Lee Markwick followed the referee course when his son signed up for it. “As his dedicated taxi, I started to develop an interest in officiating”, he says in an interview with Dutch Referee Blog. Le Markwick (54) is a level 4 referee and he started officiating in 2011. Please tell a bit more about how you […]
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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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UEFA has appointed the following officials to handle the play-offs for the access to 2016-17 UEFA Youth League KO stage. Match will be played on 7 and 8 February 2017. 07.02.2017, 16:00 CET (Herning) FC Midtjylland - SL Benfica Referee: Svein Erik Edvartsen (NOR) Assistant Referee 1: Magnus Lundberg (NOR) Assistant Referee 2: Jan Erik Engan (NOR) Fourth Official: Sandi Putros (DEN) UEFA
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The start of February. I will announce January’s winner shortly via a personal message. Want to get the chance to win a goodie from Refsworld UK, the sponsor of this blog, make sure you’ll get all answers right in February. Good luck! Bezig met laden… Terms and conditions Please find the Terms and Conditions plus […]
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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says he is being treated to different rules than his fellow Premier League counterparts. The Portuguese appeared
The post Jose Mourinho is right – he is being treated unfairly appeared first on You Are The Ref.
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It was a humid Middle-Eastern evening as I sat on the porch looking down at my socks. I was wearing mid-shin socks over compression socks to reduce muscle vibration. Only problem was that my toes didn’t have as much grip as I want but I wasn’t refereeing so eh. Also, the color contrast looks pretty cool too. […]
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DOGSO by pulling the opponent’s shirt? That’s still a red card when it happens in the box. Watch the match situation in the last minute of FC Twente – Cambuur in the Eredivisie. Match situation A FC Twente winger swings the ball into the box from the left. Now think about the following question: What […]
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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
The post Hammer Wenger for sake of all referees appeared first on You Are The Ref.
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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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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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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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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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