Referee Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

The NFL Hired Its First Female Referee, and Major League Baseball Has Its First Gay Ump Healthcare Heroes React to NFL's Special Invite to Super Bowl LV Super Bowl LV: How to Watch, Halftime Show, Performers and More  

straight to your inbox every day for freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer insisted that referee Peter Bankes made two big errors in Manchester United's 2-1 defeat by Sheffield United. The United boss criticised the officials for allowing Kean Bryan's opening goal to stand at Old Trafford, while they ruled out an effort by Anthony Martial minutes later.

Wanderers grabbed a goal back through Antoni Sarcevic and Delaney was shown a second yellow card after a foul on Vaughan shortly after.But the manner of the award of the Rovers penalty and how Tranmere defender Manny Monthe avoided a second yellow card for a bringing down a through on goal Sarcevic when both sides had 11 men were major talking points.Evatt was also dismissed after full-time for apparent dissent with referee Hair and the Bolton boss had his say on the performance of Hair and the

Wanderers grabbed a goal back through Antoni Sarcevic and Delaney was shown a second yellow card after a foul on Vaughan shortly after.

straight to your inbox every day for freeFormer Premier League match official Dermot Gallagher believes referee Paul Tierney got a key decision wrong in Manchester United's draw with Liverpool. Gallagher largely praised Tierney's performance in Sunday's goalless stalemate at Anfield, apart from one moment just before half-time.

Tom Brady is, once again, extremely close to the Super Bowl after him and his team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, won their divisional round playoff game on Sunday night (January 17).

straight to your inbox every day for freeFormer Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has given his verdict on three controversial incidents in Manchester United's win at Burnley.United claimed a 1-0 victory over the Clarets at Turf Moor on Tuesday night, thanks to Paul Pogba 's second-half strike. The result lifted Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 's men to the top of the table, three points clear of Liverpool ahead of their trip to Anfield this weekend.

straight to your inbox every day for freeThe PGMOL have clarified why the VAR advised referee Kevin Friend to rescind Robbie Brady's yellow card and book Luke Shaw during the first half of Burnley vs Manchester United. Paul Pogba's second-half volley proved decisive as United moved to the top of the Premier League table with a 1-0 victory, giving them a three-point cushion over Liverpool ahead of Sunday's clash at Anfield.

straight to your inbox every day for freePaul Pogba was adamant that Harry Maguire's disallowed goal for Manchester United against Burnley should have stood as he questioned a host of decisions during the game at Turf Moor. Pogba scored the only goal of the game as United battled to a hard-fought victory, putting them three points clear at the top of the Premier League.

straight to your inbox every day for freeThe FA have contacted Nuno Espirito Santo over comments he made about referee Lee Mason after Wolves' loss to Burnley.Nuno hit out at Mason after his side's 2-1 defeat, claiming the referee was not good enough to take charge of top-level games.The FA have seemed observations from Nuno about his comments and will decide whether to act once the Wolves boss has responded.Under current FA rules and regulations, a manager can criticise the performance and

Celtic on January 2. The experienced SFA whistler was last in charge of the fixture in September last year when he sent off Jordan Jones for a wild challenge in the closing minutes of the game.

Betfred Cup showdown. Andrew Dallas was poised to be the man in the middle but has been forced into a late withdrawal through injury.Dickinson, who was originally appointed as fourth official, will now take over from the injured whistler.It's a huge turn of events for the rookie whistler, who has taken charge of mainly League One and Two clashes this season.Rangers visit Paisley to face the Buddies for a place in the last four draw, set to take place later on Wednesday night.

A Texas school district removed a high school football team from the playoffs after one player’s vicious attack on a referee during a game. The Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District said Friday that Edinburg High School would not be participating in the Class 6A Division I Playoffs despite beating their opponents Pharr-San Juan-Alamo.

A Texas high school football player charged onto the field and bowled over a referee Thursday night, angered after being ejected from the game. Senior defensive lineman Emmanuel Duron of Edinburg High School came running from the sideline area after the referee announced the ejection, slamming into the official during the first half of the zone play-in game against Pharr-San Juan-Alamo.

straight to your inboxVAR official Simon Hooper advised on-field referee Chris Kavanagh that Brighton player Aaron Connolly had initiated contact with Paul Pogba after a penalty was awarded against the Manchester United midfielder.Just minutes after the second half kicked off, Brighton thought they were awarded their second penalty of the game when Connolly fell to the ground after contact from Pogba.Referee Kavanagh pointed to the spot but was advised to take a second look at the incident on

straight to your inboxRiyad Mahrez’s disallowed goal has exposed a major flaw in the new handball law, said former top referee Dermot Gallagher.Manchester City were denied a fifth goal, which would have put the cherry on their demolition of Premier League champions Liverpool after the video assistant referee (VAR) spotted that the ball had struck Phil Foden ’s arm as Mahrez raced through to stick the ball in the net.

Premier League referee Kevin Friend has opened up on VAR and what working at Stockley Park on a matchday is like.

Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has analysed two key decisions by the officials during Manchester United's 2-0 over Manchester City at Old Trafford.

The brother of Scotland’s biggest ticket tout is a fraud investigator for Britain’s biggest bank, the Record can reveal.

Manchester United fans are worried after it was announced that Mike Dean will be the man in charge of the upcoming Manchester derby.

Inverness Caley Thistle boss John Robertson claims referee Greg Aitken knows he got his decision wrong but wasn't allowed to put his case forward.

Steven Gerrard has called on his players to be on their best behaviour as they go under the scrutiny of VAR for the first time.

Steve Clarke's wish for a bit of help from the SFA to bring forward fixtures to the Friday night ahead of the Euro 2020 play-offs has fallen on deaf ears.

It's caused plenty of controversy in the English Premier League so far this season, and Video Assistant Referee technology will be coming to Scotland on Thursday.

Rangers will experience VAR for the first time when they take on Braga on Thursday - and the man watching the images will be doing his first game since sparking controversy in a Spanish league match.

Raging Rangers manager Steven Gerrard laid into referee Euan Anderson for his performance at Ibrox where his side had a strong penalty claim and two goals were chopped off for offside.

Inverness boss John Robertson was blown away by the quality of Rangers Colts, despite his team reaching the final of the Tunnocks Caramel Wafer Cup.

A Scots footballer has revealed the shock moment he was ready to go under the knife – and realised his surgeon was a REFEREE.