George Weah is the biggest hitter on Fifa’s Players’ Voice Panel

Fifa has announced a 16-strong racism task force made up of former players including George Weah, Didier Drogba and Emmanuel Adebayor.

Fellow ex-Premier League footballers Mickael Silvestre, Sun Jihai and Khalilou Fadiga are also part of the Fifa Players’ Voice Panel, which will shape policy aimed at stamping out racism at all levels of the game.

Blaise Matuidi, Ivan Cordoba, Juan Pablo Sorin, Mercy Akide, Aya Miyama, Lotta Schelin and Briana Scurry complete the line-up.

Weah, 58, has been named honorary captain of the panel, having translated his success as a Ballon d’Or winning striker from football to politics in a six-year spell as president of his native Liberia.

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