With thanks to Mal Davies for his findings from the news…
Alan Wiley discusses incidents from games last weekend
Webb calls for tougher racism stance
Mark Halsey to retire and join BT Sport and also here
FIFA : Referee trios for Confederations Cup : 15th to 30th June 2013 in Brazil plus more here and here
MLS : Paul Rejer comments on a difficulty an AR has in his role
MLS : ‘Referee Week’ — an introduction
FRANCE : Referee error in shootout. Team offer to replay the semi-final. Replay granted.
HOLLAND : Player accidentally tackles referee
ITALY : Racist chants halt Milan game. Roma fined £42,000. Blatter unhappy.
SPAIN : Spanish shuffle officials as calls for higher standards get louder