Claudio Ranieri will leave his job as Cagliari coach by mutual agreement, the Serie A club said on Tuesday, as local media reported that the 72-year-old was set to retire from football.
Chairman of the FIFA Referees Committee Pierluigi Collina has reinforced his statement that abuse of officials is a “cancer” on football, after Turkish referee Halil Umut Mele was punched in the face by Ankaragucu’s president Faruk Koca.