FRAPPART TO MAKE WORLD CUP HISTORY

French referee Stéphanie Frappart will become the first woman to take charge of a men’s World Cup game when she handles Germany vs Costa Rica on Thursday. FIFA also picked two women as assistants to Frappart — Neuza Back of Brazil and Mexico’s Karen Diaz Medina — to complete an all-female refereeing team on the field. A fourth woman official, Kathryn Nesbitt of the US, will also be working as the offside specialist in the video review team.