Sentence examples for to be an official match from inspiring English sources

Ben Arfa made eight appearances on loan at Hull – and an appearance for Newcastle's under-21 side against Reading on 25 August has been ruled by Fifa to be an official match.

Previously, a San Marino side had lost 1 0 to a Canadian Olympic team in 1986, but this was not an official match.

Six months postoperatively, the patient was able to return to play in an official match with full range of knee motion.

The 71-Test veteran also accounted for Adam Voges (12) in a bizarre caught-and-bowled that at first looked like a bump ball but was shown to be a fair catch by the TV match official.

There is understood to be a mood of militancy among the match officials group, with some individuals extremely angry that in Chelsea's statement yesterday there was no apology or even acknowledgement of the distress that Clattenburg has been put through.

His big mistake was to make his debut in an official match, a World Cup qualifier against Honduras, and he won by a lean 2-1 in spite of playing at home.

Halsey and Mourinho go back to 2003, when Halsey, a former semi-professional goalkeeper who had taken up refereeing and reached Premier League level in 1999, travelled to Porto with Graham Poll and two linesmen to be fourth official at a Champions League match.