Teenagers Rosheen and Eleeza Khan are Wales' first Muslim female football referees.

The sisters, from Cardiff, said they loved the sport from a young age but never saw anyone that looked like them.

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They said watching the Women's World Cup,

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which has seen the first player and referee to wear the hijab at the tournament, was inspiring.

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After a chance opportunity and a six-hour online course with the Football Association of Wales (FAW),

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they are now hoping to be the role models they never had growing up.

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Despite finding the first time they refereed a match "scary", with parents who are "not forgiving", the sisters loved it.

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"We looked different and we dressed different, but we absolutely smashed it," they said.

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