12
Dec
A Turkish football club president has been arrested after punching a referee following a top-flight game on Monday. MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca ran onto the pitch and struck match official Halil Umut Meler after his team conceded a 97th-minute equaliser in a 1-1 draw with Caykur Rizespor. Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said Koca and two others were formally arrested for "injuring a public official". All Turkish league football has been suspended following the incident. Fifa president Gianni Infantino said the incident was "totally unacceptable" and violence had "no place in our sport or society". "Without match officials there is no football,"…