‘Winter’ World Cup for Qatar, says Jerome Valcke
(CNN) — The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be played in the European winter, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has told a French radio station. “It will be played […]
Controversial Sheikh romps to AFC presidency (Asian Football Confederation)
May 02, 2013 09:10 AM (Last updated: May 02, 2013 10:19 AM) By Talek Harris STORY SUMMARY Bahrain royal Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa promised a new era of […]
Tax billionaires to help world’s poor: UN (why not ZAKAT?)
AFP ARABNEWS Friday 6 July 2012 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations yesterday called for a tax on billionaires to help raise more than $400 billion a year for poor countries. An annual lump sum payment by the super-rich is one of a host of measures including a tax on carbon […]
Prince Ali stunned by FIFA experts’ hijab knock back
CHICAGO TRIBUNE BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Evidence from FIFA’s medical experts on why the ban on Muslim women footballers wearing the Islamic headscarf or hijab should remain in place was deeply flawed and had no foundation, the campaign’s principal supporter said on Friday. Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan, whose presentation […]
Dutch design challenges Fifa’s football hijab ban
Players were prevented from wearing the hijab at top levels of the game for safety reasons, and because of rules stating that religious symbols were not allowed. Critics say the ban promotes inequality at the highest level of the world’s most popular game. A Facebook page called “Let Us Play“, […]
Football hijab ban ‘could be lifted’
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United Nations urges FIFA to allow hijab headscarf
PST GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) — The United Nations has urged FIFA to allow Islamic women to wear a hijab headscarf while playing soccer. The U.N. says Wilfried Lemke, sports adviser […]
FIFA to review hijab law for women players
By REUTERS ARABNEWS. TOKYO: FIFA is considering changing their laws to allow women to wear a hijab, or headscarf when they play in official matches. Prince Ali Bin Hussein of […]