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҂ ȿḉặᵰɗἷἧäѷїѧҋ↔ᶀɍǐȶĩṧӊ ₰ · « **on:** June 08, 2011, 06:03:22 AM »

Iran's female football team has complained to FIFA after the women were banned from playing a second-round qualifying match for next year's London Olympics because they wore hijabs covering their heads and necks.
The team wears a full-body strip and head scarf to confirm with Islamic dress code, but this outfit clashes with FIFA's uniform regulations.
A FIFA statement sent to Reuters said players are allowed to "wear a cap that covers their head to the hairline, but does not extend below the ears to cover the neck".
The Iranian team ran out to compete against Jordan wearing a hijab with the players' heads and necks totally covered, which FIFA believes is in breach of their rules.
"The match commissioner and match referee therefore decided to apply correctly the Laws of the Game, which ended in the match being abandoned," the statement said.
FIFA's rules for the 2012 Olympics state: "Players and officials shall not display political, religious, commercial or personal messages or slogans in any language or form on their playing or team kits."
Football Federation of Iran board member Farideh Shojaei expressed dismay at the ruling and said it would severely threaten the team’s chances of qualifying for the Olympics.
"This kit is neither religious, nor political, nor will it lead to harm to a player," Shojaei said. "The countries that invested, and spent money and time and took part in the second round will clearly not be willing to repeat these games."

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