LIMBE, CAMEROON - Three women referees created history Saturday at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) quarterfinals. Ethiopian referee Lidya Tafesse and her assistants, Malawian Bernadettar Kwimbira and Nigerian Mimisen Iyorhe, became the first women to control a match at a senior CAF male tournament. The breakthrough came two years after women referees handled matches at the African under-23 and under-17 Cup of Nations tournaments. "The CHAN is the second most senior national team competition in the continent after the Africa Cup of Nations," he said. They competed with male referees for places at this tournament and now they have made history," he added.

Source: Ethiopian News January 24, 2021 01:07 UTC