WOMEN’S FOOTBALL: AFC PUSH FOR RECONSIDERATION OF HEADSCARF RULE

DILI (30 Jan 2012) – Zhang Jilong, the acting president of the AFC, has reiterated the importance of a favourable reconsideration of the headscarf rule by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which meets on 3 March 2012  in London. Jilong, a FIFA Executive Committee member, expressed the AFC’s unwavering support for this review, which…