Changing room chat: Fifa to consider hijab compromise

FIFA vice-president Prince Ali Al Hussein will propose that football’s governing body agrees on “general principles” for the use of Islamic headscarves in the game at the meeting of the Executive Committee next month. Fifa banned the Islamic scarf covering a women’s neck in 2007 claiming safety concerns. The proposals will ensure “the safe use of hijab in the game,” satisfy “cultural customs” of female teams.

In June, Iran’s team forfeited a 2012 Olympic qualifier against Jordan because it wouldn’t play without the hijabs.