A look at violent incidents against referees around the world

MADRID — The Turkish Football Federation suspended all league games on Tuesday after the president of a first-division soccer club punched a referee in the face. Here is a look at other incidents of violence against referees in soccer and other sports around the world: ATTACKS IN SOUTH AMERICA Brazil’s sports court suspended the president of fourth-division club Sergipe for 30 days after he came onto the pitch and punched a referee in a Brazilian Cup match against top-flight team Botafogo in March. WOMEN’S TEAM ATTACKS REFEREE Several players of a women’s soccer team in Congo were reportedly suspended after they attacked a referee who did not award them a penalty kick in a game in February. RUGBY OFFICIAL STEPS AWAY The television match official from the Rugby World Cup final this year stepped away from the international game “for the foreseeable future” after a “torrent of criticism and abuse online.” English official Tom Foley made a series of big calls in the title match between New Zealand and South Africa in October in Paris. SWEDISH REFEREE QUITS Swedish referee Anders Frisk retired after receiving death threats following a Champions League match between Chelsea and Barcelona in 2005, when Chelsea coach José Mourinho accused him of benefitting Barcelona.