The referee for England's semifinal against the Netherlands at the European Championship will be Felix Zwayer, who once had ties to a match-fixing scandal in Germany. Wednesday's game will be Zwayer's ...

Two Equatorial Guinea players have been banned for insulting a referee at the Africa Cup of Nations and Burkina Faso captain Bertrand Traore was fined for post-match remarks, the respective football ...

Emerson Sloop, second from left, poses with an all-female international referee crew in a tournament on March 28, 2025. Initially, Emerson Sloop was in it for the doughnuts. Sloop first became ...

Fan scorn, player arguments, maybe even a little physicality. Those things are all, unfortunately, part of the officiating experience. Whether it’s an umpire in baseball, a referee in basketball or ...

A young soccer referee is wondering if he went too far after snapping back at an angry parent. In a post on Reddit's "Am I the A-----?" forum, the 18 year old said he's been a referee since 2020 on ...

For the first time in English soccer, a referee has made an NFL-style in-stadium announcement about the outcome of a video review. Stuart Attwell, the referee for Tottenham against Liverpool in the ...

The Prince of Wales went to see a program aiming to diversify the sport's referee ranks Janine Henni is a Royals Staff Writer for PEOPLE Digital, covering modern monarchies and the world's most famous ...

In the high-pressure moments of Division 1 soccer games, I’ve made split-second decisions — a skill that is invaluable in business. Here are some key leadership lessons from my experiences. Whether in ...

A friendly football match descended into horror when a dispute over a red card ended in two deaths, including the brutal ...

Brian Barlow started #stop initiative to call out parents for sideline antics. A youth sports referee is calling foul on the bad behavior of parents on the sidelines to change the way they treat ...