referee

The chances of becoming an elite level referee are low.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The referee stopped the match during his narrow win against Nathan Aspinall in the last eight on Saturday to warn the hostile crowd about its behaviour, before play resumed.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

The television commentary team are in a unique position, able to hear what the VAR is saying but not the referee.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

With Election Day seven weeks away, the justices might be called on to referee additional fast-moving voting-related disputes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

There in the middle of the arena, in the middle of the ring, in the middle of the light, the referee standing over him, he felt like he always knew he would feel, alone.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers

And yes, sometimes these games do go the other way, like a few weeks ago, when Western Michigan beat Michigan, only to have time traveling referees give the Wolverines a chance to take it back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

"We have to know how to respect others, the referees, our colleagues and we all lose out. And when someone crosses that line of respect, it's not right - you can't cross that line."

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

"We lost players... fans, administrators and referees," Jadallah told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

When Dean said he had helped out "a mate" in the Chelsea-Tottenham game three years ago, it caused real damage to the reputation of referees.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

After we shot the technical free throws, the two referees huddled.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie

Barton officiated the France-Spain match, while American Ismail Elfath refereed the England-Argentina match.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Crane has refereed 17 races in 12 countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

"We'd have a fair bit of confidence in the referee... I think the referee is a very experienced referee and he just got on and refereed the game."

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025

The parliamentarian’s office is a little-known nonpartisan office that has refereed Byrd rule disputes since the 1980s.

From Slate ● May 29, 2025

“When’s he ever refereed a Quidditch match? He’s not going to be fair if we might overtake Slytherin.”

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

It's best to exclude penalties as refereeing decisions and defensive clumsiness give a false impression of how good teams actually are at attacking and defending, especially at this early stage.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Atletico manager Simeone rejected the suggestion the result would be overshadowed by the refereeing debate, saying his team had controlled the contest.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Premier League refereeing body Pro Ref's chief Howard Webb has admitted the VAR did not consider whether Fernandez was offside before Haaland turned home the winner.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Erling Haaland scored the only goal, with the Premier League's refereeing body later admitting a mistake as it should have been ruled out for offside.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

“That’s exactly the sort of thing that’ll lose us the match! Snape’s refereeing this time, and he’ll be looking for any excuse to knock points off Gryffindor!”

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling