VAR to be shown on screens at World Cup Replays of incidents reviewed by video assistant referees (VAR) will be shown on big screens at the 2018 World Cup. VAR will be used at a World Cup for the first time in Russia despite criticism of its use in domestic competition. One issue has been … Read more
FIFA formally approved video review to be used at this summer’s World Cup. The last step towards giving match officials high-tech help in Russia was agreed in Colombia on Friday by FIFA’s ruling council, chaired by President Gianni Infantino. “We need to live with the times,” Infantino said at the meeting. “We are going to … Read more
Black Queens interim coach Mercy Tagoe Quarcoo and Women’s League Board chairperson Leanier Addy have been invited to attend the maiden CAF Women’s football symposium scheduled for Morocco from 5-7 March. The two women left Ghana for Morocco last Saturday night to join other stakeholders in women’s football to deliberate on the progress of the … Read more
Video Assistant Referee – The next 2018 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) which will take place in Morocco will be having a new kind of technical assistant for a more explicit observation during matches. Video Assistant Referee (VAR) was first used at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan. It was also in use at … Read more
Former Ghana international Anthony Yeboah says he has no immediate plans to return to football administration after being frustrated out of football a few years ago due to alleged underhand dealings by referees whom he accused of undermining his team’s effort in the second-tier league. The 50-year-old legend, who scored 29 goals in 59 matches … Read more
The 38-year-old police officer has been named as one of four new referees in Germany’s top flight for 2017-18. Steinhaus – the partner of English ex-Premier League and World Cup referee Howard Webb – has refereed second-tier games for six years. “I am aware that I will be the first female referee in the Bundesliga … Read more
German Felix Brych, who has officiated at five UEFA Champions League fixtures this season, will referee next month’s final between Juventus and Real Madrid in Cardiff. German Felix Brych has been appointed referee for next month’s UEFA Champions League final between Juventus and Real Madrid at the National Stadium of Wales in Cardiff on Saturday … Read more
Ghanaian referee Daniel Laryea has been selected by CAF to officiate at the 2017 Africa U17 Championship in Gabon next month. Laryea is among a host of referees appointed by the continent’s football governing body for the upcoming tournament. The 30-year-old FIFA referee remains the only Ghanaian to earn the opportunity to officiate at the … Read more
Hill was a Chevening Scholar at Green College, University of Oxford and has a doctorate in the study of organized crime and informal governance, focusing on match-fixing in professional sports. Fifa’s investigation into Ghanaian referee Joseph Odartei Lamptey’s role in Bafana Bafana’s 2-1 victory against Senegal is still an ongoing case. They’ve already released a … Read more
The Chairman of the Western Region Chapter of the Referees’ Association of Ghana (RAG), Richard Atiffu has spit venom at the Ghana Football Association for their failure to help develop referees in the country. According to the retired FIFA referee, the Kwesi Nyantakyi-led body is a catalyst in the fallen standards of refereeing in Ghana. … Read more
FIFA referee Joseph Odartei Lamptey has been banned for life by the World football governing body’s Disciplinary Committee from taking part in any kind of football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) at national and international level for life The Ghanaian referee was found guilty of breaching Art. 69 par. 1 (unlawfully influencing match results) of … Read more
Aytekin will not referee in any more Champions League matches this season since UEFA was not satisfied with his arbitration in Wednesday’s match Barcelona vs PSG. Some of the decisions made by the referee on Wednesday have caused various controversies. Example are the penalty not conceded to DiMaria, the penalty awarded to Luis Suarez, and there … Read more
Deniz Aytekin, the referee in charge of Barcelona’s 6-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain, could be facing a spell on the sidelines as a result of his performance. Pierluigi Collina is UEFA’s head of refereeing and is responsible for assigning officials to the various fixtures in the Champions League and Europa League alongside his team of … Read more
Leading referee Mark Clattenburg is quitting the Premier League after 12 years to work in Saudi Arabia, it was announced on Thursday. The decision of the 41-year-old Englishman, who has also officiated in a Champions League final and the Euro 2016 final, was made public by Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), the organisation which … Read more
In an unusual development, the Premier League match official is set to join the ranks at the Saudi Arabian Football Federation Referee Mark Clattenburg is set to leave the Premier League to join the Saudi Arabian Football Federation, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) has announced. Clattenburg has been the subject of speculation in … Read more
CAF’s 2016 Referee of the Year, Papa Bakary Gassama, will officiate the second semi-final at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations between Ghana and Cameroon today. The 38-year-old Gambian referee has held the best referee title for the last three consecutive years and will be in Franceville having not been a stranger to Ghana games. … Read more
By Godsway Glah About two weeks ago, twenty-one Ghanaian referees-both male and female-were presented with their FIFA badges to enable them to handle international matches. This is an annual ritual which serves as a form of licensing. All such referees must satisfy certain criteria, pass FIFA prescribed fitness and medical tests and generally have to … Read more
Using video replays to review decisions at the Club World Cup has produced “extremely positive results”, says Fifa president Gianni Infantino. The system was first used on Wednesday to award a penalty in Kashima Antlers’ 3-0 win over Atletico Nacional, with the referee alerted by his assistant. Marco van Basten, Fifa’s chief officer of technical … Read more
Referee Viktor Kassai made some soccer history on Wednesday, using video replay to award a penalty kick during the Club World Cup semifinals. Kashima Antlers midfielder Gaku Shibasaki sent in a free kick in the 31st minute, and teammate Daigo Nishi was then fouled inside the box by Atletico Nacional forward Orlando Berrio. After receiving … Read more
Former Ghanaian female FIFA referee, Mercy Tagoe Quarcoo has launched a scathing attack on the Ghana FA for CAF’s non-selection of Ghanaian female referees in upcoming 10th Women’s Nations Cup in Cameroon. No Ghanaian female referee was selected by CAF to officiate at the Championship which will kick off in Cameroon on November 19. And … Read more