Editing Official (section)

==Sports==
In [[sports]], the term official is used to describe a person enforcing playing [[Regulation of sport|rules]] in the capacity of an [[Assistant referee (association football)|assistant referee]], [[referee]] and [[umpire]]; also specified by the discipline, e.g. [[American football official]], [[ice hockey official]]. An official competition is created or recognized as valid by the competent body, is agreed to or arranged by people in positions of authority.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=official, adjective |publisher=Cambridge Dictionary |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/official |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123223009/https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/official |archive-date=23 November 2022}}</ref> It is synonymous, among others, with approved, certified, recognized, endorsed, and legitimate.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |title=Synonyms for official |publisher=Thesaurus.com |url=https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/official |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607175915/https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/official |archive-date=7 June 2022}}</ref>