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The list includes 750 referees and assistant referees. All are required to pass several tests before FIFA selects the final 56 referees and 100 assistants. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many global football tournaments were either postponed or canceled last year, meaning many refs on the list have not seen the pitch during the past nine months. However, in Vietnam, women's football tournaments still took place as normal, from the U14 contest to the national championship, thanks to the country's superb efforts in containing Covid-19. That means Trang and Trinh were refereeing regularly in 2020, giving them an advantage in the competition for a spot at Women’s World Cup 2023. Referee Bui Thu Trang and assistant referee Truong Thu Le Trinh. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong. Trang is one of only three referees in Vietnam certified as elite FIFA refs. This is the highest level of refereeing and can only be awarded to those who reach FIFA standards, are fluent in English and … [Read more...] about Two Vietnamese referees shortlisted for Women’s World Cup 2023

Referee Bui Thi Thu Trang (centre) and assistant referee Truong Thi Le Trinh (L) (Photo: VFF) Hanoi (VNA) – Referee Bui Thi Thu Trang and assistant referee Truong Thi Le Trinh were named in the shortlist of 750 candidates worldwide vying to officiate matches of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF). The shortlist, known as the “Road to Australia/New Zealand” project, will be down to the final number of 56 referees and 100 assistant referees. FIFA noted that the COVID-19 pandemic hinders various candidates’ performance as they have not officiated any matches in the past nine months. In Vietnam, however, women’s football tournaments were successfully held in 2020 as the country has kept the pandemic under control. Such efforts not only ensure players’ top form, but also help female referees sharpen their skills, the football body noted. This year, the VFF is set to host the national women’s … [Read more...] about Two Vietnamese among candidate referees for 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Aerial footage captures the area where Tiger Woods crashed his car down a steep embankment in Los Angeles. In a career filled with remarkable comebacks, Tiger Woods faces his toughest recovery of all. Woods was driving through a sweeping, downhill stretch of road through coastal suburbs of Los Angeles when his SUV struck a sign, crossed over a raised median and two oncoming lanes before it toppled down an embankment, coming to a halt on its side. The airbags deployed. A sheriff’s deputy poked his head through a hole in the windscreen to see Woods, still wearing his seatbelt, sitting in the driver’s seat. The crash caused “significant” injuries all down his right leg that featured rods, pins and screws during what was described as a “long surgical procedure” at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. READ MORE: Why Tiger Woods was nervous about a PGA Masters comeback - before his car crash Tiger Woods accident: Justin Thomas fights back tears, support pours in after car crash … [Read more...] about Tiger Woods faces hard recovery from serious injuries sustained in car crash

Jessie Diggins calls it the cross-country skiing season of her wildest dreams. It’s not over yet. Diggins, who in 2018 teamed with the since-retired Kikkan Randall to win the U.S.’ first Olympic cross-country skiing title, is likely to make more history over the next month. It could come at the world championships — which start Thursday ( TV schedule here ) — where she has a chance to become the first American to win an individual gold medal. It will probably happen by the end of the World Cup season later in March. Diggins holds a 342-point lead in the standings for the World Cup overall title, awarded based on results across all events for the entire season. World championships results don’t count toward the World Cup overall. There are a handful of World Cup races left after the world championships. The scale is 100 points for a victory, and descending from there. Do the math with Diggins’ lead, and you get an idea of her chances to become the second American ever to … [Read more...] about Jessie Diggins skis into world championships on historic roll, wearing powerful message

Kindly Share This Story: Kenya’s Olympic teams are to start training in specialized bubble camps early March in the run-up to the Tokyo games, officials said on Tuesday. The camps are to start on March 2 and will see athletes confined to specific areas as they train, to counter the spread of Covid-19. “The athletics long-distance runners will be based in the high-altitude training region around Eldoret, while the team sports, including the men’s and women’s rugby Sevens, volleyball and Taekwondo do will be based at the Kasarani stadium,” the secretary-general of Kenya’s National Olympic board Francis Mutuku told AFP. “The aim of the bubble camps is to cut down the amount of traveling by athletes back to their families from training, and reduce the risk of exposure to the still-raging Covid-19 pandemic.” [ALSO READ] Breaking: Super Falcons hammer E/Guinea 9-0 to win Turkish Women’s Cup A total of 87 Kenyan sportsmen and women have already … [Read more...] about Kenyan Olympic teams set for bubble training ahead of Tokyo