Tag Archives: referee attack
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Russian Soccer Ref Attacks Player, Now Banned for Life (Video)
When it comes to soccer, it’s not only the fans, or even the players, who sometimes go a little loco. Every once in a while, the refs lose their minds, too. And no, I’m not just referring to blown calls. I’m talking about referees attacking players. It’s happened before, and now, in Russia, it’s happened [...]
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South African Soccer Fan Storms Pitch and Attacks Referee…with His Vuvuzela (Video)
Hey, remember how much everyone hated all the vuvuzelas at the World Cup 2010 in South Africa? Remember the awful sound of tens of thousands of stupid plastic horns honking continuously that made you put your TV on mute? Well, I know at least one guy who hates the vuvuzela even more than the rest [...]
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Lithuanian Under-18 Hockey Player Hurls His Stick at a Referee (Video)
We see athletes and coaches blame the referees for a tough loss all the time. Most often it’s not really their fault and it’s bad sportsmanship to lay the blame on them, but it happens, and it’s not a huge deal. Guys take the game seriously, they get frustrated when they lose, and then take [...]
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Ref Hit by Flying Rock at Argentine Soccer Match (Video)
Another week, another story about crazy soccer fans doing crazy things. Last week it was an English fan attacking a goalie. The week before that it was a bunch of AC Milan fans rioting in the streets outside a restaurant where new transfer Mario Balotelli was having dinner. This week it’s a pissed-off fan of [...]
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Referees Brutally Attacked During Amateur Soccer Game in Chile (Video)
It’s been a while since we brought you a story about fans and players brutally attacking a referee at a soccer game. Unfortunately, given the nature of soccer fans in certain parts of the world, by “a while” I mean only about five weeks. In any case, the story we have for you today is [...]
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Bulgarian Soccer Player Suspended 6 Games for Body Checking Referee (Video)
In pretty much every sport at every level, touching the officials on the field is strictly forbidden. If you push them, grap their arms, bump into them, or even throw your hat in their general direction, chances are you’ll be ejected and then suspended or fined. So obviously, it goes without saying that you can’t [...]
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Youth Football Coach Slaps Referee In The Face (Video)
Don’t you love the way sports can bring out the best in us and inspire the human spirit? Yeah, me too. Unfortunately, sports can also bring out the worst in us. And the story we have for you here is an example of that. It comes from a youth football game this past Saturday in [...]
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Role Reversal: Soccer Referee Attacks Player In Turkey (Video)
Soccer referees are frequently the targets of nasty invectives and violent outbursts, both from players and fans. I mean, how many times have we seen a soccer official get run off the pitch by players, or suddenly attacked by a deranged fan…or angrily headbutted by a player? Answer: way too many times. Well, back in [...]
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21 Hilarious Referee GIFs
Referees have tough jobs. They have to be experts on the rulebooks and make difficult, on-the-spot decisions and interpretations. And what do they get for their efforts? Well, if they do a good job, they get no recognition whatsoever. If they do a bad job, however, they become utterly despited and the targets of vitriolic [...]
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Ref Flops To The Canvas After Being Pushed By Boxer Michael Sprott (Video)
Referees getting attacked? People falling to the ground when they were barely touched? If I didn’t know any better, I’d say this was an article about soccer. But no, this is about boxing. On Saturday night, 37-year-old British heavyweight Michael Sprott was taking on Kazakhstan-born German Edmund Gerber in Offenburg, Germany. Sprott was leading through the [...]
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Soccer Player Pimp Slaps Ref In Paraguay (Video)
Don’t like the call? Slap the linesman in the face. Open-handed. Like a pimp. That’s what Brazilian soccer player Diogo did recently in a match between the Montevideo Wanderers and Danubio of the Paraguayan Primera Division. You can’t quite tell from the video, but apparently Diogo kicked one of his opponents or, more importantly, it [...]
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High School Basketball Player Loses His Cool, Attacks Referee (Video)
If you thought the NBA players were upset about the increase in technical foul calls, you haven’t seen nothing yet! After being assessed a technical foul and ejected from the game for pushing a member of the opposing team, this player from Desoto County High School in Florida took his anger out on the referee, shoving him with [...]
