FIFA picks Senegalese lady, Fatma Samoura as first female secretary general

FIFA on Friday named Senegalese UN diplomat Fatma Samoura as the first female secretary general in the history of the male-dominated world football organization. "She will bring a fresh wind to FIFA, somebody from outside, not somebody from inside, not somebody from the past but somebody new," FIFA president Gianni Infantino told the organization's annual congress in Mexico City as he announced that the council had approved his choice. AFP