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Female footballers demand right to wear head scarf in French competitions

Hijab-wearing footballers play an impromptu game of football in Paris's Luxembourg garden, behind the Senate, to protest against a decision banning them from sports competitions.

"They exclude us, whereas the fundamental values of football and sport are to unite and to come together," said a female footballer. 

(Source: Reuters) 


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