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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Top Zambian female FIFA referee Diana Chikotesha has been selected to officiate at the Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations Co\u0302te d\u2019Ivoire 2023 that kicks off on 13 January, 2024.<\/p>\n

Chikotesha is among two female referees that have been named alongside 28 assistant referees that will be on hand to officiate in matches that have attracted 26 referees. Carine Atezambong of Cameroon is the other female assistant referee.<\/p>\n

The Lusaka-based referee has risen through the ranks and recently officiated at the 2023 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand and the CAF Women\u2019s Champions League in Co\u0302te d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. Top Zambian female FIFA referee Diana Chikotesha has been selected to officiate at the Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations Co\u0302te d\u2019Ivoire 2023 that kicks off on 13 January, 2024. Chikotesha is among two female referees that have been named alongside 28 assistant referees that will be on hand to officiate in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":54490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17,248],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-54491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nZAMBIAN FEMALE REFEREE GETS AFCON APPOINTMENT - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Top Zambian female FIFA referee Diana Chikotesha has been selected to officiate at the Total Energies Africa Cup of Nati ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambian-female-referee-gets-afcon-appointment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ZAMBIAN FEMALE REFEREE GETS AFCON APPOINTMENT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Top Zambian female FIFA referee Diana Chikotesha has been selected to officiate at the Total Energies Africa Cup of Nati ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambian-female-referee-gets-afcon-appointment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-23T19:56:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-23T20:19:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/sm_1703349890.529993.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambian-female-referee-gets-afcon-appointment#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambian-female-referee-gets-afcon-appointment\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"ZAMBIAN FEMALE REFEREE GETS AFCON APPOINTMENT\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-23T19:56:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-23T20:19:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambian-female-referee-gets-afcon-appointment\"},\"wordCount\":118,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambian-female-referee-gets-afcon-appointment#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/12\/sm_1703349890.529993.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambian-female-referee-gets-afcon-appointment#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambian-female-referee-gets-afcon-appointment\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambian-female-referee-gets-afcon-appointment\",\"name\":\"ZAMBIAN FEMALE REFEREE GETS AFCON APPOINTMENT - 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