Sarah Thomas has carved out a significant place for herself in the world of football, becoming the first full-time female referee in the NFL and a symbol of progress in sports. Bor ...

WWE referee Daphanie LaShaunn became the first female to officiate the main event of WWE RAW on Monday, and she commented on ...

Liverpool manager Matt Beard says they were "let down by the officials" in their Merseyside derby defeat by Everton.

For women officials the abuse is even worse – as the referees in More Than a Whistle (RTÉ2, Tuesday, 10pm) explain. “You’d hear the likes of, ‘Oh, you should be at home,’ ‘You should ...

A dramatic 3-2 win gave the manager the result that her team had struggled to achieve in recent derbies in an eventful Old ...

Given the abuse referees are often subjected to and the struggles women face within the game, it would be easy to assume Welch’s experiences in men’s football were fraught with difficulties.

The 40-year-old was inducted into the National Football Museum Hall of Fame in Manchester on Tuesday after becoming the first woman to referee in the Premier League last December when Fulham ...

There are now seven more women on the full-time referee roster: Danielle Scott, Natalie Sago, Jenna Schroeder, Dannica Mosher, Ashley Moyer-Gleich, Sha’Rae Mitchell and Simone Jelks. That list ...

A former football referee, who has spent four decades advancing gender equality in sport, has been appointed the new ...

Former Welsh international Cheryl Foster has dedicated herself to refereeing for her country and in the Women’s Super League ...