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What was Mason Holgate thinking? This was obviously a challenge on Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma which endangered the safety of an opponent. He was not over-trying. It was a very, very poor challenge for a professional player.

BBC Sport Africa takes a look at the winners and losers from Afcon 2023, including VAR technology and Mohamed Salah's misery.

Lee Phillips, a firefighter and fitness trainer from south Wales, says it is his "coolest" job.

The assistant referee who was accidentally hit in the face by the ball during the Bundesliga match between VfL Wolfsburg and Cologne has been taken to a hospital after the incident on Saturday. "He's doing well under the circumstances. He's been taken to hospital and will probably have to stay there overnight for observation," referee Sören Storks told broadcasters Sky. Assistant referee Thorben Siewer was unintentionally hit in the face by a ball in the 14th minute of t...

A Carlisle-based referee is set for live TV games after being promoted by the Football Association (FA). 

Police say the referee was allegedly abused in the home section of Carlisle's Brunton Park.

This is getting silly now. It needs to stop. Eight minutes into Saturday night’s showpiece at St James’ Park, Pep Guardiola was on the half-turn in his technical area signalling furiously at Stefan Ortega. His words? Something akin to ‘get your gloves on lad, we need you’. Manchester City’s second-choice goalkeeper was required immediately: Ederson could not continue.

Irish FA Head of Refereeing, Mike Riley, has outlined plans to greater diversify the match official pool in Northern Ireland and praised the ‘outstanding’ Re...