Referees set for performance-enhancing drug tests
• Officials to be tested for performance-enhancing substances• 'We have to consider referees as part of the game,' says FifaReferees are set to be subject to drugs tests, Fifa's medical chiefs have revealed.Match officials now have to pass stringen...
Mancini questions referees benefiting United
• Manchester City's manager alludes to 'strange' situations• Mancini believes rules should be the same for everyoneRoberto Mancini claims Manchester United have benefited from a number of "strange" decisions recently as he questioned the officiatin...
Mancini hints at referees’ bias
• Mancini hints at bias towards Manchester United• Application of 'the rules are not the same for everyone'Roberto Mancini has voiced his frustration with the standard of refereeing in England and claimed "the rules are not the same for everyone".T...
Football quiz: ghost goals and goalline decisions
Today's questions want goalline technology introduced sharpish
Emmanuel Adebayor accuses Martin Atkinson of ruining FA Cup dream
• Tottenham Hotspur forward blames referee for defeat• Lack of goalline technology is 'killing the game'Emmanuel Adebayor has accused Martin Atkinson of ruining Tottenham Hotspur's FA Cup dreams and claimed the lack of goalline technology in footba...
Premier League referees look to emulate clubs’ no excuses culture
Officials are under fire after a spate of controversial decisions but their preparations could hardly be more thoroughSir Alex Ferguson, Kenny Dalglish, Mark Hughes and Roberto Martínez may not quite believe it but England's leading referees have exce...
Mohamed Al Fayed asks Premier League to explain its refereeing processes
• Fulham chairman says that officials are 'too easily influenced'• Fayed wants 'transparency of processes of allocating matches'Mohamed Al Fayed, the Fulham chairman, has called on the Premier League to explain its refereeing processes after accusi...
Refereeing incidents show up shortcomings in FA and Fifa rule books
The different treatment of fouls by Mario Balotelli and Branislav Ivanovic has baffled and angered many in English footballRule 77 of Fifa's Disciplinary Code contains the two clauses that have got the Football Association, elite match officials and th...
Kenny Dalglish takes conspiracy claims beyond the realms of David Icke | Marina Hyde
The Liverpool manager's comments conjure up images of referees meeting in an underground lair to plot to keep his club in eighth, but the truth is he needs officials as a lightning rodIt may be instructive for Kenny Dalglish to consider that even David...
Derry, Ivanovic and Balotelli cases show the FA is not on the ball | Jamie Jackson
The governing body stresses that retrospective action is only for off-the-ball incidents but the argument does not add upIn the Shaun Derry-Branislav Ivanovic-Mario Balotelli farce, the Football Association upheld the punishment of one player despite w...
Roy Hodgson: Premier League referees are ‘probably the best in Europe’
• 'We've got no complaints at all,' West Bromwich manager says• 'Refs make mistakes but you see players making them as well'Roy Hodgson has defended the standard of refereeing in the Premier League and the West Bromwich Albion manager described the...
Chelsea Four show why Uefa need to be sensitive about suspensions | Daniel Taylor