First World Cup match refereed by all women

In a #WorldCup first, Thursday’s match between Germany and Costa Rica will be refereed by an all-women team. #news

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00:00In a World Cup first, Thursday's match between Germany and Costa Rica will be refereed by

00:04an all-women team.

00:05Stephanie Frapata-France will be the main ref and Nuiza Bak of Brazil and Karen Diaz

00:09of Mexico will be the assistants.

00:11Three of the 36 people working as main referees in the tournament are women.

00:15Rwanda's Salima Mukonsaga and Japan's Yoshimi Yamashita are scheduled to officiate

00:20at later games.

00:21FIFA also selected three women to join as assistants.

00:24In addition to Bak and Diaz, American Catherine Nesbitt will also serve as an assistant referee.