Angelica Suffren avoids the spotlight in her job as a WNBA and women's basketball referee. She steals it as a competitive ...

MSHSL basketball referee Jared Butson officiating a boys varsity basketball game between Kasson-Mantorville and Lourdes at Lourdes High School in Rochester on Jan. 25, 2022. Butson was named the ...

FIFA has cleared referee Shaun Evans of wrongdoing after he was accused of making a racist gesture prior to Sunday's game between Germany and Curaçao. Evans was shown in the video referee studio with ...

The Netherlands and Japan will open their 2026 World Cup Group F campaign with experienced Ismail Elfath, a Moroccan-born American professional soccer referee who immigrated to the United States from ...

Referees looked away as Victor Wembanyama got away with a flagrant foul on Jalen Brunson in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The San Antonio Spurs center had his foot well within the New York Knicks guard’s ...

A substituted player must exit the field within 10 seconds. If there's a delay, the team plays a man down for at least one minute before the replacement can enter the field. There are now five-second ...

Brazilian referee Wilton Sampaio made World Cup history by handing out 3 red cards during Mexico’s 2-0 opening win over South Africa. The opening Group A match between Mexico and South Africa at the ...

Omar Artan, 34, was due to referee at this summer's World Cup in north America but denied entry to the U.S. at Miami International Airport on Saturday Hector Vivas - FIFA The Somali referee who was ...

Days after he was denied entry to the United States, Omar Artan arrived home to a hero's welcome. Government officials greeted him at the airport with flowers, and fans draped him in the sky-blue ...

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Somalia is not competing at the World Cup, but from the scenes at Mogadishu’s airport Wednesday, you’d think the country had won the trophy. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access ...

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