Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) match officials continue to shine on the world stage with 19 match officials selected for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, an additional three from the last edition.
A trailblazer in every sense of the word, Yoshimi Yamashita was named in May alongside France's Stephanie Frappart and Rwanda's Salima Mukansanga as officials for Qatar 2022 – the first women poised to referee at a men's FIFA World Cup.
In this exclusive interview with the-AFC.com, Yamashita shares her insights on her historic FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 selection and talks about her preparations leading up to the showpiece. .....
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