Referees Mehdi Abid Charef Joshua Bondo Néant Alioum Denis Dembele Gehad Grisha Bamlak Tessema Weyesa Eric Otogo-Castane Bakary Gassama Hamada el Moussa Nampiandraza Redouane Jiyed Mahamadou Keita Ali Lemghaifry Daniel Frazer Bennett Malang Diedhiou Bernard Camille Youssef Essrayri Janny Sikazwe Assistant referees Albdelhak Etchiali Jerson Emiliano Dos
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Great to see you’re still taking part of the Laws of the Game Quizzes in 2017. Thanks for participating. In this week’s quiz you will find two difficult questions from a day organised by my referee association last weekend. Q1 and Q 5. Please let me know how you performed on one of the social […]
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has defined the first eight officiating teams who will oversee the first group stage matchday of this year's Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) kicked off in Gabon's Libreville tomorrow evening. Olympic Games 2016 referee Ghead Grisha of Egypt has been chosen to take charge of the opening game between Gabon and Guinea-Bissau, with Sidi Alioum from Cameroon
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Imagine the following match situation: A defending player is having control of the ball but gets under pressure by an attacking player who is challenging him for the ball. In order to not lose the ball in a dangerous position close to the sideline, the defending player chooses the safe option and plays the ball back to his own goalkeeper ('deliberate return pass'). However, he thereby catches the
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The following match officials have been selected to take control over the matches played in Europe's top leagues in Matchweek 3. Feel free to ... - ... share appointments with us (writing them as a comment in the manner below) - ... share appointments from your national leagues other than those listed below with us, specially if you consider the game as significant (e.g. a derby, a top clash or
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Mike Dean and Stuart Attwell find themselves in the Championship this weekend - out of respect to the competition. Dean is in
The post Big game referees in Championship appeared first on You Are The Ref.
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I love your enthusiasm on the Laws of the Game quizzes. Got some nice questions this week in the 21st Laws of the Game Quiz. How are you doing? Bezig met laden… Terms and conditions Please find the Terms and Conditions plus links to previous quizzes on the Quiz Page.
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These are the officials appointed for MD2 at AFCON 2017. Among others, Bernard Camille from Seychelles will control the tie between Algeria and Tunisia, while Zambia's Janny Sikazwe will officiate his second game in the tournament. Missing assignments will be added in due course. M9, Group A18/01/2017, 17:00 CET, LibrevilleGabon - Burkina FasoReferee: GASSAMA Bakary Papa (Gambia)Assistant
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UEFA Chief Referee Officer Pierluigi Collina of Italy has been appointed as FIFA's Referees' Commitee Chairman leading the following pool of committee members. Whether this has any effect on his UEFA duties is not known at the moment. source: wikimedia Chairman Pierluigi Collina (Italy) Members Amelio Andino (Paraguay), Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic), Brian Hall (USA), Shamsul Maidin (
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Appointments for MD3 at AFCON 2017. Missing assignments will be added in due course. M17, Group A22/01/2017, 20:00 CET, FrancevilleGuinea-Bissau - Burkina FasoReferee: TESSEMA WEYESA Bamlak (Ethiopia)Assistant Referee 1: BABA Abel (Nigeria)Assistant Referee 2: IBRAHIM Mohammed Abdallah (Sudan)4th Official:M18, Group A22/01/2017, 20:00 CET, LibrevilleCameroon - GabonReferee: BENNETT Daniel
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Verratti uses a trick to pass the ball back to his goal in PSG’s game against Nantes. The goallie passes the ball to him. He walks back with the ball to the edge of the penalty area. Because he can’t pass the ball with his foot he gets down on his knees and heads the […]
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You Are The Ref's Keith Hackett is calling for an extended stadium ban for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. This follows Wenger pushing
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Zambian Janny Sikazwe has been appointed by CAF Referees Committee to handle the final game between Egypt and Cameroon at AFCON 2017. For Sikazwe, a FIFA referee since 2007, this will be the second final of a major tournament in a few time, after having officiated, on last December, 2016 FIFA Club World Cup final. He will be assisted by Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos from Angola and Aden
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The following match officials have been selected to take control over the matches played in Europe's top leagues in Matchweek 4. Feel free to ... - ... share appointments with us (writing them as a comment in the manner below) - ... share appointments from your national leagues other than those listed below with us, specially if you consider the game as significant (e.g. a derby, a top clash or
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The first on field review is done by referee Pol van Boekel as video assistant referee in the Dutch Eredivisie. The VAR is used in Cup games in The Netherlands, but the on field review is introduced during the quarter finals. Pol van Boekel’s on field review Referee Pol van Boekel gave a penalty kick, because […]
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The last quiz of January. How did you perform during the previous quizzes this month? This quiz is the last one of January. Make sure you complete also this one to win a goodie from Refsworld UK. Bezig met laden… Terms and conditions Please find the Terms and Conditions plus links to previous quizzes on […]
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Burak Özer’s short-term goal is to leave the pitch happy at my next match. A great tip from this 20-year-old referee from Turkey. “And I renew my goal after every match.” Read more from the challenges and goals of this young Turkish footbal referee. Hi Burak, please introduce yourself. “My name is Burak Özer and I’m […]
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The following match officials have been selected to take control over the matches played in Europe's top leagues in Matchweek 5. Feel free to ... - ... share appointments with us (writing them as a comment in the manner below) - ... share appointments from your national leagues other than those listed below with us, specially if you consider the game as significant (e.g. a derby, a top clash or
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These are the officials appointed by CAF for AFCON 2017 quarterfinals. M25 28/01/2017, 17:00 CET, Libreville Burkina Faso - Tunisia Referee: BENNETT Daniel Frazer (South Africa) Assistant Referee 1: SIWELA Zakhele Thusi (South Africa) Assistant Referee 2: DOUMBOUYA Aboubacar (Guinea) 4th Official: BONDO Joshua (Botswana) M26 28/01/2017, 20:00 CET, Franceville Senegal - Cameroon Referee:
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CAF Referees Committee has appointed the following officials to handle AFCON 2017 semifinals. M29 01/02/2017, 20:00 CET, Libreville Burkina Faso - Egypt Referee: DIEDHIOU Malang (Senegal) Assistant Referee 1: CAMARA Djibril (Senegal) Assistant Referee 2: SAMBA El Hadji Malick (Senegal) 4th Official: NAMPIANDRAZA Hamada El Moussa (Madagascar) M30 02/02/2017, 20:00 CET, Franceville Cameroon
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