ZURICH: FIFA’s new general secretary Fatma Samoura has officially started work, becoming the first woman and non-European to hold the powerful post at the scandal-tainted organization.

Samoura was named to the job in May, in a surprise move by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who has sought to repair the reputation of world football’s governing body since over taking over from the disgraced Sepp Blatter.

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