Celebrated Rwandan referee Salima Mukansanga has been selected as part of the assistant referees for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The Rwandan referee is among three female referees selected by world football governing body FIFA as assistant referees for the tournament with the rest being Stephanie Frappart of France and Japanese Yoshimo Yamashita.
Mukansanga made history earlier this year by being the first female referee to officiate in the AFCON when she handled the Group B game between Zimbabwe and Guinea at the Amadou Ahidjo sports stadium.
She becomes the second Rwandan referee to be in the FIFA world cup assistant referees list after Celestin Ntagungira who was at the 2006 edition in Germany.
