13-05-2016 21:23 via uk.news.yahoo.com

FIFA names outsider Samoura as first female secretary general

By Brian Homewood MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - FIFA named an African woman with no previous experience in football administration as its second-most powerful official on Friday, part of moves by global football's ruling body to move on from a major corruption scandal. FIFA's Congress also voted to accept Kosovo and Gibraltar as its 210th and 211th members. Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura, currently the United Nations Development Programme Resident Representative in Nigeria, was named as secretary general a
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