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Crystal Palace's Marc Guehi was pulled down by Bournemouth's Bafode Diakite, with the referee awarding a spot-kick.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

On Thursday, fan groups from clubs across the country shared co-signed statements critical of VAR and calling for the video assistant referee technology to be abolished.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

This will not be live, nor will it include any of the conversation between the referee and the VAR, but it will be used in-game one or two times in each round of fixtures.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Court reporters say only a human being can referee a hearing in real time and guarantee an accurate verbatim transcript at the end of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

During competitions, the saber fencers were loud and screamed on almost every point, almost as if they were trying to convince the referee they deserved the point.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

The protests resulted in significant delays, with players speaking out against the actions and referees threatening to cancel matches.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

The league office needs to send a directive to all team owners, coaches, players and referees, to stop this behavior and play like professionals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

He likened it to referees betting on the outcome of a basketball game.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

They include referees who took charge of qualifying matches for the 2014 World Cup and 2012 Olympic Games in London in which the South Korea national team were participating.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

It's a good thing he referees along with me, diverting one or the other, telling a joke, teasing Sunny in just the right way.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Tunisian Ali Bin Nasser, who refereed the match in 1986, collected the Adidas Azteca ball at full-time and kept it for more than three decades.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Barton officiated the France-Spain match, while American Ismail Elfath refereed the England-Argentina match.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Crane has refereed 17 races in 12 countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

The parliamentarian’s office is a little-known nonpartisan office that has refereed Byrd rule disputes since the 1980s.

From Slate ● May 29, 2025

“When’s he ever refereed a Quidditch match? He’s not going to be fair if we might overtake Slytherin.”

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

Referee Iván Barton recalls how he was assigned to officiate a World Cup semifinal between France and Spain and his view of changes that have shaped modern refereeing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Half-time at a football game is normally a chance to grab a drink or snack, make a mad dash for the toilets or vent with friends about some questionable refereeing or defending.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Social media has been flooded with posts from users in Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador and Peru questioning refereeing decisions or expressing disapproval of Argentina, while messages mocking rival teams also proliferated from Argentine accounts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The regulations also ruled Taylor out of refereeing the 2022 World Cup final between Argentina and France.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Most of the time, he’s too busy refereeing the fights between us, or else he’s just in his own orbit.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García