J-League referees have begun the new season with instructions to blow their whistles less frequently as part of an effort to bring Japanese football officiating into line with the "world standard" and ...

Former Italian referee Pierluigi Collina reveals he blew the full-time whistle in the 2002 World Cup Final a few seconds ...

Former soccer referee Pierluigi Collina ... “I have the ball from the 2002 World Cup final: that day, I blew the final whistle, I think, 13 or 14 seconds late, insignificant for the result ...

In doing so, they filled a bingo board with buzz words and football phrases — complementary ... “All the bells and whistles will come. But the most important thing is that we get good at ...

Liverpool star Ibrahima Konate should have been sent off after a controversial refereeing incident v Wolves, according to Keith Hackett.

“I have a collection that could make a football museum jealous,” said the ex-referee. “I have the ball from the 2002 World Cup final: that day, I blew the final whistle, I think, 13 or 14 ...