reject the values promoted by a group linked to this conference. Yesterday, we …
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In a first of its kind, a Sports Science workshop in line with ‘Vision 2047’ was conducted for Indian professional match officials in Mumbai on Monday, May 22, 2023. The workshop was held under the guidance of Sports Science expert Dr Sandeep Kumar of the All India Football Federation. Dr …
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The UEFA Referees Committee announces four referee teams for this season’s club finals. In chronological order of the date of the matches, the UEFA Referees Committee has today announced the following referee team appointments for the 2023 UEFA club competition finals. Anthony Taylor will referee the 2023 UEFA Europa League …
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Referees from the world’s most successful Football Federation will be sporting the Macron Hero logo as of this year. The partnership agreement with the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol is now official. In its position as Referee Match Kit Supplier, Macron will be kitting out all the referees engaged in the …
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