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The Iranian women’s soccer team was defeated even before it could compete for a spot in the 2012 summer Olympics -- sidelined by the Muslim players' headscarves.
This is tough, because it really is a danger in a close contact sport (for both the person wearing it and others - I broke my finger when it got caught in a neck band thing)...but you want to respect their culture and their religious tenets.
In a sport as rough as Soccer can get, the LAST thing you really want to do is cover the head/neck area. In the event of injury, it can be deadly trying to remove a covering such as they have, making it very much unsafe.
At least they don't wanna play soccer wearing burqas
Imagine if the sport had been synchronized swimming!
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