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.<\/p>\n
Six women, three of them assistant referees, will officiate at the games during the tournament, which starts later this month.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
List of the other referees who will be officiating at the 2022 Qatar World Cup:<\/p>\n
Abdulrahman Al Jassim (Qatar), Ivan Barton (Slovenia), Chris Beath (Australia),\u00a0Raphael Claus (Brazil), Matthew Conger (New Zealand), Ismail Elfath (USA), Mario Escobar (Guatemala), Alireza Faghani (Iran),\u00a0Bakary Gassama (Gambia),\u00a0Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria),\u00a0Victor Gomes (South Africa), Istvan Kovacs (Romania), Ning Ma (China), Danny Makkelie (Netherlands),\u00a0Szymon Marciniak (Poland), Antonio Mateu (Spain),\u00a0Andres Matias Matonte Cabrera (Uruguay),\u00a0Mohammed Abdulla Mohammed (UAE),\u00a0Maguette N\u2019Diaye (Senegal),\u00a0Michael Oliver (England),\u00a0Daniele Orsato (Italy),\u00a0Kevin Ortega (Peru),\u00a0Cesar Ramos (Mexico),\u00a0Fernando Rapallini (Argentina),\u00a0 \u00a0Wilton Sampaio (Brazil),\u00a0Daniel Siebert (Germany),\u00a0Janny Sikazwe (Zambia),\u00a0Antony Taylor (England), Fancundo Tello (Argentina),\u00a0Clement Turpin (France), Jesus Valenzuela (Venezuela),\u00a0Slavko Vincic (Slovenia)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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