| The hosts staged a revival, though, and some controversial refereeing gave them an advantage they capitalised on. |
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| It is widely believed that the Chinese football league is plagued by irregularities, including unfair refereeing, fixed matches and betting. |
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| While refereeing touch games is far from a lucrative money earner, SGT Vernon gets immense satisfaction from being out in the middle. |
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| For the second time in as many games, goals which should have stood were disallowed thanks to some disputable refereeing. |
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| Two controversial refereeing decisions were to have a big bearing on the final outcome. |
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| We are now in an era where refereeing is becoming a more difficult and thankless job. |
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| Also, he was not satisfied with the set-up or the standard of refereeing within the league. |
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| I can understand their moans and groans about one or two refereeing decisions, but they blew it. |
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| He was determined to apply himself with the same diligence which was the hallmark of his refereeing. |
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| Alas some controversial refereeing decisions saw all the fifty-fifty decisions going the Paisley side's way. |
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| This was his last hurrah but even today, he still stays in the boxing games by refereeing fights in Ohio. |
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| As it happened, with better refereeing Hearts could have been one goal up at half-time. |
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| Her knee is in bad shape from an injury she sustained the night before while refereeing a hockey game. |
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| When you hear that Collina is refereeing you think you won't have to worry about that. |
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| Like every other shinty official he had paid his dues to the sport by the time he came to refereeing. |
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| But I think it's outrageous that he has been forced to retire from refereeing. |
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| He also presented a medal to referee Tim O'Byrne who did a great job in refereeing the final. |
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| Both chairmen saw their sides suffer at the weekend when refereeing decisions went against them. |
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| While the standard of football has improved since, the same can't be said about refereeing. |
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| Andy is a strong character and he will come through this but my worry is the impact this will have on refereeing recruitment. |
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| Somehow, with the help of his managers, he runs the company while devoting most of his spare time to refereeing and his family. |
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| The coach also pinpointed a double refereeing error shortly after the interval as a significant factor in the outcome. |
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| The truth is that the only time I ever have felt really threatened was when I was refereeing a junior match early in my career. |
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| I'm lucky because the more you referee games and the more players get used to your face and your style of refereeing the better it is. |
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| Some referees however are just not up to the pressures of refereeing a top match and they should be removed. |
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| But it was an invitation to help out at a children's tournament which triggered her interest in refereeing. |
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| Anne Middleton, also from Lismore will be refereeing tournament games at Coolangatta. |
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| We didn't get the rub of the green and I thought that a couple of refereeing decisions were a bit unfair. |
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| In 1985 he passed the snooker refereeing exam and began taking charge in club and county matches. |
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| And children playing mini-basketball are encouraged to try their hand at refereeing, scoring and timekeeping when they are not playing. |
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| The matches took place in bad weather and with unconvincing refereeing, which brought about some traumas. |
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| Brisbane's narrow win was marred by a refereeing controversy in the 32nd minute. |
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| The question of professional refereeing is an urgent issue that needs immediate attention. |
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| That edginess was not helped by the sort of erratic refereeing which caused perplexed reactions in both technical areas. |
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| They engage in different types of volunteer activities, for example, coaching, refereeing, officiating or fundraising. |
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| Ironically, the programme carried a full page of refereeing hand signals as if to confirm that there are many still not conversant with this captivating game. |
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| Interestingly, it is possible that he may have continued refereeing even while managing Spurs. |
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| What followed was extraordinary, particularly bearing in mind Wenger's complaints about being on the wrong end of refereeing mistakes. |
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| Cheating is a far bigger issue in football than refereeing anomalies. |
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| Saturday's style of refereeing gives most of the penalties to the team with the ball, making defending doubly difficult, and putting a premium on ball retention. |
