MANCHESTER, England (AP) " FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura insisted Monday that the fight against racism is being taken "very seriously" despite the governing body's task force overseeing discrimination being abolished. The Associated Press revealed Sunday that the task force was being dismantled after FIFA told its members the mission had been completed after three years. "The task force had a very specific mandate that to our knowledge it has fully fulfilled," Samoura said at the SoccerEx convention. Before Samoura took the SoccerEx platform, a senior British politician spoke out against the decision to dismantle the task force with ongoing concern about racism at stadiums in Russia. Webb, who pleaded guilty to racketeering charges, was replaced in September 2015 as task force chairman by Congolese federation president Constant Omari.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 26, 2016 10:18 UTC