(Corrects month of comments in last paragraph to February, not this month):FIFA's appointment of supermodel Adriana Lima as its global fan ambassador in a Women's World Cup year is 'baffling' and sends the wrong message to players and fans, former FIFA Council member Moya Dodd said.Brazilian Lima will
:FIFA's appointment of supermodel Adriana Lima as its global fan ambassador in a Women's World Cup year is"baffling" and sends the wrong message to players and fans, former FIFA Council member Moya Dodd said.
"At the outset, the model's public image looked an odd fit for an organisation that says it wants to empower girls and women," Dodd, one of the first women to serve on FIFA's decision-making body, wrote in a post on LinkedIn on Wednesday. A prominent women's soccer advocate, Dodd represented Australia 24 times from 1986-95 and played in FIFA's women's invitational tournament in 1988, three years before the inaugural Women's World Cup.
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