Referee set to wear one-of-a-kind shirt for ‘very, very special’ World Cup match between Japan and Tunisia
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June 19, 2026
ROMANIAN ref Istvan Kovacs will wear a gold-trimmed kit when he takes charge of Japan's clash with Tunisia - to mark the 1,000th game in World Cup history. Fifa refs’ chief Pierluigi Collina also revealed the whistler will sport a gold badge with the number 1,000 on it to mark the occasion. Kovacs, 41, and...
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