Posts tagged FIFA.
USA’s striker Alex Morgan (L) celebrates scoring the 1-3 goal with USA’s midfielder Megan Rapinoe during the FIFA women’s football World Cup semi-final match France vs USA in Moenchengladbach, western Germany, on July 13, 2011. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN
(via spandexandsportsbras)
Abby Wambach decides to score her game-winning header goal a little earlier this time (with just 11 minutes left in regulation time!!) as the USA beats France 3-1 in the FIFA 2011 Women’s World Cup to advance to the Finals against the winner of Sweden-Japan.
USA player Lauren Cheney scores the USA’s first goal in their 3-1 win over France in the Semi-Finals of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup to advance to the Finals.
Happy Japanese players celebrate their 1-0 quarter-finals victory over two-time defending champion Germany in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Karina Maruyama watches she scores the winning goal in Japan’s quarter-final match against Germany in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Germany was the two-time defending champion. Japan goes on to play Sweden in the Semi-Finals.
FIFA has barred the Iranian woman’s soccer team from an Olympic qualifying match. The Reason? Wearing the hijab.
The World interviewed Elham Seyed, creator of ResportOn, a garment that is both athletic and respectful of Islamic dress code. It’s currently being used by Women’s teams in Canada and Europe.
The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) had a rule similar to FIFA’s, citing safety concerns about loose clothing. Elham’s design proved to be the answer, when in 2009 the WTF allowed woman wearing the hijab to compete.
In order to comply with the Islamic dress code which is mandatory in the Islamic Republic, Iran’s women footballers play in full tracksuits and head coverings that conceal their hair … but … Fifa’s rules for the 2012 Olympics state that:
“Players and officials shall not display political, religious, commercial or personal messages or slogans in any language or form on their playing or team kits.”
Fifa is ruling that their Islamic dress broke Fifa rules, because the players’ Islamic headscarves violate the association’s dress code. The women were banned from playing, moments before an Olympic qualifier against Jordan last week, due to their full-body kit that includes a head scarf, thus being disqualified.
Germany’s soccer coach Silvia Neid receives the FIFA Ballon d’Or, women soccer coach of the year 2010.
Birgit Prinz of Germany
