referee A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other title ...

is a person of authority in a number of sports games. Specific sports referees include: * Referee (American football) *

Referee (association football) In association football, the referee is the person responsible for interpreting and enforcing the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game during a match. The referee is the final decision-making authority on all facts conne ...

* Referee (basketball) *

Referee (boxing) The referee in boxing is the individual charged with enforcing the rules of that sport during a match. The role of the referee The referee has the following roles: *Gives instructions to both boxers before the fight *Determines when to start o ...

* Referee (futsal) * Referee (ice hockey) *

Referee (professional wrestling) A referee is an Official#Sports, official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the Regulation of sport, rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection (sports), ejection. The official tasked ...

* Referee (rugby league) * Referee (rugby union) * Referee (tennis) *

Umpire An umpire is an official in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The term derives from the Old French , , and , : (as evidenced in cricke ...

in other sports A referee may also be: * One who engages in

scholarly peer review Scholarly peer review or academic peer review (also known as refereeing) is the process of having a draft version of a researcher's methods and findings reviewed (usually anonymously) by experts (or "peers") in the same field. Peer review i ...

* One who provides a

reference A reference is a relationship between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object. The first object in this relation is said to ''refer to'' the second object. It is called a ''nam ...

* In law, a special referee, a judge who acts on matters of fact only * A

gamemaster A gamemaster (GM; also known as game master, game manager, game moderator, referee, storyteller, or master of ceremonies) is a person who acts as a facilitator, organizer, officiant regarding rules, arbitrator, and moderator for a multiplayer r ...

for a role-playing game Referee or The Referee may also refer to: * ''Referee'' (Queoff), a public sculpture by Tom Queoff in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US * ''The Referee'' (newspaper), published in Sydney, Australia from 1886 to 1939 * ''The Referee'' (1922 film), an American silent sports drama film * ''The Referee'' (2010 film), a Swedish documentary * '' Sunday Referee'', a British newspaper founded as ''The Referee'' * ''Referee'', a magazine on sports officiating published in Wisconsin, U.S.

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