All-female referee team to take charge of World Cup game for the first time ever

Nov 30 2022

Thursday’s group-stage game between Costa Rica and Germany will be historic for many reasons, particularly because it will be the first time an all-female referee team will take charge of a men’s World Cup game for the first time ever.

French association football referee Stéphanie Frappart will be the first woman to referee at a men’s World Cup, with Brazil’s Neuza Back and Mexico’s Karen Diaz Medina assisting at Al Bayt Stadium.

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The ground-breaking football official told BBC Sport that the team is well aware of the pressure but it will not change their approach: calm, focused, concentrated and not at all concerned about the media.

Back in 2020, Frappart became the first woman to referee a men’s Champion League match and was also the first woman to take charge of a major men’s competition when Liverpool met Chelsea in the 2019 European Super Cup.

Frappart is joined by fellow female referees Salima Mukansanga from Rwanda and Yoshimi Yamashita from Japan as part of the Qatar World Cup’s 36-person referee team.

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Maltese furniture designer once again makes Architectural Digest 100

Nov 30 2022

Furniture and interior designer Francis Sultana has once again made the Architectural Design USA top 100 for his exquisite work.

Taking to social media, Sultana said that he and his team are thrilled to be once again included in this professional pantheon of designers and artists.

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Growing up on the island of Gozo, he gave an Insiders Guide to Malta to the Financial Times How To Spend it magazine. He was also named one of the Top 20 interior designers by Wallpaper Magazine and Top 100 Interior Designers by House & Garden magazine.

Sultana revealed to AD100 that his mother was his first client as she allowed him to try out looks on her house. “Many people get scared by art and design, especially contemporary works, whereas I feel it to be like curating an exhibition each time.”

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Architectural Design is an American monthly magazine founded in 1920. Published by Conde Nast, it is aimed at an affluent and style conscious readership. It is subtilised as the ‘The International Design Authority’, and features some of the most prominent world-wide designers.

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WATCH: Motorists find difficulty in major road flooding across Malta

Nov 30 2022

During yesterday’s severe weather, which saw large bouts of rain flooding many roads around Malta, videos emerged on social media showing many motorists attempting to wade through the water.

One video shows what a food courier attempting to drive in the flooded road as debris and what seems to be another motorcycle is being dragged along with the water.

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Other cars were also driving through the water which reached up to quite a height when compared to the cars. Authorities issued warnings over the severe weather so as to avoid any unnecessary accidents.

According to various weather reports, the forecast for today, Wednesday 30th November, is isolated rain showers as the wintery weather pushes on.

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WATCH: Could President George Vella resign over abortion bill?

Nov 30 2022

In light of the current debate about abortion, a past interview of President George Vella has re-surfaced on social media.

Speaking to Net News in May 2021, George Vella had declared that he would not sign any bill that allows any kind of “murder.” He had said that he is aware that he would not be able to stop the bill from coming into force but mentioned that he is free to resign and let another president sign instead.

This week, the Maltese Parliament started discussing an amendment to the Criminal Code to clarify the legal position of the attending physician and the mother in circumstances where the pregnancy leads to the mother suffering from a medical complication that could put her life at risk or health in grave danger.

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Even though, President George Vella was very clear about his position back in 2021, no official statement has been issued in light of the resurfaced discussions.

Times of Malta are claiming to have sources who said that “George Vella has told people close to him he is prepared to resign if parliament approves the law amendments.” Their sources said that he is mainly concerned about the proposed change that would allow for the termination of a pregnancy when a woman’s health, rather than her life, are at risk.

If this ends up happening, George Vella will be the first President in the history of the country, to resign from this position.

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Source: NET News