The Premier League will witness stricter penalty awards this season as referees respond firmly to holding offenses in the ...

Premier League referees will award more penalties for holding in the 2025-26 season, according to Professional Game Match ...

The scope of the video assistant referee in the Premier League might be expanded to include decisions on yellow cards and ...

Premier League referees' chief Howard Webb has suggested the video assistant referee system could be expanded to include ...

Premier League referees are likely to award more penalties this season in a tougher response to players who grapple and hold opponents in the penalty area.Howard Webb, chief operating officer of ...

Referees have been told to crack down on grappling at set pieces where a players contact impedes an opponents movement; the ...

Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) chief refereeing officer Howard Webb has revealed that changes to VAR are being 'discussed' by the football law-makers. VAR was first introduced to ...

Former Premier League referee and current head of the Professional Referee Organisation (PRO) Howard Webb says that the usage ...

The Athletic travels to Spain to spend pre-season with top-flight referees as part of a special feature podcast episode ...

Howard Webb revealed that VAR made a mistake in not overturning a key call SOCCER A-Z: Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube. New episodes every Wednesday ...

Howard Webb is to return to the Premier League as chief refereeing officer at Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL). The Athletic reported in June that Webb, 51, was due to take up the ...

Referee Howard Webb (top) during the World Cup final between the Netherlands and Spain, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 11, 2010. The game proved to be Webb's most controversial moment as an ...