FIFA appoints three female referees to officiate during the World Cup 2022 in Qatar
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According to reports, FIFA has ensured that there will be female referees controlling the match proceedings during the World Cup 2022 in Qatar which will start in November 2022.
Stephanie Frappart of France, Salima Mukansanga of Rwanda, and Yoshimi Yamashita of Japan have been named to the list of 36 referees who will take the field in Qatar in November and December, marking a significant step towards gender equality in football. The trio will be joined by Neuza Back of Brazil, Karen Daz Medina of Mexico, and Kathryn Nesbitt of the United States, who are among the 69 assistant referees.
FIFA Head of Referees, Pierluigi Collina, took the step of bringing female referees to take charge of the matches played in the World Cup in Qatar as no gender discrimination was entertained during the selections of the match officials.
“This concludes a long process that began several years ago with the deployment of female referees at Fifa men’s junior and senior tournaments,” Collina said on female referees.
“In this way, we clearly emphasize that it is quality that counts for us and not genders. I would hope that in the future, the selection of elite women’s match officials for important men’s competitions will be perceived as something normal and no longer as sensational. They deserve to be at the Fifa World Cup because they constantly perform at a really high level, and that’s the important factor for us,” added Collina.
FIFA offers new facilities to Cameroon ahead of the 2022 Qatar World Cup
FIFA has approved Cameroon to accept former French under-21 player Georges-Kevin Encoudou into its national team ahead of the upcoming footballing festival which will take place in Qatar.
FIFA has also given this athlete the option of changing his international representation. The Cameroonian Football Association has also been approached FOR including the 27-year-old player Cameroon-international on their national team. Former national team legend Samuel Eto also backed it.
Despite being called up in March for World Cup qualifying playoffs against Algeria, FIFA only approved Nkoudou’s eligibility change from France last week. Cameroon advanced on the away-goals rule by scoring in stoppage time at the conclusion of extra time in the second leg which didn’t feature Nkoudou in the national side.
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