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IQNA – Australia's star cricketer Usman Khawaja has been denied permission to adorn his bat and shoes with a peace symbol, ahead of the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan.
News ID: 3486535    Publish Date : 2023/12/24

CANBERRA (IQNA) – Mahmoud Abdelfattah, the first Muslims or Palestinian coach to head a basketball team in Australia’s top league, says he seeks to be a “role model” that he himself lacked while growing up.
News ID: 3485367    Publish Date : 2023/09/30

PARIS (IQNA) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says that participants in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games can wear hijabs or other religious or cultural attire in the Olympic Village, where they live and socialize during the event.
News ID: 3485360    Publish Date : 2023/09/29

PARIS (IQNA) – A sports journalist has addressed what can unfold in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris for Hijabi Muslim athletes as France has a history of imposing hijab bans in sports.
News ID: 3485246    Publish Date : 2023/09/20

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A prominent Muslim American fencer believes “racism” is behind the world’s “obsession” with hijab.
News ID: 3485234    Publish Date : 2023/09/19

LONDON (IQNA) – Aston Villa became the fifth English Premier League club to sign the Muslim athlete charter.
News ID: 3484907    Publish Date : 2023/08/24

DAMASCUS (IQNA) – A Syrian swimmer withdrew from the 2023 World Aquatics Masters Championships in Japan to avoid facing an opponent from the Zionist regime of Israel.
News ID: 3484853    Publish Date : 2023/08/20

LONDON (IQNA) – A Muslim women football coach has fought barriers and stereotypes on her path to become a top manager in UK football.
News ID: 3484835    Publish Date : 2023/08/19

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Referees in France were told by the country's football federation not to pause matches to let Muslim players break their fast during the month of Ramadan.
News ID: 3483008    Publish Date : 2023/04/01

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Bosnian football player Anel Ahmedhodzic has praised the blessed month of Ramadan as a month of worshipping God Almighty and getting the community together.
News ID: 3482955    Publish Date : 2023/03/27

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says athletes who have refused to face Israeli opponents at the expense of not getting a medal are the real victors.
News ID: 3480795    Publish Date : 2022/10/10