Former Premier League referee Anthony Taylor has begun a new chapter in football after being appointed director of elite refereeing by the Turkish Football Federation (TFF). “I am delighted to be joining the Turkish Football Federation and look forward to the opportunity ahead,” he said. Taylor’s appointment comes less than a year after Turkish football was rocked by a refereeing betting scandal. A five-year investigation found that 371 of the country’s 571 match officials held betting accounts, prompting calls for sweeping reforms. At the time, TFF president Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu said: “If we want to bring Turkish football to the place it deserves, we have to clean up whatever dirt there is.”