Iranian girl soccer team banned from YOG

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<CITE>Reuters - <ABBR class=timedate title="Tuesday, April 6">Tuesday, April 6</ABBR></CITE>
SINGAPORE - The Iranian girls' football team have been kicked out of this year's first Youth Olympics because of a FIFA ban on playing in Islamic head scarves.
Iran's National Olympic Committee .
"The FIFA Executive Committee had no choice but to take the decision that Iran will not be able to participate in the inaugural Youth Olympic Football Tournaments," the AFC quoted a letter from FIFA's general secretary to the Iran Football Federation as saying. Football's tournaments at the Olympics are organised by the world governing body, whose rules allow only the wearing of a shirt or jersey, shorts, socks and footwear to play the game.
Some 3,500 athletes aged between 14 and 18 are expected to take part in 26 sports at the inaugural Youth Olympics.

You call this soccer?
Is that a man in white?
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WwhZ0D6Lm...Ek/UGvsfpH0fd0/s1600-h/join-747909-767674.jpg Is that Ronaldinho in disguise ?



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[Ramseth]

FIFA is crazy. Why IOC did not ban this?

http://sg.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S0zuwcPrtLiE8AbZ8u4gt./SIG=12hcumf2p/EXP=1270648732/**http%3a//www.porcupinepete.com/images/photos/female_swimmer.jpg

 

[Sideswipe]

I actually think women soccer players should play in tight blouses and skirts.

 

[Areopagus]

Yet another example of racism from FIFA/Sepp Blatter

 

[Ramseth]

I actually think women soccer players should play in tight blouses and skirts.

They should wear whatever they're comfortable with and cover any part of their body they're uncomfortable with exposing, as long as no foul play causing disadvantage or injury to opposing team players.

 

[vamjok]

not as if they really dress like ninja in black and play like those in the middle east.

 

[Watchman]

Are they implying that they have the religious edge wearing head dress ?

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

FIFA is crazy. Why IOC did not ban this?

http://sg.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S0zuwcPrtLiE8AbZ8u4gt./SIG=12hcumf2p/EXP=1270648732/**http%3a//www.porcupinepete.com/images/photos/female_swimmer.jpg

That swimming cap is to prevent her hair from getting into the way when she's swimming.

 

[exSINgaporean]

All the Muslim countries will boycott the YOG in support of their Muslim sisters.

Are the FIFA going to ban the male Indian Sikes from playing football as they normaaly tie a ribbon band on their hair?

Damn this is discimination against the Muslims, period! What so harmful to the other players for the Muslim girls wearing head scaft?

 

[Watchman]

Boycott all YOG for incriminating our muslim brothers and sisters !

 

[Brightkid]

These are women ? Geez, I must be looking at the wrong things for so long. These doesn't look a bit like what I used to google at leh.

 

[chewed]

the Iranian women soccer team looks like more potent than our SG 2010 World Cup bound Lions....

 

[wikiphile]

the Iranian women soccer team looks like more potent than our SG 2010 World Cup bound Lions....

Thats why they are banning them! The Iranian woman football team can trashed our national men's football team anytime

No need to highlight this fact to the whole world

 

[Rogue Trader]

After denying us a chance to watch the world cup, singapore should defy Fifa ban and allow these girls to play in tudung.

 

[wikiphile]

After denying us a chance to watch the world cup, singapore should defy Fifa ban and allow these girls to play in tudung.

I think they should play in Burqas, afterall the Tudung is too revealing

 

[Cestbon]

FIFA is going to far. Nothing wrong if the player want to wear head scarves. This will give them disadvantage because heat.