Stephanie Frappart of France made football history on Tuesday as she became the first woman to officiate a men’s World Cup match when she took the field as the fourth official in the game between Mexico and Poland. (More Football News)
Frappart, Japan’s Yamashita Yoshimi and Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga are the first women selected as referees for soccer’s big🦂gest tournament. They were among the 36 total referees f🅰or the tournament in Qatar.
Brazil’s Neuza Back, Mexico’s Karen Diaz Medina and American Kathryn Nesbitt are among 69 asꦉsistant referees at the W💝orld Cup.
Frappart has already worked men’s games in World Cup qualifying, and the Champions League. Sheܫ also handled the 2019 Women’s World Cup final, and refereed this꧋ year’s men’s French Cup final.