Meanwhile, the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) has raised its concerns over
refereeing during the US Junior Open Squash Championship finals.
The Asian Football Confederation did not comment when contacted by Arab News, but a high-ranking confederation official said that this episode did not reflect the reality of
refereeing standards in Saudi Arabia or Asia as a whole.
Among the highlights of her career to date are
refereeing the final of the women's World Cup in Germany in 2011 and the final of the women's Olympic tournament in London in 2012.
The PLC is committed to provide logistic support for the referees to successfully officiate PLC organised matches with minimal impact on competing clubs by any
refereeing decisions."
In a cross sectional study, all referees who were selected for Iranian premier soccer league allocated in the project with assistance of
refereeing committee and medical committee of Iranian national soccer federation.
Whistle-blowing referee Marios Panayi, whose public denunciation of the Cyprus Football Association's top brass and reports of match-fixing in Cyprus stirred up controversy and triggered a police investigation in 2015, has sent an open letter to the CFA's chairman, the executive committee, the board of directors, and the chairmen of football clubs, calling for radical overhaul of
refereeing.
However, there are few studies on the prevention of injuries in soccer, due to lack of solid evidence about the risk factors and injury mechanisms at different levels of
refereeing (1).
BRITISH University and Colleges Sport have offi-cially designated Newcastle University as the national university
refereeing hub for the North East.
Referees' manager Rodger Gifford outlined future plans for the development of women's
refereeing in Wales which included: ?
"The group will continue to grow from strength to strength and it is hoped that this will encourage other women to get involved in
refereeing."
Jon Davis, the Six Nations tournament and operations director, said: "We are very pleased to have Dave on board, particularly given his up-to-date experience at the top level of
refereeing.
Collum was fourth official at Spain v Italy in Euro 2012 on Sunday, while Thomson gets his championship under way by
refereeing tomorrow's Denmark-Portugal clash in Ukraine.
While these are very early days on the
refereeing ladder, the players could one day reach elite level if deemed good enough.
