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George Cumming with the Ravens Court Sporting Memories group during a visit to Hampden Park.

The former referees chief tackling dementia and loneliness

21 Sep 2020

Edina Alves Batista during France 2019

From soil-collector to semi-final commander

21 Aug 2020

Pierluigi Collina looks on alongside the VAR monitor

Collina: Our goal is to have consistency by VARs

26 Jul 2020

Tempa Ndah François

Meet the former referee still pushing boundaries

17 Jun 2020

Ingrid Jonsson - FIFA Instructor

Jonsson: Refereeing is much more professional now

10 Jun 2020

Carol Anne Chenard

Chenard: From speed skater to player handler

03 Jun 2020

FIFA referees

FIFA to offer online courses to referees

22 May 2020

Referee Riem Hussein

Hussein: It’s the same rules on the pitch as in the pharmacy

06 May 2020

New FIFA Elite Referees start preparation in Lisbon

FIFA Elite Referees start new preparation cycle in Lisbon

07 Feb 2020

The CBF's Respect the Referees campaign

CBF campaign targets respect

11 Sep 2019

Kylie Cockburn, police officer and referee.

From fighting crime to flagging offside

02 Sep 2019

Referee Melissa Borjas awards France a penalty after a VAR review

France 2019 refereeing statistics released

12 Jul 2019

FIFA Referees Committee Pierluigi Collina speaks to the media following a FIFA referees training session ahead of the Women's World Cup France 2019 on June 04, 2019 in Paris, France.

Collina talks VAR, penalties and refereeing at France 2019

21 Jun 2019

Referees Carol Anne Chenard and Yongmei Cui

Two referees selected for the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ pull out

04 Jun 2019

Referees seminar in Doha

Referee preparations for France 2019 continue in Doha

05 Apr 2019

Peter Mikkelsen, Member of the FIFA Referee Committee speaks

Remembering former top referee Peter Mikkelsen

31 Jan 2019

Referee Bibiana Steinhaus reacts

Match officials appointed for FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™

03 Dec 2018

VAR training during a course for member association instructors at the Home of FIFA

First FIFA VAR course for Member Associations held

26 Oct 2018

Pierluigi Collina watches on at the FIFA VAR instructor course in Madrid

Collina: FIFA is happy to help growth of VAR

05 Oct 2018

The first FIFA VAR instructor course is opened in Madrid by the chairman of FIFA’s Refereeing Committee Pierluigi Collina and FIFA’s Director of Refereeing Massimo Busacca.

First FIFA VAR instructor course opens in Madrid

02 Oct 2018

Luigi Agnolin, former FIFA referee.

FIFA, Collina pay tribute to Luigi Agnolin

01 Oct 2018

A close-up of the 2018 FIFA Referee badge

17 referees, 37 assistant referees and 10 Video Assistant Referees appointe...

04 Jul 2018

Referee Media Briefing Moscow

RELIVE: Referee media briefing held after group stage

28 Jun 2018

Nestor-Pitana

Nestor Pitana to referee the Opening Match of 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™

12 Jun 2018