LaVar Ball threatened to take his team off the court again until a referee was replaced

AP Photo/Jae C. Hong LaVar Ball has had a wild week as coach of his AAU team Big Baller Brand. On Saturday, he took his team off the court and forfeited a game after getting into a dispute with referees. Just days later, the Big Ballers faced off against SC Supreme in what was likely one of […]

CFL's 1st Metis referee spends bulk of his life enforcing rules

​On Friday, June 30 Brian Chrupalo will put down his badge for the stripes to begin officiating another Canadian Football League season. Chrupalo is the league’s first-ever Metis official and has spent much of his life enforcing the rules. Chrupalo has been a referee in the CFL for the past 13 seasons. He’s also been […]

FIFA bans Ghanaian referee for life over ‘match manipulation’ in World Cup qualifier

Published time: 20 Mar, 2017 17:28 World football’s governing body FIFA has slapped Ghanaian match referee Joseph Odartei Lamptey with a life ban after finding the official guilty of manipulating the outcome of a World Cup qualifying match. Lamptey took charge of the South Africa versus Senegal World Cup qualifying match on November 12, 2016, […]