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What did Fatma Samoura contribute to football?
It was not long ago in the Rwandan capital Kigali following FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s re-election by acclamation that Fatma Samoura yelled “I love you, president,” but the love story between the world federation and its current secretary general has come to an end.
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"The IOC cannot now sit idly by and wait for Mr Ng Ser Miang to crystalise further actual conflicts of interest"
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