"That's a huge departure [from protocol]," the NFL's former VP of officiating Mike Pereira (2004-09) told ESPN. He explained that the league typically does not let Championship round officials ...

Referees have already seen real-world consequences of viral content fuelling a mob. The video of Jose Mourinho approaching ...

Video / NZ Herald Michael Cheika questioned why New Zealand’s Ben O’Keeffe was appointed to referee an English Premiership ... insisted Gloucester boss George Skivington.

A group of NRL coaches have approached the governing body to propose a rule change that could see players stay on the field ...

Michael Cheika questioned why New Zealand's Ben O'Keeffe had been appointed to referee an English Premiership ... Premiership," insisted Gloucester boss George Skivington. In Saturday's other ...

There's no formal policy about experience, but two officials are in their third year; the norm used to be at least five.

A handful of high-profile calls in the playoffs that have gone in Kansas City's favor have fueled the theories of favoritism, with Houston getting penalized for two illegal hits on Patrick Mahomes and ...

Not tales about Michael Oliver the referee, but anecdotes about the person ... had told Clattenburg he could skip the fortnightly meeting at St George’s Park. But Clattenburg wanted to ...

His statement comes amid a troubling week for officials, in which Premier League referee Michael Oliver and his family were subjected to death threats following his decision to send Myles Lewis ...

Mike Pereira, a former veteran NFL official and the league's VP of officiating from 2004 to 2009, is surprised to see ...

FOX Sports rules analyst Mike Pereira weighed in on the ref controversy surrounding the Kansas City Chiefs during an ...