• Nsekera is president of the Burundi Football Association
• Appointment to be finalised at Fifa congress on Friday
Fifa has appointed a first female member of its executive committee.
Lydia Nsekera, president of the Burundi Football Association, has been co-opted on to the executive committee of the world game's governing body and will be formally installed at the Fifa congress in Budapest on Friday.
Nsekera is a member of several Fifa committees – for women's football, the women's World Cup and the organising committee for the Olympic football tournaments.
The executive committee has also proposed the Swiss industrialist Domenico Scala to chair a new audit committee. The 208-member countries must finalise the appointments at the congress on Friday. Read More
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