Portugal coach Paulo Bento suggested the referee was favouring Germany after his side had a penalty awarded against them and a player sent off in their 4-0 World Cup defeat on Monday.
Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura wrongly awarded a soft penalty to Brazil, which brought the hosts back into the match.
Wenger has until Friday to respond to the charge.
Plans to introduce two additional assistant referees to monitor penalty areas will be put before soccer's rule-making body early next year, the European governing body UEFA said on Thursday. UEFA has experimented with the innovation at Under-19 matches in Slovenia, Hungary and Cyprus.
Match referee Farokh Engineer, who is adjudicating in the slap row involving Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth began his hearing at the Maurya Sheraton in New Delhi on Monday afternoon. Besides Harbhajan and Sreesanth, Lalit Modi, Chief Commissioner of the Indian Premier League, and commentator Harsha Bhogle are attending the hearing.
'India captain Rohit Sharma pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.'
Kylian Mbappe scored twice in the second half to help his side to a 4-1 comeback win at 10-man Barcelona
The Real Madrid midfielder, who got two yellow cards in the match against Valencia, wondered what the first card was for.
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Manchester United manager David Moyes criticised referee Howard Webb for not giving his side a late penalty as their revival ended in a 2-1 home defeat by Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Wednesday.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Amit Panghal and national champion Sachin entered the semifinals of the 75th Strandja Memorial boxing event in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Turkish media said that Dincdag had been a football referee in Trabzon for 13 years when his license was revoked in 2009 and has been unable to officiate at any match since. Homosexuality has been legal in Turkey throughout the period of the modern republic and was also legalised in the Ottoman Empire from the mid-nineteenth century
Football's world governing body FIFA is to experiment with two additional goalmouth referees at the Club World Cup competition in Japan in December.
FC Goa co-owner Dattaraj Salgaocar claimed that Chennaiyin FC marquee player Elano Blumer had elbowed him and caught his neck, but Match commissioner AK Mamukoya hit the Goan team for ganging up Chennaiyin FC captain, Elano Blumer.
Manager Andre Villas-Boas criticised referee Chris Foy after his Chelsea team had two players sent off in a shock 1-0 defeat at west London neighbours Queens Park Rangers on Sunday.
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was charged with improper conduct by the Football Association on Thursday for comments about referee Martin Atkinson after his side's 2-1 defeat at Chelsea this week.
Barcelona endured a frustrating evening in their La Liga season opener with a 0-0 draw in a feisty affair at Getafe.
The Indian Olympic Association on Monday dissolved the ad-hoc committee for wrestling, saying "there is no further need" for it to continue after revocation of the suspension on the national federation, which now gets complete administrative control of the sport.
In 2021, a match between Leicester City and Crystal Palace was halted by referee Graham Scott after half an hour so Wesley Fofana and Cheikhou Kouyate could break their fast after sunset.
Stimac, a vastly experienced coach and 1998 World Cup bronze medallist for Croatia, interfered when Pakistan player Abdullah Iqbal was ready to make a throw-in. He tried to pull back the ball from the player, sparking wild reactions from some Pakistani players as well as some coaching staff.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced official appointments for the quarter-final stage of the Cricket World Cup 2011.
Sri Lanka have been fined 10 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against South Africa in their ICC World Cup opener in New Delhi.
'So being here means we deserve to be here, it's not a change or because we are women.'
England batsman Kevin Pietersen was informed about his punishment for showing dissent during the third One-day international against India, in Ranchi, by match referee Andy Pycroft in the men's toilet of Ranchi airport.
Defending his actions, Stimac stated that he would not hesitate to do it again in order to protect his players
An assistant referee has died after being beaten up by spectators during a second division match in Ghana, the Ghana Football Association said in a statement on Tuesday.
A Dani Carvajal strike in the ninth-minute of stoppage time rescued Real Madrid, earning them a 3-2 comeback win at home against bottom side Almeria on Sunday in a frantic LaLiga tussle that was marked by VAR controversy.
A football referee in the Peruvian Premier League called off a match after being stung by angry bees, in what promised to be a crunch clash.
World Cup final referee Howard Webb has defended his performance in Sunday's match and said he did all he could to keep control in a bad-tempered atmosphere.
The referee made clear his displeasure over the conduct of some of the Pakistan players.
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Babar Adam's side was ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.
Deepak brushed aside China's Zhangh Jiamao by a 5-0 unanimous verdict
Prosecutors sue Barcelona for allegedly buying refereeing favours
Sakshi, Bajrang accuse WFI of using devious means to get suspension lifted, threaten fresh protest
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