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GENEVA -- Long-time FIFA medical director Jiri Dvorak said his departure last week was abrupt, suggesting it could affect global health programs he started.It was not my intention to leave FIFA so abruptly, Dvorak, who worked 22 years with FIFA, said in a statement on Friday.FIFA announced on Nov. 2 that Dvorak had left that day as chief medical officer and chairman of FIFAs Medical Assessment and Research Centre.The Czech-born neurologist oversaw programs including FIFA 11+ to prevent injuries, and FIFA 11 for Health to help stop disease spreading.Both programs are highly effective and (meant) cost savings for the community, Dvorak said, adding he felt responsible for hundreds of collaborators around the world whom I have motivated to implement professionally the preventive programs.Dvorak ensured FIFA hosted a conference on concussion injuries in Zurich in 2012, and also helped to organize FIFAs three-yearly medical congress, first held in 2009. He planned a fourth edition in Moscow on the sidelines of the 2018 World Cup.FIFA said Friday no decision had yet been taken on organizing future medical events.It is unclear if FIFA wants Dvoraks successor to have a similarly pro-active role outside of soccer tournaments it organizes.FIFA said last week it would soon announce a new head of FIFAs medical department, which is in charge of the medical services and the anti-doping program.A further change in FIFAs long-standing oversight of medical issues is expected next year.FIFA medical committee chairman Michel DHooghe is due for re-election in April as a European delegate on the FIFA Council. The Belgian doctor is expected to stand down after 29 years on the ruling committee.Dvoraks exit from FIFA follows the departure of several senior managers who were appointed during Sepp Blatters 17-year presidency. 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Sweden was moving the ball dangerously down the right flank when, out of nowhere, a Brazilian player came sprinting to make a perfectly timed sliding tackle.The player was 38-year-old Miraildes Maciel Mota, known simply as Formiga, or `ant in Portuguese, a nickname that she picked up because of her tireless and hard-working style of play.It was another typical piece of defense from the veteran midfielder, who was all over the field on Friday to help Brazil defeat Sweden on penalties and stay on track to win its first gold medal in womens soccer.Formiga is one of a kind at the Olympics.She is the only player to have participated in all six editions of the womens Olympic tournament. She is also the Brazilian women athlete with the most Olympic appearances, and is level with a few other athletes in team sports with the most ever Olympic appearances.A 20-year veteran with the national team, Formiga played her 151st game with Brazil in the opener at the Rio Games, surpassing mens defender Cafu as the nations most-capped soccer player.Wow, I never imagined this could happen, Formiga said in a post-match interview with Brazilian media. It had gone through my mind the fact that I was the older player to score a goal, to have the most Olympic appearances and other things like that, but not something like that.Formiga is not as recognizable as five-time world player of the year Marta, but her record numbers at the home Olympics have put her in the spotlight, with many local media outlets doing television pieces and interviews with her. Shy and soft-spoken, she doessnt enjoy the attention, but is taking it for the team.dddddddddddd.Im happy because what we want is to attract visibility to womens soccer, Formiga said. And the more we can do to help the sport, the better it is.Womens soccer is virtually non-existent in Brazil, especially at club level, so Formiga played abroad for many years, including in Sweden and in the United States. Despite her incredible numbers, she never achieved the stardom that a mens soccer player would have achieved in her position.But she remains a key player for the Brazilian team trying to finally break through with Olympic gold, in charge of protecting the defense and keeping Marta and the other forwards free to attack. She plays box-to-box as well as any other player in the womens game, although she is mostly known for her intensity as a defensive midfielder, which is what helped her get the `ant nickname when she was a kid playing in the streets of the northeastern city of Salvador.Formiga helped Brazil win two silver medals at the Olympics, in 2004 in Athens and in 2008 in Beijing. She won three gold medals and a silver at the Pan American Games, including the gold at home at the Maracana Stadium in 2007.She has already said that this is the last time she is playing at the Olympics, and that returning to the Maracana for the final and winning the gold for the first time would be the perfect ending to her career.There would be nothing better for me, she said.---Tales Azzoni on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tazzoni . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/tales-azzoni ' ' '