"I've been headbutted, spat at and punched by players," says amateur football referee Ryan Hampson, who is calling for grassroots officials to go on strike in protest at the treatment they receive. We ...

Robbins testified in favor of legislation Tuesday that would make assaulting a referee a felony in every sport, and at any level, statewide. The punishment would be up to three years in prison and/or ...

What began as a powerful public declaration of love has taken a troubling turn. German football referee Pascal Kaiser, who went viral for proposing to his boyfriend Moritz in front of tens of ...

Rhode Island lawmakers are considering a bill that would make assaulting a referee at any sport, at any level, a felony in ...

When a 190-pound high school wrestler head -butted Spokane Valley's Bob West while he was officiating a Colville wrestling match in 1996, he knew it was the end of his 35-year referee career.

MaMkhize’s Eswatini club, Mbabane Highlanders AM, have been expelled from the Ingwenyama Cup after supporters invaded the ...

Sports referee Tara Pinsky remembers a fan yelling, "You Suck!" at her after she made a call he didn't like. As it turns out, the fan was a surgeon, and Pinsky often finds herself thinking, "Can you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A file photo shows a referee officiating a minor hockey game. (Radio-Canada - image credit) A hockey game in Musquodoboit Harbour, ...

'I've not been assaulted for two years now,' says Ryan Hampson, with a casual tolerance of the intolerable which offers a sobering insight into the kind of world football refereeing has become. His ...