A darts referee had to step in during the World Masters after reigning world champion Luke Littler was targeted by disruptive whistlers. The 18-year-old faced Belgian qualifier Andy Baetens in ...

Referee Ben O’Keeffe will officiate England’s Six Nations showstopper against Ireland, where he’ll be hoping to keep controversy to a minimum. The New Zealand native came under heavy fire ...

The match will be refereed by Giovanni Ayroldi Molfetta (a referee with numerous appearances in Serie A), assistants Dario Cecconi from Empoli and Mattia Politi from Lecce, fourth official Domenico ...

David Coote has admitted he turned to drugs as a result of the fear of coming out as gay as a Premier League referee in his first interview since being sacked by the Professional Game Match ...

“I hid my emotions as a young ref and I hid my sexuality as well – a good quality as a referee but a terrible quality as a human being. And that’s led me to a whole course of behaviours.

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Referee Michael Oliver will officiate a Premier League game this weekend despite facing death threats and 'abhorrent' abuse after controversially sending off Arsenal defender Myles Lewis-Skelly ...

Disgraced former Premier League referee David Coote says a lifelong struggle to hide his sexuality contributed to “shameful” decisions which led to his sacking last year. Coote was in October ...

David Coote has revealed he turned to drugs because he feared coming out as gay while working as a Premier League referee in his first interview since being sacked. The 42-year-old was fired in ...

And after the third encroachment penalty, crew chief Shawn Hochuli announced that “Washington has been advised that at some point the referee can award a score if this type of behaviour happens ...