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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jamie Gardner

Debbie Hewitt hopes to help avoid situations like rainbow armband in Fifa role

PA Wire

Debbie Hewitt believes her new role within Fifa could help avoid a repeat of a situation like the rainbow armband controversy at the last World Cup.

The Football Association chair was voted in as the British vice-president on the Fifa Council at Uefa Congress on Wednesday, becoming the first female vice-president in FIFA’s history. She secured 39 of the votes from Uefa’s 55 member associations, beating incumbent David Martin from Northern Ireland.

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