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Match Referee Yoshimi Yamashita carrying off the match ball

History-making Yamashita revels in refereeing responsibility

16 Dec 2020

KNVB laptop pitchside

VAR "light" concept taking shape

17 Nov 2020

Norwegian referee Tom Harald Hagen

FIFA: Everyone should feel safe and welcome in our game

29 Oct 2020

Pannipar Kamnueng poses for a photo with the FIFA World Cup trophy

Kamnueng: I want an Asian female to officiate in a FIFA World Cup

28 Oct 2020

Chinese referee Cui Yongmei

Brave Cui’s passion undiminished by serious health scare

07 Oct 2020

Referee Bibiana Steinhaus talks to Robert Lewandowski of FC Bayern Munich

Trailblazer Steinhaus hangs up her whistle

30 Sep 2020

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