FIFA to fill gender gap with women’s refugee team, but Afghan FA remains a FIFA member
May 12 – FIFA is to establish an Afghan women’s refugee football team, allowing exiled Afghan players to compete in matches recognised by the sport’s global governing body, but which will not count towards the country’s ranking.
The decision, hailed by FIFA’s president Gianni Infantino as a “landmark” decision, represents a first step in the exiled players’ demand for the recognition of Afghanistan’s women’s national team, which the Taliban regime has shut down.
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