In a historic first, Stéphanie Frappart of France, Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga and Yoshimi Yamashita of Japan, three ladies, have been selected some of the 36 referees to officiate on the World Cup in Qatar, FIFA announced on Thursday.
“This concludes a protracted method that began numerous years ago with the deployment of female referees a FIFA guys’s junior and senior tournaments,” said FIFA’s head of refereeing Pierluigi Collina.
“In this way, we without a doubt emphasize that it's miles best that counts for us and now not gender. I would hope that in the destiny, the selection of elite girls’s fit officers for vital men’s competitions could be perceived as something regular and not as sensational. They need to be on the FIFA World Cup due to the fact they constantly perform at a really excessive level, and that’s the vital component for us.”
Congratulations to: Yamashita Yoshimi 🇯🇵 Stephanie Frappart 🇫🇷 Salima Mukansanga 🇷🇼 The first 3 woman referees to be decided on for a guys's FIFA World Cup 👏 %.Twitter.Com/tnCS3zImSd
Neuza Back of Brazil, Mexico’s Karen Díaz Medina, and Kathryn Nesbitt from the United States were picked inside the institution of assistants with a view to run the road and flag for offside in the event. In overall, FIFA selected 69 in shape officials.
