Football Notes: FIFA Appoints Referees For 2013 Confederations Cup In Brazil

With only a month to go before the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup kicks off in Brasilia, Brazil on June 15, the 10 referee trios have been appointed. The 30 match officials, who represent five of the six confederations, were selected by FIFA’s Referees Committee (FIFA). ... Former Cameroon int'l football player Roger Milla said that the country "would be wasting money by hiring a foreigner to take charge of the national soccer team." Milla said, "Up to now Jean-Paul Akono and his assistants have almost achieved their main mission of qualifying us for the World Cup in 2014. We don't need a new coach, especially a foreigner" (REUTERS, 5/13).