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Christ the Redeemer lit in Pele shirt as Brazil honors first anniversary of his death
By Mauricio Savarese — January 2, 2024
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Christ the Redeemer had a projection of a Brazil shirt with Pelé's name and number 10 and a message from Pope Francis
Morocco’s Benzina becomes the first senior-level Women’s World Cup player to compete in hijab
By The Associated Press — July 31, 2023
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — A FIFA ban on playing in religious head coverings in its sanctioned games for “health and safety reasons” was overturned in 2014 after advocacy from activists, athletes and government and soccer officials.
France’s highest administrative court says the soccer federation can ban headscarves in matches
By Samuel Petrequin — June 29, 2023
(AP) — The ruling is likely to refuel the lingering debate on secularism — still volatile more than a century after the 1905 law on separation of church and state that established it as a principle of the French Republic.
The culture wars need to make a safe space for conscience
By Jacob Lupfer — July 31, 2018
(RNS) — The booing of Christian soccer player Jaelene Hinkle for following her conscience shows that we need to turn down the temperature in the culture wars.
Pressure to allow hijab in basketball mounts as decision looms
By Kimberly Winston — August 10, 2016
(RNS) Will women's basketball soon permit the hijab?
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