AP| DOUG FEINBERG AND BRIAN MAHONEY: Even as basketball's popularity soared around the world, not everyone believed they could get in the game. A ban on headgear by the sport's governing body meant choosing between play and prayer, a rule that wasn't about religion but felt as if it were to some groups. That ended Thursday with a unanimous vote to ...

AP - Basketball enthusiasts around the world said a decision to allow players to wear religious headgear in competition will encourage more people to play the sport because it gives participants the right to practice their faith and focus on playing ball. The unanimous vote Thursday by international basketball's governing body, known as FIBA, allows ...

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Tehran, December 14, The Iran Project- A senior official at Irans Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports says Iran seeks to introduce a role model of a Muslim woman and to create a condition for Muslim countries to take part in sports with Islamic dress code known as hijab. Speaking in the second regional symposium of International Association of ...