A leading female official has told a tribunal that a male football referee coach “forcefully pushed” her during a youth level match, and that his behaviour was influenced by her gender. Lisa Benn, 34, ...

When Mollie Kavanagh first became a referee, she said female officials were a rarity - but four years on she said times were changing. The 19-year-old, from Coventry, began her journey in football as ...

VOV.VN - The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has appointed three Vietnamese referees to officiate at the 2026 AFC Women’s ...

Aug 4 (Reuters) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino expressed support for referee Katia Itzel Garcia and the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) after the official revealed she was subjected to online ...

PGMOL chief Howard Webb has denied his former staff member lost her position as an international football referee because she complained a coach “manhandled” her. Lisa Benn, 34, alleges she was ...

TORTOLA — Kenesha Chesney, an assistant referee in the British Virgin Islands Football Association, has become the first woman from the territory to officiate in a regional tournament. Chesney will be ...

March 30 (Reuters) - Rebecca Welch has become the first female referee to be appointed to an English Football League match as she prepares to take charge of the League Two clash between Harrogate Town ...

"I'm just doing my bit," says Iragartze Fernandez, the part-time referee turned full-time nurse who has swapped the whistle for a face-mask in the hope of helping Spain combat the deadly coronavirus.

A female referee was slapped in the face after she sent off a player during a match in Colombia. The incident occurred last Saturday during a game between Deportivo Quique and Real Alianza at the ...

The FA Women’s National League has hugely benefitted from this. 100 percent of the clubs competing in the league have ...

Global soccer body FIFA should bring in experienced male officials to help female referees adjust to the Video Assistant Referee system following a number of incidents at the women’s World Cup, former ...