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| Last week's controversy over the standard of Scottish refereeing is a mere bagatelle compared to the state of anguish they get into at that most fevered game, cricket. |
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| I didn't play any more handball, but I did some refereeing to keep myself involved in the sport. |
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| The Supreme Court has devoted much of its time to refereeing conflicts between the national authority and the states. |
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| Delegates were reminded that the refereeing process cannot change comparison results. |
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| A selection of the meeting presentations will be published in Metrologia, with full text to be submitted for refereeing at the meeting. |
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| We also don't want to be refereeing between two protected groups, with religion as a protected group, on hatred itself. |
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| She has also worked in marketing and promotions, coaching, refereeing, and as a camp counsellor, lifeguard, swim instructor and dance teacher. |
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| Brazilian refereeing chief Armando Marques resigned yesterday, almost a week after the country was stunned by an alleged match-fixing scandal involving two senior referees. |
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| Maybe ill-fortune, individual mistakes – there have been plenty of them – and refereeing decisions have as well. |
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| Moreover, it should be noted that a good cooperation between the referees may strongly enhance the quality of the refereeing. |
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| Women's participation must be promoted in positions of leadership, in technical and medical teams and on refereeing and adjudication boards. |
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| Directors shepherding millionaire delinquents to and from disciplinary hearings are eager enough to express their sincere concern for refereeing standards. |
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| In addition to fulfilling her refereeing responsibilities, Leslie is always willing to promote the sport of Boccia. |
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| Receipt of the paper will be confirmed and followed by a refereeing process, which will take about three months. |
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| Ten wrestlers took to the dohyo with yours truly refereeing. |
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| He has attended numerous conferences, symposia and workshops, edited conference proceedings, and is an experienced scientific editor frequently refereeing articles submitted to scientific journals. |
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| The experience proved a humbling one for most, as it became obvious that the task of refereeing or judging taekwondo combat is no task for a rookie and is of utmost importance for the sport. |
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| The stringency of refereeing procedures of a journal is an appropriate consideration, but care must be taken to ensure that knowledge of a journal's refereeing standards is up-to-date. |
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| But one of the lingering arguments will be whether light-middleweight Minter was robbed by wretched judging and curious refereeing. |
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| It's another thing altogether when we consider Mexico, which is providing two teams, because Mexico has an exceptionally high standard of refereeing. |
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| They were on the end of some rough refereeing decisions in the closing stages, but they had two men sent off for acts of brainlessness to rival Chris Smalling, and were lucky not to see Samir Nasri dismissed as well. |
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| The group will continue to grow from strength to strength and it is hoped that this will encourage other women to get involved in refereeing. |
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| It shows that the Rotherham rozzer is to refereeing what he is to hairdressing. |
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| Arsène Wenger was left with bitter regrets as Arsenal departed the Champions League, with the antics of Arjen Robben, refereeing decisions and a serious hamstring injury to Mesut Özil vying for prominence. |
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| The appointment lasted only a year, and Kirkham returned to refereeing. |
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| The refereeing obsession fits this perfectly. |
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| Those who corrupt football at refereeing level will never referee again. |
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| Designed to prevent refereeing mistakes, the ball contains a microchip which sends a signal to the referee the moment it crosses a goal or boundary line. |
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| Adherence to professional and individual ethics is the main way in which standards are maintained through peer review, refereeing and open publication of results for others to verify. |
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| On receipt of that notification, the receiving Provincial Association should ensure that the referee is made aware of the refereeing activities in the Province. |
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| A special mention for Thingwall's captain Steve Pieroni, who this season had the pleasure of refereeing six grinding frames which lasted over an hour each. |
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| Collum was fourth official at Spain v Italy in Euro 2012 on Sunday, while Thomson gets his championship under way by refereeing tomorrow's Denmark-Portugal clash in Ukraine. |
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| Panayi, a former international referee, has withdrawn from refereeing this season, tired of Cypriot football which he believes has been plagued for years by vested interests. |
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| Expect Manchester United's turbulent trip to Brazil to hog a large chunk of the chinwag, although refereeing ricks are also certain to be discussed with equal intensity. |
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