In a landmark decision by FIFA, world football’s governing body will have female referees at the men’s World Cup for the first time in history.
FIFA announced 129 officials were selected for World Cup duty, including three female referees and three female assistant referees.
Frenchwoman Stéphanie Frappart has experience officiating FIFA World Cup qualifying matches and also UEFA Champions League matches. She also was a referee in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final.
Salima Mukansanga of Rwanda and Yoshimi Yamashita of Japan were also selected as main referees, while Neuza Back of Brazil, Karen Diaz Medina of Mexico and Kathryn Nesbitt of the United States will serve as assistant referees.
“As always, the criteria we have used is quality first,” said FIFA Referees Committee Chairman Pierluigi Collina. “The selected match officials represent the highest level of refereeing worldwide. We clearly emphasize quality, not gender.”
“I would hope in the future the selection of elite women’s match officials for important men’s competitions will be perceived ad something normal, and not sensational.”
It has not been determine which matches the three women will officiate. The FIFA World Cup begins Nov. 21 in Qatar and runs through Dec. 18.
Últimas Noticias
Sinner-Alcaraz, the duel that came to succeed the three phenomenons
Table tennis: Brazil’s Bruna Costa Alexandre will be Olympic and Paralympic in Paris 2024
Rugby 7s: the best player of 2023 would only play the medal match in Paris
Rhonex Kipruto, owner of the world record for the 10000 meters on the road, was suspended for six years
Katie Ledecky spoke about doping Chinese swimmers: “It’s difficult to go to Paris knowing that we’re going to compete with some of these athletes”
