A leading female official has told a tribunal that a male football referee coach “forcefully pushed” her during a youth level match, and that his behaviour was influenced by her gender. Lisa Benn, 34, ...

When Mollie Kavanagh first became a referee, she said female officials were a rarity - but four years on she said times were changing. The 19-year-old, from Coventry, began her journey in football as ...

PGMOL chief Howard Webb has denied his former staff member lost her position as an international football referee because she complained a coach “manhandled” her. Lisa Benn, 34, alleges she was ...

OBERENTFELDEN, Switzerland, July 21 (Reuters) - It is not just the players who are in top form as the Women's Euros reaches its climax in Switzerland - the tournament referees have spent months ...

Assistant referee Phutsavan Chanthavong has changed her Facebook name and locked her profile after facing a wave of online ...

TORTOLA — Kenesha Chesney, an assistant referee in the British Virgin Islands Football Association, has become the first woman from the territory to officiate in a regional tournament. Chesney will be ...

The Vietnam women's national team lost the SEA Games gold medal to the Philippines in a penalty shootout after a ...

Vietnam converted five successful penalties, but Tran Thi Thu missed the sixth. The Philippines converted all six of their ...

Afghanistan's female footballers have been fighting in exile to get back to playing internationally for years. Earlier this ...

March 30 (Reuters) - Rebecca Welch has become the first female referee to be appointed to an English Football League match as she prepares to take charge of the League Two clash between Harrogate Town ...

Hollie Davidson will become the first woman to referee a men's Six Nations match when Ireland host Italy on 14 February.