Salimata Sylla was about to lead her team onto the basketball court, as she had done many times before. On that Sunday ...

A contentious bill backed by right-wing politicians that would ban headscarves in all sporting competitions has cleared its first legislative hurdle in the Senate ...

Only then did she learn that the basketball federation’s rules banned ... court ruled in 2023 that the soccer federation can ban headscarves in matches, the Hijabeuses have lodged a complaint ...