Cuttack, July 24: A total of 45 soccer referees have joined the three-day Referee Refresher Course 2024, hosted by the Football Association of Odisha (FAO), here.
The three-day refresher course, which started on Tuesday, is being conducted at the OCA Conference Hall in Barabati Stadium premises, Cuttack. Pijyus Biswas, is the All India Football Federation (AIFF)'s Instructor for the three-day special programme.
Durga Madhab Naik (Head of the Referee, FAO), Sahadev Rout (Vice President, FAO & Chairman – Referees Committee), Avijit Paul (Joint Secretary, FAO) have been assigned the responsibilities as observers for the course. Senior referees of FAO - Sujit Patro, Sudipta Das and Siba Sankar Panda have also been part of the three-day refresher programme, informed FAO sources.