So what was the problem? Big Ten Network play-by-play announcer Brandon Gaudin said on the broadcast that the referees' timing system malfunctioned, causing the game and shot clocks to stop on ...

The Nigeria Football Federation Referees Committee has taken disciplinary action against two match officials who officiated the Nigeria National League Matchday 4 game between Solution FC and ...

PARIS — After a decade of making history in soccer, French referee Stéphanie Frappart is using her experience to help more women take up the profession. Frappart was the first woman to referee ...

A Virginia man named Mack Donahue has started a petition on Change.org, calling for football fans to boycott the NFL over recent officiating. Donahue is calling for the league to introduce ...

“I hid my emotions as a young ref and I hid my sexuality as well – a good quality as a referee but a terrible quality as a human being. And that’s led me to a whole course of behaviours.

Disgraced former Premier League referee David Coote says a lifelong struggle to hide his sexuality contributed to “shameful” decisions which led to his sacking last year. Coote was in October ...

(Reuters) - Former Premier League referee David Coote has apologised for the actions that led to his sacking last month by English soccer's referees' body PGMOL, saying that the pressure of the ...

Premier League referees receive a combination of a salary and match fees, and can get extra payments through officiating European and international competitions. But the amount differs between ...

Former Premier League referee David Coote has revealed that a lifelong struggle to hide his sexuality contributed to the X-rated rant that saw him dismissed from his post last year. Coote was ...

David Coote has revealed he turned to drugs because he feared coming out as gay while working as a Premier League referee in his first interview since being sacked. The 42-year-old was fired in ...

Dramas have the romance, comedies have one person who seems to lack brain cells and the NFL has the referees. They are always a topic of discussion, for better or worse. Making mistakes is just ...

Ron Torbert was the referee on the field for the Eagles' first game of the season and he'll also be the ref for their final game of the season. The NFL has tabbed Torbert to serve as the referee ...