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Kylie McMullan
Kylie Margaret Cockburn (''née'' McMullan; born 1 December 1988) is a Scottish football match official who officiates generally in the role of assistant referee in the Scottish Professional Football League. She has also been appointed to matches in the UEFA Women's Champions League and the FIFA Women's World Cup. Cockburn was appointed to the FIFA list of women assistant referees in 2013. She received media attention when she became the first female match official at a top-division men's match in Scotland in 2014. Career Raised in Baillieston, Cockburn had ambitions to be a football player when young, and was involved in the Scotland women's national football team at youth level while playing in the Scottish Women's Premier League including spells at Queen's Park and Hibernian. However, she began to find it difficult to balance her training and match schedule with the demands of her chosen career as a police officer, and realising she was unlikely to succeed at the very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pre-game Ceremony
A pre-game ceremony or pre-match ceremony is an on-field ceremony occurring before a sporting event. Such ceremonies may celebrate a past event, honour a retiring athlete, commemorate a deceased athlete, or promote a cause. Celebrating past events Ceremonies preceding a game may celebrate a past event, such as a team championship. Such ceremonies may include appearances from members from the championship team. For example, in the last weekend of May 2016, the New York Mets of Major League Baseball hosted a 30th anniversary celebration of the 1986 World Series winning team. Among the invited participants were Davey Johnson, the team's manager in 1986, and all players of that team. Celebrating athletes A sport franchise may schedule a pre-game ceremony to celebrate the retirement of a popular long-successful athlete, to retire an athlete's uniform number, to honour a deceased athlete, or to celebrate an athlete's accomplishments. Accomplishments A pre-game ceremony may be held to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mirren F
ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy and theology by St. Thomas Aquinas * St or St., abbreviation of "State", especially in the name of a college or university Businesses and organizations Transportation * Germania (airline) (IATA airline designator ST) * Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, abbreviated as State Transport * Sound Transit, Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Washington state, US * Springfield Terminal Railway (Vermont) (railroad reporting mark ST) * Suffolk County Transit, or Suffolk Transit, the bus system serving Suffolk County, New York Other businesses and organizations * Statstjänstemannaförbundet, or Swedish Union of Civil Servants, a trade union * The Secret Team, an alleged covert alliance between the CIA and American indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Scottish Football Referees
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish identity and common culture *Scottish people, a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland *Scots language, a West Germanic language spoken in lowland Scotland *Symphony No. 3 (Mendelssohn), a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn known as ''the Scottish'' See also *Scotch (other) *Scotland (other) *Scots (other) *Scottian (other) *Schottische The schottische is a partnered country dance that apparently originated in Bohemia. It was popular in Victorian era ballrooms as a part of the Bohemian folk-dance craze and left its traces in folk music of countries such as Argentina ("chotis"Span ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ca:Escocès ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Football Referees
This is a list of current FIFA international referees. Years in brackets indicate when the referee was added to the FIFA International Referees List. Afghanistan Men's Referees * Halim Shirzad (2019) Assistant Referees * Nangyali Sadat (2017) * Mohd. Sharif Sarwari (2015) Video Match Officials ''None'' Futsal Referees * Mohammad Tamim Hussaini (2018) Beach Soccer Referees * Zainudin Sharifi (2015) Women's Referees * Yasmin Haidari (2015) Assistant Referees * Farishta Shaikhmiri (2019) Video Match Officials ''None'' Futsal Referees ''None'' Beach Soccer Referees ''None'' Albania Men's Referees * Eldorjan Hamiti (2018) * Enea Jorgji (2011) * Juxhin Xhaja (2018) Assistant Referees * Rejdi Avdo (2006) * Nertil Bregasi (2019) * Ridiger Cokaj (2002) * Dojando Myftari (2019) * Denis Rexha (2014) * Ilir Tartaraj (2013) Video Match Officials ''None'' Futsal Referees * Arlind Subashi (2021) Beach Soccer Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Football Association
The Scottish Football Association (also known as the SFA and the Scottish FA; sco, Scots Fitba Association; Scottish Gaelic: ''Comann Ball-coise na h-Alba'') is the Sport governing body, governing body of association football, football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland. Members of the SFA include List of football clubs in Scotland, clubs in Scotland, affiliated national associations as well as local associations. It was formed in 1873, making it List of Football Associations by date of foundation, the second oldest national football association in the world. It is not to be confused with the Scottish Rugby Union, Scottish Football Union, which is the name that the SRU was known by until the 1920s. The Scottish Football Association, along with FIFA and the other Countries of the United Kingdom, British governing bodies, sits on the International Football Association Board which is responsible for the Laws of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Assistant Referee
