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Fifa elects Burundi's Lydia Nsekera as first woman executive

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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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