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FILE - In this Friday, June 16, 2017 file photo, FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura talks to media at the St. Petersburg Stadium in Russia. In a letter sent Monday Aug. 12, 2019, to national soccer associations, Samoura, was supposed to delegate her functions to avoid conflict of interests while she conducted a six-month role as FIFA General Delegate for Africa, but she is now seeking approval from African soccer nations for FIFA to take control of the sale of television rights for Africa’s World Cup qualifiers. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

2 jobs put FIFA’s Samoura in conflict on African TV rights

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, March 16, 2017 file photo, Newly appointed president of the African soccer confederation Ahmad of Madagascar, attends the general assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Sport's highest court will rule this month on how to resolve the chaotic African Champions League final. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it set a July 31, 2019 deadline for a final decision after both clubs appealed to be awarded the title. The second-leg game between Wydad Casablanca of Morocco and Esperance of Tunisia on May 31 was annulled in a dispute provoked by a video review failure. The controversy is part of a wider crisis for CAF and its president, Ahmad of Madagascar, who has been accused of misconduct by senior administrators who were fired in recent weeks and have filed complaints to FIFA's ethics committee. (AP Photo, File)

Infantino rejects Blatter’s criticism of African cleanup

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 5, 2018 file photo, FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura meets with Spain's Sports Minister Ínigo Mendez de Vigo in Madrid, Spain. FIFA President Gianni Infantino has asked his deputies to approve appointing secretary general Fatma Samoura to a temporary role to clean up African soccer. Samoura would become FIFA General Delegate for Africa for an initial six months from August 2019 as part of an urgent audit of the Confederation of African Football on finances. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Rift grows over FIFA placing Samoura in Africa clean-up role

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FIFA asks Thai premier to release Bahraini soccer player

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Former Brazilian soccer player Cafu, right, and FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura attend a news conference after a ceremony marking 100 days until the start of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 at the new 'Saint Petersburg' stadium at the Krestovsky Island in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, March 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

FIFA says still waiting for info on Russian doping cases

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