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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graham Dunbar

FIFA official Fatma Samoura leaving after 7 years as pioneering woman in soccer

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FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura is leaving after seven years as the highest profile woman working in world soccer, the governing body said Wednesday.

Samoura will stay in the job she has held since 2016 through this year's Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand and leave at the end of the year, FIFA said.

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