After several years of being prosecuted for engaging in gambling, former Newcastle player, Ivan Toney has now been suspended from all football and football-related activity with immediate effect for eight months, which runs up to and including 16 January 2024, fined £50,000 and warned as to his future conduct for breaches of The FA’s Betting Rules.The Brentford FC forward was charged with 262 breaches of FA Rule E8 in total between 25 February 2017 and 23 January 20...

Assistant referee, Constantine Hatzidakis, has been suspended from officiating any matches while a Football Association (FA, investigation is carried out into an incident involving him and Liverpool’s Andy Robertson on Sunday.The bizarre scene saw Robertson yelling at Hatzidakis after the half-time whistle at Anfield during the 2-2 draw with Arsenal.The official seemed to throw out his hand to shrug him off, although footage suggested he may have caught the Liverpoo...

An Egyptian referee Mohamed Farouk has been suspended for using a spectator's mobile phone to disallow a goal in a league match.The incident happened last Friday as Al-Nasr thought they had scored a late equaliser away to Suez in a second-division match.There is no video assistant referee (VAR) in Egypt's second tier, but Farouk used the phone to watch a replay after the home side protested there was a handball.Farouk then ruled the goal out.The Egyptian Football As...