Sabahan referee to officiate at Rio Olympics
Published on: Friday, May 06, 2016
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Kota Kinabalu: 38-year-old Rita Ghani made Sabah proud again as she has been chosen to be part of the refereeing team to officiate the football event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.She is among the 14 referees and 24 assistant referees in Rio and one of only two from Asia to make the team, the other is North Korea's Ri Hyang-ok.The former national footballer who was voted Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) Women's Referee of the Year in 2014 also made history last year by becoming the first female official to represent the country at the Fifa Women's World Cup in Canada.