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Liberia: George Weah, 1995 Ballon d'Or winner, is elected President with 61.5% of the votes

George Weah, 51 years old, has been elected as President of Liberia on 28/12/2017. Weah, the 1995 Ballon d'Or winner and the only African ever to win the prize, will succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on 22/01/2018. The senator of Montserrado County (which includes the capital Monrovia) since 2015…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 109558
• Published on 02/01/18 at 10:25
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Russia: Vitaly Mutko suspends his role as president of the Russian Football Federation for 6 months

Vitaly Leontyevich Mutko, the Russian deputy prime minister in charge of sports, has suspended his duties as president of the Russian Football Federation in order to challenge his lifetime ban from the Olympic Games by the IOC because of the institutionalised doping scandal in Russian athletics…
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• Article # 109445
• Published on 02/01/18 at 09:49