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Fifa elects Burundi's Lydia Nsekera as first woman executive

Burundi FA president Lydia Nsekera has been elected as the first woman to Fifa's powerful executive committee  in the governing body's 109-year history.

Nsekera, 46, will serve a four-year term on the committee after winning the vote at the Fifa congress in Mauritius.

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