Think Football 2019: FIFA reports on News Tank Football's event held on 07/02/2019

"At the beginning of February, with four months to go until the start of the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 (from 07/06 to 07/07/2019), Paris played host to 'Think Football', a symposium organised by News Tank Football. At the event, FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura and 2019 Local Organising Committee president Erwan Le Prevost expressed their collective desire to see the global tournament succeed both on and off the pitch," stated FIFA on its website on 15/02/2019.

Opening the proceedings as a guest of honour at the third edition of Think Football, organised at INSEEC U. Sport (Paris, FRA), Fatma Samoura participated alongside Brigitte Henriques, deputy vice-president of the French Football Federation since 18/03/2017 and Béatrice Barbusse, sociologist and secretary general of the French Handball Federation, in the 100% female-led debate "Women as the future of sport", moderated by Nathalie Iannetta, associate director of the consulting and communication agency "2017".

"Samoura laid out the objectives of the eighth Women's World Cup, which, if attained, will ensure that…