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Thursday briefing: FFF announces president Noël Le Graët is “taking a step back”

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12 January 2023 - 4:30 AM

The French Football Federation (FFF) has said that its president Noël Le Graëtis “taking a step back” from his duties and has named vice president Philippe Diallo as acting interim chairman.

In a statement issued after an extraordinary meeting of its executive committee on Wedensday, the FFF said:

"Noël Le Graët, in agreement with the FFF Executive Committee meeting in Paris today, has decided to take a step back from his duties as president of the federation until the aud

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