{
  "id": 17904379,
  "title": "Referees appointed for Gulf Champions League third round",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/referees-appointed-for-gulf-champions-league-third-round",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-03T03:54:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ajel English",
    "slug": "ajel-english",
    "url": "https://english.ajel.sa/sports/imaemkix8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Gulf Football Union has announced the referee teams for the third round of the Gulf Champions League, which will feature six matches on Tuesday and Wednesday. The officiating teams consist of referees, assistant referees, fourth officials, VAR teams, referee assessors, and match commissioners.\n\nMohammed Ibrahim, a Bahraini referee, will lead the match between Neom, a Saudi side, and Al-Duhail from Qatar. Hussain Al-Shuwaikh, another Bahraini referee, will officiate the game between Al-Ettifaq, a Saudi club, and Ajman from the UAE.\n\nAmar Ashkanani, a Kuwaiti referee, will oversee the encounter between Iraq's Al-Zawraa and Bahrain's Al-Riffa. Ahmed Kazem, an Iraqi referee, will take charge of the match between Oman's Al-Shabab and Yemen's Shabab Hadramout.\n\nOmani referee Said Al-Mazeni will be responsible for the clash between Iraq's Erbil and Kuwait's Kazma, while his fellow Omani, Yahya Al-Balushi, will referee the match between UAE's Al-Nasr and Qatar SC.",
  "summary": "The Gulf Football Union has announced referee teams for the third round of the Gulf Champions League, with six matches scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}