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10MA TOPICS! [JAPAN FA] Yamashita leads first all-woman referee team in J-League

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April 29, 2023

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Tokyo: Trailblazing Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita made more history on Saturday as part of the first all-woman team of officials to take charge of a first-division game in the men's J-League.

Yamashita took the whistle for defending champions Yokohama F. Marinos' match against Nagoya Grampus, flanked by assistants Makoto Bozono and Naomi Teshirogi.



Yamashita last September became the first woman to officiate a first-division J-League game, and was one of three women named on the list of 36 referees for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. .....


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