Articles tagged with "referees"
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Harvey Morrell | Jun 26th, 2006
Soccer's top official joins criticism of referees. Looks like Sepp wants to have his cake and eat it, too.
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 26th, 2006
Well, it's probably safe to say that Valentin Ivanov's World Cup is now over as he seems to have crashed out in the Round of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 26th, 2006
I'd love to be a World Cup referee. Not matter how bad I do my job in front of a worldwide audience my bosses ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 26th, 2006
Someone get referee Valentin Ivanov some ice for his right arm. The Russian dished out 20 total cards - 16 yellow and 4 red ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 25th, 2006
It certainly wasn't the most entertaining of matches, but the English managed to make it through to the quarterfinals off a 60th minute free-kick strike ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 25th, 2006
I guess there's always gonna be some controversy in every match. But maybe that's how fans like it. Unless they're on the losing ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 25th, 2006
Referees weren't supposed to be a big story this World Cup, but like most competitions they played a major role in the first round. ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 24th, 2006
Well folks, maybe the reason people have so much animosity for referees in this country is because THE ANNOUNCERS WE LISTEN TO HAVE NO IDEA ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 23rd, 2006
It was one of the tournament's most highly-touted officials in charge of the match which would likely decide second-place in Group F. England's Graham ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 22nd, 2006
A month or two before the tournament began, I suggested that German referee Marcus Merk would be the man to officiate the final in Berlin ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 22nd, 2006
So as usual I went out to work a game this evening...nothing too extraordinary - a poorly played U14 Girls game. It was fairly ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 21st, 2006
My notes were pretty sparse during the opening twenty minutes of Portugal's group stage finale with Mexico as Slovakia's experienced Lubos Michel took charge of ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 21st, 2006
It was Russia's well-seasoned Valentin Ivanov in the middle of Germany's battle with Ecuador to determine top spot in Group A. And while the ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Matt | Jun 21st, 2006
Englands Graham Poll will be refereeing our match with Croatia on Friday. Most of you will know Poll from the Premier League in England. Hopefully ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 21st, 2006
We saw it during the France-South Korea game. A shot by France appeared to be across the goal line only to not be ruled ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Vlado | Jun 20th, 2006
The Socceroos have been on the recieving end of the referees whistle just a little too often in the two games played so far, and ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 20th, 2006
Well, there's not really much to say about the Ukraine - Saudi Arabia match from Hamburg; a 4 - nil reversal of fortune for the ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 19th, 2006
First off, sorry I haven't been able to throw in my two-cents about every match lately. It's been a very busy time for me ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 19th, 2006
Following his team's tie against Italy on Saturday in which two of his players were sent off, United States coach Bruce Arena said that the ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 18th, 2006
...or so the story goes.
I wonder what the press will be reporting in countries other than the U.S.A. Will the Italian media ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 17th, 2006
It was Italian Roberto Rosetti in charge of Argentina's 6 - nil goalfest over Serbia & Montenegro in Gelsenkirchen. And only a minute after ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 16th, 2006
Well, I must admit, I fast-forwarded through as much of the games as possible when the ball was out of play, but I think I ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Tom Barry | Jun 16th, 2006
This year’s World Cup has gotten out of hand. I’m not referring to overly aggressive tackles or unwarranted hostility among players. If anything, ...
Posted on: Mexico World Cup Team Blog by John | Jun 15th, 2006
Shamsul Maisin of Singapore will be the central referee for the Angola match in Hannover. Maisin was in charge of the TnT-Sweden Match, in ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 15th, 2006
As if you didn't have enough incentive to watch the Costa Rica and Ecuador match on Wednesday, now that the refereeing crew has been announced ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 14th, 2006
The youngest referee in the tournament, Australia's Mark Shield, took charge of the final opening match of the first round as Tunisia squared off against ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 14th, 2006
At first I thought the 47th minute sending off of Ukrainian defender Vashchuk was an injustice. It looked like he had done little more ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Bruno | Jun 14th, 2006
Fifa announced that referee Coffi Codjia, from Benin, will work tomorrow's game between Costa Rica and Ecuador. Celestin Ntagungira of Rwanda and Aboudou Aderodjou, from ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 14th, 2006
It was England's Graham Poll in the middle for what would turn out to be the most compelling match of the day as $380/capita debutants ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 12th, 2006
Everything seemed to be going smoothly for the most part in Italy's 2 - nil victory over debutants Ghana, but then things got a little ...