The video assistant referee (VAR) is a match official in association football who reviews decisions made by the referee. The assistant video assistant referee (AVAR) is a current or former referee appointed to assist the VAR in the video operation room. The responsibilities of the AVAR include watching the live action on the field while the VAR is undertaking a "check" or a "review", to keep a record of reviewable incidents, and to communicate the outcome of a review to broadcasters. Following extensive trialling in a number of major competitions, VAR was formally written into the Laws of the Game by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) on March 3, 2018. Operating under the philosophy of "minimal interference, maximum benefit", the VAR system seeks to provide a way for "clear and obvious errors" and "serious missed incidents" to be corrected. Procedure There are four categories of decisions that can be reviewed. * Goal/no goal – attacking team commits an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. It took place between 7 June and 7 July 2019, with 52 matches staged in nine cities in France, which was awarded the right to host the event in March 2015, the first time the country hosted the tournament. The tournament was the first Women's World Cup to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system. This was the second and last edition with 24 teams before expanding to 32 teams for the 2023 tournament in Australia and New Zealand. The United States entered the competition as defending champions after winning the 2015 edition in Canada and successfully defended their title with a 2–0 victory over the Netherlands in the final. In doing so, they secured their record fourth title and became the second nation, after Germany, to have successfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the 6th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 2008. The tournament was held in Uruguay from 13 November to 1 December 2018. North Korea were the defending champions but were eliminated by Spain in the quarter-finals. The final took place at the Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo between Spain and Mexico a rematch from the group stage in 2016. Spain won their first title, beating Mexico 2–1 in the Final. Host selection On 6 March 2014, FIFA announced that bidding had begun for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Member associations interested in hosting must submit a declaration of interest by 15 April 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 31 October 2014. The following countries made official bids for hosting the tournament: * * * * * The decision on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was held in Jordan from 30 September to 21 October 2016. While the role of women in sport was regarded as controversial due to cultural and religious conservatism in some countries of the Middle East, this tournament was the first female FIFA tournament held in the region. Host selection The following countries submitted a bid to host the tournament by the May 2013 deadline: * * * * On 5 December 2013, the FIFA Executive Committee announced that the tournament would be held in Jordan. Qualified teams A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Jordan who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 15 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was published in June 2014. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
The 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 15th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (19th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual European international youth football championship contested by the women's under-19 national teams of UEFA member associations. Slovakia, which were selected by UEFA on 20 March 2012, hosted the tournament between 19 and 31 July 2016. A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1997 eligible to participate. Qualification The national teams from 47 UEFA member associations entered the competition. With Slovakia automatically qualified as hosts, the other 46 teams contested a qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: the qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2015, and the elite round, which took place in spring 2016. Qualified teams The following eight teams qualified fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Women's Championship
The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro, held every four years, is the main competition in women's association football between national teams of the UEFA confederation. The competition is the women's equivalent of the UEFA European Championship. History In 1957 in West Berlin, a European Championship was staged by the International Ladies Football Association. Four teams, representing West Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, and the eventual winners, England, played the tournament at the Poststadion, at a time when women's football teams were officially forbidden by the German Football Association, a ban that was widely defied. The FICF, which eventually merged into the Italian Football Federation, organised a European tournament in Italy in 1969 for women's national teams, a tournament won by the home team, Italy, who beat Denmark 3–1 in the final. The two nations were also the finalists of the 1970 Women's World Cup in Italy. Italy host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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