#disciplinary-sanctions

#disciplinary-sanctions

Former Premier League referee David Coote is due to be sentenced after a child abuse video was found on his device. The ex-official was charged with making an indecent image of a child after the category A video, the most serious kind, was recovered by police in February last year following a Football Association (FA) investigation into him. The 43-year-old former referee, of Woodhill Road in Collingham, near Newark, Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty to the offence at a hearing in October.

In the Open VAR episode today, the referee catches the part where the coach is sent off, with him voicing his displeasure to the official, earning him a red card. Given that the decision was eventually overturned, it is potentially a bit frustrating. However, that is Allegri; he wears his heart on his sleeve (or voices it). Now, with the end of the matchday, the Sports Judge decisions have arrived, as MilanNews relays.

The IRFU may be disconnected from a chunk of their audience on the price of Test rugby at Lansdowne Road but at least those who ponied up large can claim to have witnessed a truly crazy match. In the 2013 Six Nations in Rome Ireland had their backline sundered by a freakish run of injuries, leaving holes being filled by men who didn't know how to hold a shovel.

Particularly alarming is the fact that seven referees and 15 assistant referees who work in the Super Lig are among the suspects. "One referee alone placed 18,227 bets," TFF President Ibrahim Hacosmanoglu told a press conference. "We are determined to rid football of any trace of corruption. We will make no exceptions." The scale of the scandal suggests systematic, organized structures.