11.   Traditionally, soccer referees go it alone.

12.   Parliament votes not to strip a deputy of his immunity after he allegedly beat a soccer referee.

13.   A soccer referee reportedly involved in a match-rigging scandal with political overtones was arrested on Friday on extortion charges, Croatian radio reported.

14.   A Singapore soccer referee was jailed for eight months for accepting bribes to fix a match two years ago, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

15.   Accused of attempted bribery, top international soccer referee Kurt Roethlisberger appealed Wednesday against a life ban imposed by the European soccer federation.

16.   A woman soccer referee has been charged with bringing the game into disrepute by taking a post-match shower with male players.

17.   Bevilacqua was a licensed soccer referee and played on the soccer team at Upper Merion Middle School, where he was a seventh-grader.

18.   Bulgarian soccer referees ended an unprecedented strike Saturday after they were assured that their security will be guaranteed.

19.   Fearing for their lives, Bulgarian soccer referees hit the picket lines to protest being slugged on the sidelines, the press reported Wednesday.

20.   Former Italian soccer league referee Luigi Agnolin also lost as an Alliance candidate, finishing third in a Senate race in Veneto.