Welch becomes first female referee appointed to EFL match

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has insisted he was pleased with referee Anthony Taylor's performance during his side's 2-0 win.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger blames the referee for, he felt, unjustly giving Bayern Munich a penalty and sending off defender Laurent Koscielny which eventually led to a 10-2 aggregate loss in their Champions League round of 16 ties.

Wenger says bad refereeing decisions have cost Arsenal points.

AS Roma coach Eusebio Di Francesco says the referee spoiled their encounter with Barcelona with incorrect decisions as his side are on the brink of exit after a 4-1 loss.

Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale lashed home to deny La Liga champions Barcelona victory in an ill-tempered 'Clasico' which finished 2-2 at the Nou Camp on Sunday after the home side had Sergi Roberto sent off at the end of the first half.

FIFA's referee committee says Video Assistant Referees - VARs - have so far contributed to a scandal free World Cup.

Iranian state TV did not broadcast a Bundesliga soccer match because of the presence of a woman as referee, media say. The Islamic country censors the showing of women in "revealing" clothes such as football shorts.

After Bayern Munich won against Schalke 3-0, a fan of the losing team filed a fraud complaint against the referee and the video assistant. Many Schalke supporters believe the team was robbed of two penalty kicks.

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 and Port Vale next week, the EFL said on Tuesday (March 30).

For the first time in Algerian football history, four female match officials were appointed to referee in a match held on Saturday between ES Ben Aknoun and RC Kouba in Algiers. The referee committee of the Algerian Football Association appointed four female officials to run the 22nd and last round of the Ligue 2.

Mali's Ibrahima Koné may have scored the winning goal against Tunisia, but the man everyone's talking about is the referee, who blew his whistle too early and ended the game in confusion. Also on Day 4, Gambia make a triumphant entry into their first-ever AFCON tournament with a 1-0 victory against Mauritania, and Ivory Coast jump to the top of Group E after beating Equatorial Guinea. Alison Sargent is joined by James Vasina and sports editor Simon Harding from Cameroon to discuss all the action.

Salima Mukansanga on Tuesday became the first female lead referee at an Africa Cup of Nations soccer match. At a soccer club in Rwanda's Kigali, members of the women's team are gathered around the television.