The Euro 2024 match officials have been announced. Below the list with referees for the European Championships in Germany. The full list with all officials can be downloaded at the Uefa website. What are the biggest surprises for you? The referees and their assistant referees Video match officials The full list with all officials can be downloaded at the Uefa website ..read more

FIFA referee István Kovács shares his favourite fitness exercises with the readeres of my blog. It’s a high-intensity training sessions and below he explains how it goes and why he loves it. István Kovács is a Romanian Elite referee for Uefa and he officiated the 2022 Conference League final. He also has been to several final tournaments now. Because he’s top fit, I asked him to share his favourite exercise with me. “My favorite is exercise is 10 times 400 m run”, he says. That’s one lap on the athletics track. And what is his pace? “400 m in 70 sec and 1 min recovery between each lap.” It is ..read more

Week 12 Laws of the Game Quiz 2023-2024. A new quiz season has started. Every Tuesday a new quiz. Video for question 1 The next quiz will be published next Tuesday. You can always practise previous quizzes on this overview page. And after submitting your answers, you can see the correct answers immediately. Video is starting at 32 seconds. Quiz Laden ..read more

Week 11 Laws of the Game Quiz 2023-2024. A new quiz season has started. Every Tuesday a new quiz. Video for question 1 The next quiz will be published next Tuesday. You can always practise previous quizzes on this overview page. And after submitting your answers, you can see the correct answers immediately. Video is starting at 1:28 mins with a situation in the penalty area. Quiz Laden ..read more

Week 10 Laws of the Game Quiz 2023-2024. A new quiz season has started. Next Tuesday a new quiz. Video for question 1 The next quiz will be published next Tuesday. You can always practise previous quizzes on this overview page. And after submitting your answers, you can see the correct answers immediately. Video is starting at 15 seconds with a challenge in the penalty area Quiz Laden ..read more

Week 9 Laws of the Game Quiz 2023-2024. Every Tuesday a new quiz. Video for question 1 The next quiz will be published next Tuesday. You can always practise previous quizzes on this overview page. And after submitting your answers, you can see the correct answers immediately. Video is starting at 1 min and 6 seconds for a challenge inside the penalty area. Quiz Laden ..read more

Week 8 Laws of the Game Quiz 2023-2024. A new quiz season has started. Every Tuesday a new quiz. Video for question 1 The next quiz will be published next Tuesday. You can always practise previous quizzes on this overview page. And after submitting your answers, you can see the correct answers immediately. Video is starting at 1m19s. Quiz Laden ..read more

Explosive movement as assistant referee is very important. Just after the deep pass, you have to sprint and keep up with the secondlast defender. But how do you train for this? Angelo Doyle, CONCACAF and FIFA Assistant Referee shares how he works on this explosiveness. Physical exercises without running “As an assistant referee explosive movement is an action we do all the time during a game”, says Angelo Doyle. “Therefore alot of core activity is needed”. Angelo Doyle highlights some core stability exercises he does: Not familiair with them? Google the names and you see what they are and how ..read more

Week 7 Laws of the Game Quiz 2023-2024. A new quiz season has started and in 2024 I’ll publish some weekly quizzes again after a while not being so active. Every Tuesday a new quiz. And more stuff will be on the blog as well, with weekly fitness Fridays. Happy I am back at it now ? Video for question 1 The next quiz will be published next Tuesday. You can always practise previous quizzes on this overview page. And after submitting your answers, you can see the correct answers immediately. Video is starting at 1m17s with a possible penalty incident in the penalty area of Napoli Quiz Laden ..read more

Nike referee kits for 2024-2026 are announced on the Facebook page of UNAF. The colours are: Which colour do you like the most ..read more