
Today Fifa officially authorised the wearing of the ''Ijahb'' Head cover during matches.Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke at a meeting of the international football Association Board {IFAB} said ''it has been decided that female players can cover their heads to play football'',especially the female muslim players who wear a veil in everyday life,and male players will also be authorised to do so following a request from the Sikh community of canada.It was further said ''it will be a basic head cover and the colour should be the same as the team jersey''.The wearing of head covers had been banned untill 2912,with FIFA saying that it posed too great a risk of injury to the head or neck.
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