21.   German soccer referees should follow the players and wear advertising on their shirts, their spokesman said Tuesday.

22.   Greek newspapers Thursday sharply criticized a German soccer referee, saying he deprived Olympiakos Piraeus of a prime opportunity to defeat Real Madrid in a Champions league match.

23.   Gunmen shot and killed a semiprofessional soccer referee after forcing his car off a road in western Colombia, authorities said Saturday.

24.   Greek newspapers Thursday sharply criticized a German soccer referee saying he deprived Olympiakos Piraeus of a prime opportunity to defeat Real Madrid in Champions league match.

25.   He is a former amateur league soccer referee.

26.   In Singapore, a soccer referee is already in jail for accepting bribes from bookmakers.

27.   Most soccer referees still are not professional, although FIFA is seeking to increase their numbers.

28.   Romanian soccer referees will have their salaries doubled in an effort to curb corruption in the sport.

29.   Soccer referees everywhere have red and yellow cards that they show to indicate unsportsmanlike conduct.

30.   Soccer referees will boycott all national and local league games over the weekend in protest at an assault on one of their colleagues, their federation said Wednesday.