The Week Junior UK – 24 August 2019

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The Week Junior•24 August 2019

REX SHUTTERSTOCK

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hope it serves as anexample to femalereferees and to

young girls who aspiretobeareferee.”That’swhat

Stéphanie Frappart said about being the first woman to take

charge ofamajor men’sEuropean football match.

On 14 August, Frappartrefereed the UEFASuper Cup

between Liverpool and Chelsea. The annual game is played

between the mostrece nt winners of the ChampionsLeague

and the EuropaLeague. It is traditionally played at the start

of the new football season in Europe.

Frappart, whocomes from France,washelped by two

female assistants–Michelle O’Neill from Ireland and Italy’s

Manuela Nicolosi. The 35-year-old Frappart enj

playing football when shewasyoung and starte

refereeing aged 13. When shewas20, she deci

to concentrate on becomingarefereerather tha

aprofessional player.

In April shewasthe first woman toreferee in

which is the highest level of men’sfootball in Fr

Frappartwasalso in charge of the FIFAWomen’s

Cup final, between the US and The Netherlands,

The UEFASuper Cup,played in Istanbul,Tur

2-2 afterextratime and Liverpool won on penalt

Wales rugbyunion team

They beat rivals England 13-6

in Cardiff to become the

top-ranked team in the world

forthe first time.

Teemu Pukki

He scored an impressive hat-trick

(three goals)forNorwich City in

their 3-1 win over Newcastle

United. Norwich haverejoined the

PremierLeague this season.

PremierLeague first?

THE WEEK’S WINNERS... Giselle Ansley

Ansley scored the winning

goalforEngland inanarrow

2-1 victory against Ireland

in the EuroHockey

Championship in Belgium.

Leeds Rhinos

At the Wheelchair Challenge

Cup,anindoor rugby league

competition,Leeds Rhinos

beat Argonauts Skeleton

Army,fromKent, 74-46

in the final.

The PremierLeague, England’s

top level offootball, has never

hadafemalereferee, although

Sian Massey-Ellis isaregular

assistantrefereeinthe league.

An assistantrefereeruns along

the touchline and helps the

mainrefereetomake

decisions. It is hoped that

Frappart’sachievements this

year,along with otherfemale

refs likeBibianaSteinhaus in

Germany,will soon mean

women takecharge of Premier

League matches.

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