The World Cup referees are hand-selected by FIFA and must pass a series of physical tests and skills courses, while also ...

Why are all the referees for Argentina vs. Switzerland from Portugal? Here's how FIFA appoints referee teams and the rules ...

Facundo Tello’s appointment also raised eyebrows after the 2022 final rivalry, but FIFA’s referee selection process follows a ...

In fact, a very prominent sight throughout this tournament will be referee Ismail Elfath. Elfath was the head referee for the ...

Discover the incredible physical demands placed on soccer referees during a match. Learn how far these officials run without ...

FOX Sports' rules analyst Mark Clattenburg explained how newly implemented rule changes have impacted the World Cup.

Victor Hlungwani explains why South African officials Abongile Tom and Zakhele Siwela have been limited to supporting roles at the world cup.

Keith Hackett, a former head of the PGMOL, has shut down the notion that the referees favoured Argentina in their game ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States was received by a crowd of supporters and officials Wednesday as he arrived in Somalia’s capital of ...

The Netherlands and Japan will open their 2026 World Cup Group F campaign with experienced Ismail Elfath, a Moroccan-born American professional soccer referee who immigrated to the United States from ...