FIFA refereeing chief Pierluigi Collina has revealed it is more difficult than ever before to be a football match official due to abuse on the touchline and online - inflamed by conspiracy theories.

Legendary referee Pierluigi Collina has suggested that penalty takers should not be allowed to score from rebounds, urging soccer's lawmakers to consider a change in the rules. Collina ...

FIFA refereeing chief Pierluigi Collina has warned that the abuse match officials face at matches and online is "a cancer that could kill football." Collina told Sky TV that the problem exists ...

Former Italian referee Pierluigi Collina reveals he blew the full-time whistle in the 2002 World Cup Final a few seconds later to ensure he had the ball in his hands and says referee chiefs wanted ...

Legendary referee Pierluigi Collina has reportedly asked for a rule change to balance the advantage given to kickers over goalkeepers after the anti-Martinez rule. Collina wants the International ...

Pierluigi Collina, the chairman of FIFA’s referees committee, told reporters in Belfast the trials on the eight-second rule in Italy had been hugely successful. In 80 games in Italy’s under-20 ...

Northern Ireland Football League competitions could be among those that would benefit from video support for match officials ...

The fact that Pierluigi Collina, the chairman of FIFA’s referees committee and one of the sternest officials of his generation, never gave an indirect free kick for time-wasting in the entirety ...

Former referee Pierluigi Collina, now chairman of the Fifa referees committee, was also in attendance at the meeting where it was noted that, despite widespread implementation of VAR, not all ...