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Official in a variety of sports
A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions
Referee
German football referee
German football referee who is based in Berlin. He referees for FC Nordost Berlin of the Berlin Football Association. He is a FIFA referee, and is ranked
Daniel_Siebert_(referee)
Topics referred to by the same term
include: Referee (American football) Referee (association football) Referee (basketball) Referee (boxing) Referee (futsal) Referee (ice hockey) Referee (professional
Referee_(disambiguation)
Association football official reviewing decisions
The video assistant referee (VAR) is a match official in association football who assists the referee by reviewing decisions using video footage and providing
Video_assistant_referee
Football official
In association football, an assistant referee (also known as a linesman) is an official who assists the referee in administering the Laws of the Game
Assistant referee (association football)
Assistant_referee_(association_football)
Authority figure in professional wrestling
wrestling, a referee is an authority figure present in or near the ring during matches. The referee's purpose is similar to that of referees in combat sports
Referee (professional wrestling)
Referee_(professional_wrestling)
The following is a list of match officials (referees, assistant referees, and video assistant referees) who are officiating at the 2026 FIFA World Cup
2026_FIFA_World_Cup_officials
Referees in the National Basketball Association (NBA) oversee 120 preseason games, 1,260 regular season games, and four rounds of playoff matches. These
List_of_NBA_referees
Portuguese football referee
Portuguese referee who officiates in the Primeira Liga. He has been a FIFA referee since 2016, and is ranked as a UEFA elite category referee. In 2015,
João_Pinheiro_(referee)
American mixed martial arts referee
Mike Beltran is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) referee known for officiating bouts in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Bellator, and other
Mike_Beltran_(referee)
Game administrator in association football
association football, the referee is the person responsible for interpreting and enforcing the Laws of the Game during a match. The referee is the final decision-making
Referee (association football)
Referee_(association_football)
Scottish football referee
football referee, currently a referee in the SPFL and a FIFA referee. Walsh's first Scottish Professional Football League game as a referee came at the
Nick_Walsh_(referee)
and referee, author, and research geologist who represented the United States Soccer Federation (now "U.S. Soccer") as an international (FIFA) referee from
Robert_Evans_(referee)
American basketball referee (born 1967)
Scott Foster (born April 8, 1967) is an American professional basketball referee for the National Basketball Association (NBA). He began officiating games
Scott_Foster_(basketball)
English football referee (born 1990)
referee who primarily officiates in the Premier League, having been promoted to the Select Group in 2021. He has been a UEFA First Category referee since
John_Brooks_(referee)
Topics referred to by the same term
Football referee may refer to the following articles Official (American football) Official (Canadian football) Referee (association football) Umpire (Australian
Football_referee
Rugby player
November 1998) was an international rugby union referee from South Africa. Before becoming a full-time referee, Rogers attended Maritzburg College – the same
Ian_Rogers_(referee)
American professional wrestling referee and professional wrestler
Robinson (born July 2, 1964) is an American professional wrestling senior referee, ring crew member and former professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE
Charles_Robinson_(referee)
American mixed martial arts referee (born 1962)
(born October 12, 1962) is a retired American mixed martial arts (MMA) referee best known for officiating numerous bouts promoted by the Ultimate Fighting
John_McCarthy_(referee)
Soccer tournament in North America
April 9, 2026, FIFA announced the list of 52 referees, 88 assistant referees, and 30 video assistant referees for the tournament. The 2026 tournament features
2026_FIFA_World_Cup
Current referees are at the top of the section for each country, while entries of former referees are collapsed. Ashraf Hussainzada (2025–present) Juxhin
List of FIFA international referees
List_of_FIFA_international_referees
American basketball referee (born 1966)
Kennedy (born November 10, 1966) is an American professional basketball referee for the National Basketball Association (NBA). In 2015, he became the league's
Bill_Kennedy_(referee)
Football championship
five at the stadium consisted of a referee, two assistant referees, a fourth official and a reserve assistant referee. In addition, four video match officials
UEFA_Euro_2020
English football referee (born 1978)
1978) is an English professional football referee. In 2010, he was promoted to the list of Select Group Referees who officiate primarily in the Premier League
Anthony_Taylor_(referee)
Type of fight ending in boxing
pulls them out during the rest period between rounds. This results in the referee stopping the fight, and it is officially recorded as "RTD" (Retired) in
Corner_retirement
Soccer tournament in the United States
425 Referee: Francisco Oscar Lamolina (Argentina) June 18, 1994 (1994-06-18) 4:30 p.m. PDT (UTC–7) Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 91,856 Referee: Jamal
1994_FIFA_World_Cup
