France’s Stéphanie Frappart will be the first woman to referee a match in the men’s World Cup on Thursday (8:00 p.m.) at the al-Bayt Stadium in Al Khor in Qatar, between Germany and Costa Rica, Fifa announced on Tuesday.
Stéphanie Frappart is one of the three women selected among the thirty-six field referees of this World Cup with the Rwandan Salima Mukansanga and the Japanese Yoshimi Yamashita. Three others are on the linesman roster.
