Professor Jean-Louis Atangana Amougou, a university lecturer has been elected as a member of Fifa’s appeal committee.

He was voted in at Thursday’s congress of the world football’s governing body in Bahrain. Profesor Atangana Amougou has been assistant director for Cameroon’s international relations institute, IRIC, where he gave out lectures for years. Recently, the 52 year old diplomat was appointed cabinet director of La Francophonie. Other Africans elected on to Fifa committees …