First Qatar referee to officiate at FIFA World Cup in Russian Federation

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In choosing the referees, world football's governing body will account for experience with the technology in domestic leagues, FIFA competitions and FIFA refereeing seminars since the beginning of the VAR project in 2016.

Meanwhile, with VAR (video assistant referees) set to be utilised at the World Cup in June, Fifa will in due course also release a list of referees who will be appointed as video match officials.

Mark Clattenburg lost his opportunity to referee at the World Cup after venturing to Saudi Arabia.

Other assistant referees from Africa are Etchiali Abdelhak (Algeria), Hmila Anouar (Tunisia), Camara Djibril (Senegal), Samba El Hadji Malick (Senegal), Achik Redouane (Mauritius), Dos Santos Jerson Emiliano (Angola) and Siwela Zakhele Thusi (South Africa).

UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced a diplomatic World Cup boycott, meaning no British ministers or members of the royal family will travel to Russian Federation 2018, including President of the English FA Prince William.

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England's Howard Webb was Britain's sole representative at the last two World Cups in 2010 and 2014.

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There will be no British referee at the World Cup this summer for the first time since 1938.

They were selected from 53 referee trios in a three-year process through preparatory seminars and "based on each referee's skills and personality".

"The selected FIFA World Cup match officials will attend another dedicated seminar for two weeks in the second half of April at the technical centre of the Italian Football Association in Coverciano, Italy".

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