Female referees to work World Cup

Three female referees and three female assistant referees were announced by FIFA among 129 officials selected for World Cup duty.

French referee Stephanie Frappart already worked men’s games in World Cup qualifying and the Champions League, after handling the 2019 Women’s World Cup final. She also refereed the final of the men’s French Cup this month.

Salima Mukansanga of Rwanda and Yoshimi Yamashita of Japan are also on the list of 36 referees for the tournament, which will be played from Nov. 21-Dec. 18.

College football: All-America receiver Jordan Addison is transferring from Pitt to USC. The Biletnikoff Award winner announced his decision on social media, ending weeks of speculation on where the top receiver in college football would play.

Addison had 100 receptions for 1,593 yards and 17 touchdowns in 2021.

NFL: Ravens punter Sam Koch retired and will join the Baltimore coaching staff as a special teams consultant. A 16-year veteran, Koch, 39, appeared in a franchise-record 256 regularseason games.

Hockey: Canada was on the ice until nearly midnight to extend its perfect start at the world hockey championships by beating Kazakhstan 6-3, behind Buffalo Sabres forward Dylan Cozens’ hat trick, after a fire at the rink in

Finland played havoc with the schedule.

A small fire at the Helsinki Ice Hall set off the alarms shortly before Germany and Denmark were due to start their afternoon game. The arena was evacuated and players were seen waiting outside wearing full uniforms and skates. No one was hurt.

Also, the U.S. recovered from a slow start to beat winless Britain 3-0.

Swimming: Olympic champion Zac Stubblety-Cook set a world record in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke at the Australian swimming championships in Adelaide. Stubblety-Cook finished in 2 minutes, 5.95 seconds in the final to improve on the previous mark of 2:06.12 set by Russian swimmer Anton Chupkov at the 2019 world championships in South Korea.