Female match official injured after being knocked to the ground during friendly

A female match official was injured and forced to leave the field after being knocked to the ground during a friendly match. The incident resulted in her being unable to continue officiating the game.

The event occurred in the course of a non-competitive friendly fixture, where the referee was on duty. During play she was knocked to the ground and sustained an injury that required her to leave the pitch. There has been no further description in the original report beyond those facts.

On the playing surface the official went down after contact and did not remain on the field. Following the fall she was removed from active participation and exited the playing area. The brief report states she was injured and had to leave the pitch.

Those present witnessed the referee being knocked to the turf during the friendly. The official’s injury prevented her from continuing to oversee the match. The available account confines itself to saying she was injured and left the field.

The single published notice focuses on the referee’s knock to the ground and her subsequent departure from the pitch. No additional names, timings, or match details were supplied in that notice. The core facts reported are her gender, the injury, and that it occurred during a friendly.

The incident as reported is limited in scope, noting only that a female referee was injured, knocked to the ground, and had to leave the pitch during a friendly match. Further particulars were not included in the initial report.