Updated - October 12, 2017 10:07 pm IST
Published - October 12, 2017 09:51 pm IST - KOLKATA
Esther Staubli.
Esther Staubli is set to become the first female referee to officiate a match at the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The 37-year-old Swiss, who supervised at the UEFA women’s Euro 2017 barely two months ago, has been pencilled in for the Group E encounter between Japan and New Caledonia to be played here on Saturday.
According to a FIFA release, Staubli is one of seven women referees invited to this World Cup.
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