PR Dasmunsi named Match Commissioner for another World Cup match

New Delhi, June 18 (UNI) For the second time in the World Cup, All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi will be seen in the Match Commissioner's role in tomorrow's crucial Group ''F''qualifying match between Croatia and Australia to be played at Stuttgart.

AIFF Media Director BMR Mehta said in a release that Mr Dasmunsi has been selected by FIFA as the Match Commissioner for tomorrow's match after he had officiated in the June 19 Spain-Tunisia tie at Stuttgart.

Mr Dasmunsi, also the Information and Broadcasting Minister, thus became the first Indian to be accorded the honour.

The AIFF chief has been member of the FIFA Technical Study Group for the 1995 Women World Cup in Sweden and officiated as a Match Commissioner in the 1999 edition of the women's tournament in the US.

He served special duties at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France -- first Indian to do so -- and again in the previous chapter of the soccer extravaganza in Korea-Japan.

He was also Chef-de-Mission of the Indian contingent at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

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