Individual enforcing rules in a boxing match
The referee in boxing is the individual charged with enforcing the rules of that sport during a match. The referee has the following roles: Gives instructions
Referee_(boxing)
Australian rugby league referee
Phillip Atkins (born 3 April 1982) is an Australian rugby league referee. He has refereed in the top-tier National Rugby League since 2011, and has also
Grant_Atkins
English football referee (born 1985)
Chris Kavanagh (born 4 September 1985) is an English professional football referee from Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. He officiates primarily in
Chris_Kavanagh_(referee)
Australian rugby league referee (born 1979)
league referee. He first refereed in England, beginning his career in the Rugby League Conference, but returned to Australia and currently referees in the
Ashley_Klein
Australian soccer referee
an Australian soccer referee. He began officiating in the A-League as an assistant referee in 2008, and was promoted to referee in 2012. He was named
Shaun_Evans_(referee)
Scottish football referee
1987) is a Scottish football referee. He began refereeing in 2011, and has been a FIFA referee since 2017. Before his refereeing career, Robertson was a youth
Don_Robertson_(referee)
This is a list of rugby union referees who have officiated in Super Rugby. The list includes any referee that has officiated in a regular season match
List_of_Super_Rugby_referees
Official appointed to oversee professional cricket matches
A match referee is an official appointed to oversee professional cricket matches. Match referees for Test matches and One Day Internationals are appointed
Match_referee
English football referee (born 1985)
football referee from Ashington, Northumberland. His county FA is the Northumberland Football Association. He belongs to the Select Group of Referees in England
Michael_Oliver_(referee)
American professional wrestling referee (1954–2022)
(March 25, 1954 – June 19, 2022) was an American professional wrestling referee. He worked with World Wrestling Entertainment as a producer on the SmackDown
Tim_White_(referee)
English football referees officiate matches in English football. The referees officiate matches that range from local football to Premier League matches
Football refereeing in England
Football_refereeing_in_England
Organisation chronicling the history and records of association football
was awarded the prize for Men's Referee of the Decade 2011–20. Bibiana Steinhaus was awarded the prize for Women's Referee of the Decade 2011–20. IFFHS World
IFFHS
Scottish football referee and teacher
Collum (born 18 January 1979) is a former Scottish football referee and is currently head of referee operations at the Scottish FA. Collum officiated his first
Willie_Collum
Romanian football referee (born 1984)
Romanian football referee who primarily officiates in the Liga I. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2018, and a UEFA elite referee since 2019.
István_Kovács_(referee)
Slovenian football referee (born 1979)
(born 25 November 1979) is a Slovenian football referee. He has been an international-listed referee for FIFA since 2010. Vinčić's first major competition
Slavko_Vinčić
American professional wrestling referee
wrestling referee. He is a former referee for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He has also served as head referee for
Nick_Patrick_(referee)
Australian association football referee
Australian association football referee. He is a full-time referee in the A-League since 2019, and was the league's Referee of the Year in 2021–22, 2023–24
Alex_King_(referee)
American boxing referee (1936–1983)
professional boxing referee. He officiated several major bouts, such as Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali in 1980. He was the referee for the lightweight
Richard_Green_(referee)
Colombian football referee (born 1969)
Villavicencio) is a former Colombian football referee and current referee instructor. He is also a lawyer. He had been a referee since 1 January 1995, and his international
Óscar_Ruiz_(referee)
Panel of English professional football referees
The Select Group is a panel of English professional football referees and assistant referees, appointed by Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO). The
Select_Group
The Sunday Referee was a Sunday newspaper in the United Kingdom, founded in 1877 as The Referee, primarily covering sports news. George Robert Sims, who
Sunday_Referee
Professional snooker referee
Patricia Murphy is an Irish snooker and pool referee, notable for becoming only the second woman to be a referee on the sports main tour. Also known as Patricia
Patricia_Murphy_(referee)
English football referee (born 1968)
Mike Dean (born 2 June 1968) is an English former professional football referee primarily in the Premier League. He is based in Heswall, Wirral, in North
Mike_Dean_(referee)
Australian rugby league referee
Adam Gee is an Australian rugby league referee. He officiates in the National Rugby League. Gee began refereeing in the Canterbury-Bankstown District when
Adam_Gee_(referee)
English football referee
1985) is an English professional football referee and former teacher who belongs to the Select Group of Referees in England and officiates in the Premier
Michael_Salisbury
Newspaper in Sydney, NSW, 1891 - 1896
O’Freedom and also appeared as the Saturday Referee and the Arrow. It was later absorbed by The Referee. The Dead Bird was first published on 16 May
The_Arrow_(newspaper)
English football referee
football referee who operated in the Premier League, and previously for FIFA as an assistant referee and then referee. Bennett has been a referee since 1984
