The Turkish Football Federation has suspended play across its five professional leagues after the president of a top-tier soccer club punched a referee in the face. "Koca punched me under my left eye," the referee reported, per Reuters . He said he'd planned to "react verbally to the referee and spit in his face" but "slapped the referee" instead. FIFA, soccer's international governing body, and UEFA, the governing body of soccer in Europe, likewise condemned the incident. Turkey's Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said the investigation into the incident is ongoing, per Al Jazeera.

Source: Punch December 12, 2023 21:19 UTC