Last updated on .From the section European FootballTurkey referee punch: Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca arrested after attackThere is "no possibility" referee Halil Umut Meler will quit after being punched in a Turkish top-flight match, says the country's football federation chief Mehmet Buyukeksi. Turkish football bosses suspended all leagues following the incident but Buyukeksi added: "We had decided to postpone the matches in all leagues indefinitely. Mehmet Yorubulut, chief of medicine at Acibadem Hospital, said Meler has a swollen eye but is in "good condition". Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke to Meler in hospital and said the incident had "saddened and disturbed" him. Fifa president Gianni Infantino said the incident was "totally unacceptable" and violence has "no place in our sport or society".

Source: Punch December 14, 2023 01:13 UTC