Steve_Bennett_(referee)
Italian football referee and financial advisor
(born 13 February 1960) is an Italian former football referee. He was named "The World's Best Referee" by the International Federation of Football History
Pierluigi_Collina
Australian rugby league referee
former rugby league referee. He presided over 319 National Rugby League games as referee between 1999 and 2012 as well as being the referee of 13 State of
Tony_Archer_(referee)
American boxing referee (1931–2021)
(1931 – December 14, 2021) was a Puerto Rican boxing referee and judge. During his career, he refereed many major boxing fights and participated in a number
Tony_Perez_(referee)
Australian soccer referee
Benjamin Abraham is an Australian soccer referee. He was the referee for the 2023 Australia Cup final and has been officiating in the A-League Men since
Ben_Abraham_(referee)
American soccer referee
soccer referee from northern California. He started his professional career as an assistant referee in the NASL at age 19. Hall was a FIFA referee from
Brian_Hall_(referee)
15th edition of the association football championship
named eighteen referees for Euro 2016. The full referee teams were announced on 1 March 2016. England was the only country to have two referees in the tournament
UEFA_Euro_2016
Game administrator in American football
referred to collectively as referees, but each position has specific duties and a specific name: Common positions include referee (which is the lead member
Official_(gridiron_football)
Danish football referee (1960–2019)
2019) was a Danish football referee, once the youngest referee to be selected to officiate at the FIFA World Cup. He refereed five matches at FIFA World
Peter_Mikkelsen_(referee)
Team sport with two teams of seven players each
equal referees. Some national bodies allow games with only a single referee in special cases like illness on short notice. Should the referees disagree
Handball
Irish hurling referee
James Owens (born 1977) is an Irish hurling referee. Born in Kilrush / Askamore, County Wexford, he has refereed at several All-Ireland finals in minor, under-21
James_Owens_(referee)
Swedish football referee
former football referee. He was a full international referee for FIFA between 2002 and 2018. Eriksson became a professional referee in 1994 and has been
Jonas_Eriksson_(referee)
English football referee
17 December 1964) is an English former professional football referee, who has refereed matches in the English Football League, Premier League, and for
Mike_Riley_(referee)
Betting scandal in the National Basketball Association in 2007
Association (NBA) and accusations that an NBA referee used his knowledge of relationships between referees, coaches, players and owners to bet on professional
2007_NBA_betting_scandal
Association football tournament in Italy
tournament to serve as referees and assistant referees. Officials in italics were only used as assistants during the tournament. Referees dressed only in traditional
1990_FIFA_World_Cup
Association football tournament in Argentina
The draw between Brazil and Sweden was especially controversial; Welsh referee Clive Thomas awarded Brazil a very late corner kick, and Zico directly
1978_FIFA_World_Cup
French football referee
referee. Born in Flers, Orne, Chapron took up refereeing in 1996 in conjunction with his job as an educational advisor. He became a full-time referee
Tony_Chapron
Association football tournament in Mexico
000 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden) 2 June 1986 (1986-06-02) 12:00 CST Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Victoriano
1986_FIFA_World_Cup
Women's football tournament
tournament was the first Women's World Cup to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system. This was the second and last edition with 24 teams before
2019_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup
17th edition of the UEFA European Football Championship
Attendance: 65,052 Referee: Clément Turpin (France) 15 June 2024 (2024-06-15) 15:00 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne Attendance: 41,676 Referee: Slavko Vinčić
UEFA_Euro_2024
English football referee (born 1987)
English football referee. He has refereed in the English Football League since 2016 and the Premier League since 2019. He was the referee for the 2016 National
Robert_Jones_(referee)
Canadian ice hockey official (born 1961)
Watson (born October 4, 1961) is a Canadian retired National Hockey League referee who wore uniform number 23. As of the end of the 2007–08 NHL season, he
Brad_Watson_(ice_hockey)
Type of camera used in sports
Refcam (also known as Referee cam or Umpire cam) is a special type of broadcast point-of-view camera used in sports and worn by a referee or umpire during
Refcam
Australian rugby league referee (born 1978)
Gerard Sutton (born 23 October 1978) is an Australian rugby league referee from Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia. He officiates in the National
Gerard_Sutton_(referee)
2010 strike in Scotland
The Scottish football referee strike refers to the unprecedented withdrawal of services by top level referees in Scottish football, following a dispute
Scottish football referee strike
Scottish_football_referee_strike
African football tournament
28 referees, 31 assistant referees, and 14 VAR officials. All selected officials came exclusively from the African Confederation. Assistant referees officiated
2025_Africa_Cup_of_Nations
2010 Swedish film
