“I was at the London 2012 Olympics, the pinnacle of my career, and I had the worst experience of refereeing I’ve ever had,” says former New Zealand captain Rebecca Smith. “I thought, ‘It can’t be ...

Darren Cann is the most experienced match official in Premier League history Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images In the days that followed his final Premier League game as an assistant referee in April ...

Senior local football referees are a special breed of individual on the verge of extinction, yet help appears on the way even if it may take a few more seasons to adequately rebuild the population.