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Afghan women’s football returns to international stage in FIFA tournament

An Afghan women’s refugee team lost 6-1 to Chad in a FIFA-organised tournament in Morocco on Sunday, but, for the players, the match itself represented a victory after being denied the chance to play ...
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Afghan women’s refugee team allowed to compete as official national side

The Afghan women’s refugee side will be allowed to compete as an official national team after FIFA changed its rules on Tuesday. Afghan Women United was created for evacuated female players of Afghan ...
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Afghan women’s football captain says FIFA recognition 'shows we exist'

Fatima Haidari was sat at home in Italy when she received a video call from Fifa chief Gianni Infantino. On the screen alongside the captain of the Afghan women’s football team, spread across time ...
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U.S.-based Afghan refugees denied access to new Afghanistan women’s soccer team

United States-based female refugee soccer players from Afghanistan will not have access to FIFA-organised training camps that determine the selection process for the newly-created Afghanistan women’s ...
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Afghan women’s refugee team allowed to compete as official national side

The newly-created side made their first competitive appearance in October Abdel Majid Bziouat / AFP via Getty Images The Afghan women’s refugee side will be allowed to compete as an official national ...