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Coaches who think it's OK to ride the refs, fans who feel it's cool to yell at officials all the time and the confusion of professional sports with youth sports lead to a breakdown in respect for authority.

A Utah teen accused of punching a soccer referee who later died was charged Wednesday with homicide by assault, a count issued when an attack unintentionally causes death.

A Utah prosecutor says he plans to decide within a day or two what charges to file against a teenager accused of punching a soccer referee who later died after slipping into a coma.

A Utah soccer referee who slipped into a coma after being punched by a teenage player during a game a week ago died Saturday night, police said.

A longtime Utah soccer referee is in a coma after being punched by a teenage player unhappy with one of his calls during a weekend game, and his family says they're hoping for the man's miraculous recovery and want justice for him.

A Salt Lake City man who was serving as a referee in a recreational soccer game in Taylorsville is in critical condition after being punched by a teenager.

Indonesian striker Pieter Rumaropen is currently staring down the barrel of a significantly large ban after putting a referee in hospital with a left-hook for having the temerity to award a penalty against his team, Persiwa Wamena. Periswa were ti...

A Kenyan soccer referee has filed a lawsuit, contending a coach ran onto the field to protest a call and grabbed his testicles -- an attack that he says left him impotent.

Remember the "You Are The Ref!" cartoon strip? Where ordinary oiks like you or I were presented with a divisive footballing scenario and asked how we'd go about officiating properly? Well, here's a doozy for you... You are the ref of a Kazakhstan ...

The name Cuneyt Cakir hardly flows from an Anglophone tongue, but the Turkish insurance agent joins the more homespun Brian Hill, David Elleray and Mike Dean in Manchester United's "Hall of Ref" rage. The English trio was responsible for decisions...

Italy's watchdog body for sports events says only a special public order officer will have the power to suspend matches in cases of racism, intolerance or anti-Semitism.

The Bulgarian football federation (BFU) have seen fit to ban Cherno More Varna defender Sasho Aleksandrov for a whopping six games after the volatile right-back was sent-off for doing the referee an extreme physical discourtesy during his side's 4-0 ...

After a weekend of refereeing controversy in the Premier League and Serie A, talk of conspiracy is doing the rounds again, just as it often does when refereeing errors -- real or perceived -- make the news. As I see it, only a fool can definitivel...

That rarely called whistle on Canada's goalkeeper didn't come out of nowhere. U.S. forward Abby Wambach had been pointing out the delay tactics all game Monday.

David Beckham has escaped punishment after railing against referees following the Galaxy's last two Major League Soccer defeats, but others in L.A.'s midfield were punished for infractions.

Neymar converted a penalty kick and assisted on goals by defenders Thiago Silva and Marcelo as Brazil took advantage of a sloppy American backline to beat the United States 4-1 in an exhibition game Wednesday night.