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Former FIFA referee Benjamin suspended

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 17:59

GFA`s Vice Chairman of Referees Committee, Benjamin D`Silva has been placed under suspension for all official GFA related activities till the panel reviews the decision.

Top Colombian referee loses consciousness, hospitalized

Last Updated: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 08:59

Top Colombian referee Oscar Ruiz has been hospitalised after being found unconscious and suffering with apparent symptoms of intoxication from “drunken cocoa” at his Villavicencio home on Friday.

Referee was right to award Kuyt goal, says Premier League

Last Updated: Sunday, September 26, 2010, 13:42

Referee Stuart Atwell`s decision to allow Dirk Kuyt`s controversial opening goal to stand in Liverpool`s 2-2 draw with Sunderland on Saturday has been deemed the correct decision by the Premier League.

Indian Woman Referee selected for FIFA referee course

Last Updated: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 21:21

Olympian Referee Bentla D’Coth has become the first Indian Woman Referee to be selected for the FIFA FUTRO III Referee’s Instructor Course.

Referee Webb defends performance after final furore

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 08:54

World Cup final referee Howard Webb has defended his performance in Sunday`s match and said he did all he could to keep control in a bad-tempered atmosphere.

Spain irked at choice of final referee

Last Updated: Friday, July 9, 2010, 20:21

FIFA’s choice of Howard Webb to take charge of World Cup final has irked Spain as he was the man in charge of their opening loss to Switzerland.

Referees ready for goalline technology if approved

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 18:40

International referees are ready to include goalline technology in their arsenal if it would make them more credible and is approved by FIFA, they said on Tuesday.

Technophobe FIFA look ever more isolated

Last Updated: Monday, June 28, 2010, 21:06

FIFA’s refusal to use technology to help decide on close calls has left soccer isolated in major international sport, clinging to the idea that human error is somehow preferable to computer-backed truth.

`Red card` Larrionda no stranger to controversy

Last Updated: Monday, June 28, 2010, 15:48

Under-fire World Cup referee Uruguayan Jorge Larrionda was no stranger to controversy prior to his blunder in the World Cup last 16 match between Germany and England last night.

Three referees arrested in China match-fixing scandal

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 13:11

Chinese police have arrested three football referees on suspicion of match-fixing, including one official who presided at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

Swiss ref Busacca gets three-ban match for finger gesture

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 09:10

Swiss referee Massimo Busacca, who took charge of last season`s Champions League final, was handed a three-match ban for making an insulting gesture to fans who barracked him at the weekend.

AIFF to honour two referees ahead of Asian Referees Day

Last Updated: Saturday, August 29, 2009, 17:25

The All India Football Federation will honour two referees of the country on August 31 ahead of the Asian Referees Day which falls on September 1.