https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/referees/ The latest Flip News stories on referees. en-GB Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:23:26 GMT https://flipnews.co.uk/sport/turkey-refereeing-chief-remanded-custody-graft/ https://flipnews.co.uk/sport/turkey-refereeing-chief-remanded-custody-graft/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ferhat Gundogdu, head of Turkey's Central Referees Committee, and four others were placed in pre-trial detention on Friday over alleged manipulation of the referee administration process; two others were granted conditional release. Tom Ellery turkey-football-corruption turkey football referees ferhat-gundogdu Al Jazeera https://flipnews.co.uk/sport/turkey-refereeing-chief-detained-meddling-probe/ https://flipnews.co.uk/sport/turkey-refereeing-chief-detained-meddling-probe/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Justice Minister Akin Gurlek announced the detention of Ferhat Gundogdu, chairman of the TFF's central referee board, and six others over alleged interference in referee classifications, assignments and examinations. Tom Ellery Turkey football corruption referees Reuters