Browsing Tag: Soccer

After 20 months of observation, FIFA determined the risks of sport injuries from turbans, hijabs and kippas were not significant and did not justify a ban.

In the grand scheme of world events, the Quebec Soccer Federation’s short-lived ban on turbans may not seem like much. But this controversy is symbolic...

Quebec officials appeared to suggest Saturday that the controversy was the fault of ambiguity in the wording of the FIFA rules on headgear.

The newest intersection of soccer and cultural controversy has an unusual address — Canada.

While hailing the decision World Sikh Organization (WSO) President Prem Singh Vinning told TOI on Tuesday, "The accommodation of the turban already takes place not just across Canada but across the world. There is no reason why the turban can't be accommodated.

A number of boys in Montreal-area community of LaSalle have been told they can no longer play soccer because they wear religious head coverings.