On Friday, a queer German soccer referee, Pascal Kaiser, proposed to his boyfriend, Moritz, at the RheinEnergieStadion, a stadium in Cologne, Germany. After Moritz said yes, the 50,000 fans roared in ...

Christina Unkel was 10 when she became a certified soccer referee. And in all that time, she said she can remember just one instance in which she changed a call after being confronted by a group of ...

Often, soccer rules are not applied objectively, and are left for interpretation by referees. This creates all-round chaos and ...

German soccer referee Pascal Kaiser used the pitch in Cologne for a special moment: Proposing to his boyfriend, Moritz. The ...

NEW YORK (Friday, October 24, 2025) – Major League Soccer and the Professional Referee Organization today announced Drew Fischer as the MLS Referee of the Year and Cory Richardson as MLS Assistant ...

HARTFORD - Aileen Hester can bake a fine batch of cookies. She can also referee a fair game of soccer. That's "fine" as in chocolate chip and "fair" as in even-steven. Hester rates high on the referee ...

Soccer fans are familiar with the nerve-wracking situation in which players and spectators have to wait for the video assistant referee (VAR) to review a decision during a soccer match, and a referee ...

Twenty-three Ghanaian referees have been awarded FIFA badges for the 2026 football season, marking another significant ...