When Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca strode onto the pitch and punched referee Halil Umut Meler in the head on Monday, the reaction was one of shock. Hikmet Karaman, however, was less surprised.

Three suspects were remanded by a Turkish court for "injuring a public official in a sports field in a way that caused a ...

Meler needed to rush to hospital after a football match TURKISH League referee Halil Umut Meler is the man in the middle for England vs Slovakia at Euro 2024. Here is everything you need to know about ...

Turkish football bosses suspended all leagues after a referee was punched to the ground by a club president following a top-flight game on Monday. Halil Umut Meler was struck by MKE Ankaragucu ...

Turkish referee Halil Umut Meler has been discharged from the hospital where he was treated for a facial fracture after being punched by Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca. Koca is alleged to have told ...

FIFA official Pierluigi Collina has reiterated his view that physical and verbal abuse against referees is a “cancer that may cost football its life” following an attack on Turkish referee Halil Umut ...

The referee punched by former Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca at the end of a Turkish football match has been discharged from the hospital where he was receiving treatment. Referee Halil Umut Meler, ...

Meler will be the match referee as Real Madrid open up their Champions League title defence at the Bernabéu. British journalist and translator who joined Diario AS in 2013. Focuses on soccer – chiefly ...

TURKISH League referee Halil Umut Meler is the man in the middle for England vs Slovakia at Euro 2024. Here is everything you need to know about the football referee. Meler was born on August 1, 1986 ...

British journalist and translator who joined Diario AS in 2013. Focuses on soccer – chiefly the Premier League, LaLiga, the Champions League, the Liga MX and MLS. On occasion, also covers American ...