Saudi Arabia is launching a soccer league for women, another gesture toward loosening some of the strict rules that are still imposed on women living in the ultra-conservative kingdom.
Saudi Arabia is launching a soccer league for women, another gesture toward loosening some of the strict rules that are still imposed on women living in the ultra-conservative kingdom.
Until recently, Saudi women were mostly barred from participating in sports in public, a decision that rubbed many sports governing organizations the wrong way.
Saudi Arabia has never had a national soccer team compete in the women's World Cup. One of the reasons why the kingdom resisted calls for women to be allowed to compete internationally was a ban on hijab that was imposed by football's governing body FIFA in 2007. However, that ban was lifted in 2012.
Until recently, Saudi women were mostly barred from participating in sports in public, a decision that rubbed many sports governing organizations the wrong way.
Saudi Arabia has never had a national soccer team compete in the women's World Cup. One of the reasons why the kingdom resisted calls for women to be allowed to compete internationally was a ban on hijab that was imposed by football's governing body FIFA in 2007. However, that ban was lifted in 2012.
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