The Referee (Swedish: Rättskiparen) is a 2010 Swedish critically acclaimed, award-winning documentary film produced by Freedom From Choice AB and Sveriges
The_Referee_(2010_film)
Fight-ending, winning criterion in certain full-contact combat sports
technical knockout (TKO or T.K.O.), stoppage, or referee stopped contest (RSC) is declared when the referee decides during a round that a fighter cannot safely
Knockout
Labor dispute between Major League Soccer and their referees
The 2024 MLS referee lockout was a labor dispute between the Professional Referee Organization (PRO), the organization responsible for assigning and managing
2024_MLS_referee_lockout
English football referee (born 1971)
professional football referee who officiated primarily in the Premier League from 2003 to 2014, as well as for FIFA as a FIFA international referee from 2005 to
Howard_Webb
American professional wrestling referee (born 1949)
is an American retired professional wrestling referee. He is best known for his time as senior referee for the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) from
Earl_Hebner
English rugby union referee
English rugby union referee and former rugby union footballer. In 2016, she became the world's first professional female rugby union referee, and in 2018 she
Sara_Cox_(referee)
Association football tournament in West Germany
matches that the Brazilian national team played in 1966, of the three referees and six linesmen, seven were British and two were Germans. Brazil went
1974_FIFA_World_Cup
2013 death of a Brazilian football referee
Jordão da Silva Cantanhede was a 20-year-old Brazilian amateur football referee who was stoned, lynched, beheaded and quartered by football spectators
Murder of Otávio Jordão da Silva
Murder_of_Otávio_Jordão_da_Silva
Australian mixed martial arts referee
an Australian mixed martial arts referee in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. One of the most experienced referees to emerge from Australia, Sharp has
John_Sharp_(referee)
The PSL Referee of the Season in South African football is awarded to the most outstanding referee of the season. PSL Awards § Assistant Referee of the
PSL_Referee_of_the_Season
Association football tournament in Spain
Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France) 15 June 1982 (1982-06-15) 17:15 CEST Estadio de Riazor, A Coruña Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Franz Wöhrer
1982_FIFA_World_Cup
Scottish football referee (born 1939)
Valentine (born 10 May 1939) is a Scottish former football referee. He is mostly known for refereeing two matches in the 1982 World Cup in Spain: the infamous
Bob_Valentine_(referee)
English association football referee
July 2012) was an English football referee. Later described by the Football League as "perhaps the finest English referee of all time", Taylor was famous
Jack_Taylor_(referee)
Australian football referee and accountant
retired Australian football referee. He is also an accountant. Wilson was a referee at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. Wilson has refereed internationally at the OFC
Benjamin_Wilson_(referee)
Guatemalan association football referee (born 1986)
is a Guatemalan football referee who is a listed international referee for FIFA since 2013. He is also one of the referees for the Liga Nacional de Fútbol
Mario_Escobar_(referee)
Association football tournament in England
English referee Jim Finney. Uruguay conceded 3 goals when reduced to nine men and South American media decried a pattern of European referee bias. In
1966_FIFA_World_Cup
German football referee
football referee who is based in Rostock. He referees for Brüsewitzer SV of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Football Association. He is a FIFA referee, and
Bastian_Dankert
Serbian football referee (1952–2024)
April 1952 – 8 August 2024) was a Serbian football referee. At the FIFA World Cup, Petrović refereed a total of four matches and served as linesman in
Zoran_Petrović_(referee)
Canadian professional wrestler and referee
John Joseph Bonello is a Canadian professional wrestler and referee who worked for the World Wrestling Federation during the 1980s. Bonello started as
John_Bonello_(referee)
English football referee
football referee, who operated in the Football League and for FIFA. He comes from Warrington in Lancashire, and has the distinction of having refereed both
Joe_Worrall_(referee)
July 1999) was among the first women to officially qualify as a football referee. Pat Dunn was born in London in 1933, the daughter of Lewis Henry Thurston
Pat_Dunn_(referee)
English football referee
professional football referee based in Chester. He is a member of the Cheshire County Football Association. He began refereeing in the Football League
Mike_Jones_(referee)
REFEREE
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Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Loving Devotion of God
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English, Hebrew, Italian, Romanian
Peaceful
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Believer in Truth
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. Possibly a variant of Wyche.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Peacock
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Eaves or possibly Avis.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Richard III' Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York.
Girl/Female
Arabic, French
Smart
REFEREE
REFEREE
REFEREE
REFEREE
REFEREE
n.
A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or referee.
n.
One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it.
n.
One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee.