FIFA reduces referees for World cup finals

FIFA’s Referees Committee has reduced the number of referees for the final phase of its 2018 World Cup in Russia.

It has, therefore, selected 17 referees, 37 assistant referees and 10 Video Assistant Referees (VARs) for the final phase.

Pierluigi Collina, the Committee’s head, told reporters in Moscow that this was because the number of referees at the 32-day competition has to be reduced at this point in time.