Six female referees at World Cup in Qatar

World soccer’s governing body FIFA has announced that the 2022 World Cup will feature female referees for the first time in a major international game.

Six women, three of them assistant referees, will officiate at the games during the tournament, which starts later this month.

France’s Stephanie Frappart, Ruanda’s Salima Mukansanga and Japan’s Yoshimi Yamashita will take charge of some matches while Brazil’s Neuza Back, Mexico’s Karen Diaz Medina and USA’s Kathryn Nesbitt will serve as assistant referees.

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List of the other referees who will be officiating at the 2022 Qatar World Cup:

Abdulrahman Al Jassim (Qatar), Ivan Barton (Slovenia), Chris Beath (Australia), Raphael Claus (Brazil), Matthew Conger (New Zealand), Ismail Elfath (USA), Mario Escobar (Guatemala), Alireza Faghani (Iran), Bakary Gassama (Gambia), Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria), Victor Gomes (South Africa), Istvan Kovacs (Romania), Ning Ma (China), Danny Makkelie (Netherlands), Szymon Marciniak (Poland), Antonio Mateu (Spain), Andres Matias Matonte Cabrera (Uruguay), Mohammed Abdulla Mohammed (UAE), Maguette N’Diaye (Senegal), Michael Oliver (England), Daniele Orsato (Italy), Kevin Ortega (Peru), Cesar Ramos (Mexico), Fernando Rapallini (Argentina),   Wilton Sampaio (Brazil), Daniel Siebert (Germany), Janny Sikazwe (Zambia), Antony Taylor (England), Fancundo Tello (Argentina), Clement Turpin (France), Jesus Valenzuela (Venezuela), Slavko Vincic (Slovenia)