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Answered my own question.
Peter Prendergast out of WC
29 May 2006 - 08:55
(Reuters) Jamaican referee Peter Prendergast and his two assistants, Anthony Garwood (Jamaica) and Joseph Taylor (Trinidad and Tobago), will soon be leaving the referees’ 2006 FIFA World Cup™ headquarters, the Kempinski Hotel Gravenbruch in Frankfurt/Neu-Isenburg, and heading home due to a knee injury sustained by Prendergast. In-depth medical examinations have confirmed that the Jamaican will not be able to take charge of any matches during the 2006 World Cup.
FIFA will announce their replacements later.
Prendergast is the second referee to be withdrawn from the tournament after Italy's Massimo De Santis was pulled out by the Italian Football Federation. De Santis is under investigation in a probe into possible soccer fraud in Italy.
On Wednesday the 21 referees and 42 assistant referees who will be in action in Germany will be joined by the support and development group -- five reserve referees and 10 reserve linesmen -- for a final fitness test, which will be conducted at their headquarters in Frankfurt/Neu-Isenburg.
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