IQNA – Three Muslim sisters from Buffalo, New York — Jamilah, Zaynah, and Latifah McBryde — have helped reshape the landscape of women’s college wrestling in the United States by pushing for rule changes that allow modest uniforms aligned with their religious beliefs.
News ID: 3493803 Publish Date : 2025/07/12
IQNA – The 2023 FIVB Men’s U21 Volleyball World Championship trophy, won by Iran's national team, has been officially presented to the museum of the Imam Reza (AS) holy shrine in Mashhad.
News ID: 3493162 Publish Date : 2025/05/20
IQNA – The proposed legislation to ban headscarves in French sports has ignited a debate over religious freedom and secularism, with athletes raising concerns about its impact on inclusivity and expression.
News ID: 3492561 Publish Date : 2025/04/04
IQNA – The Muslim Students of France (EMF) has strongly slammed a proposed law to ban Islamic headscarves (hijabs) in sports competitions, labeling it as “racist, Islamophobic, and sexist.”
News ID: 3491953 Publish Date : 2025/02/21
IQNA – On Tuesday, the French Senate approved a bill prohibiting the wearing of "ostensibly religious" symbols, including the hijab, during sports competitions.
News ID: 3491935 Publish Date : 2025/02/19
IQNA – A Muslim women’s football coach was left visibly distressed after being barred from participating in a match because of her choice to wear tracksuit bottoms rather than shorts, a decision tied to her religious beliefs.
News ID: 3490497 Publish Date : 2024/10/30
IQNA – UN experts have called on France to reverse its discriminatory measures banning women and girls from wearing the hijab while playing sports, urging compliance with international human rights obligations.
News ID: 3490468 Publish Date : 2024/10/28
IQNA – The Imam Reza (AS) Shrine Museum, open to the public daily, displays a collection of championship medals donated by renowned Asian, world, and Olympic athletes.
News ID: 3490367 Publish Date : 2024/10/21
IQNA – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei hailed Iranian athletes who took part in this year’s Olympic and Paralympic games for presenting and honoring spiritual capabilities and national-religious and Islamic identity.
News ID: 3489942 Publish Date : 2024/09/17
IQNA – A see-off ceremony for Iranian Para athletes participating in the 2024 Paralympic Games took place at the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad on August 18, 2024.
News ID: 3489568 Publish Date : 2024/08/19
IQNA – Algerian judoka Messaoud Redouane Dris has withdrawn from his first match of the 2024 Paris Olympics after being slated to compete against Israeli judoka Tohar Butbul.
News ID: 3489273 Publish Date : 2024/07/29
IQNA – Iran’s junior super-heavyweight lifter Taha Nemati has bestowed his world medal to the museum of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad.
News ID: 3488167 Publish Date : 2024/05/01
IQNA – Australia's star cricketer Usman Khawaja has been denied permission to adorn his bat and shoes with a peace symbol, ahead of the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan.
News ID: 3486535 Publish Date : 2023/12/24
CANBERRA (IQNA) – Mahmoud Abdelfattah, the first Muslims or Palestinian coach to head a basketball team in Australia’s top league, says he seeks to be a “role model” that he himself lacked while growing up.
News ID: 3485367 Publish Date : 2023/09/30
PARIS (IQNA) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says that participants in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games can wear hijabs or other religious or cultural attire in the Olympic Village, where they live and socialize during the event.
News ID: 3485360 Publish Date : 2023/09/29
PARIS (IQNA) – A sports journalist has addressed what can unfold in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris for Hijabi Muslim athletes as France has a history of imposing hijab bans in sports.
News ID: 3485246 Publish Date : 2023/09/20
WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A prominent Muslim American fencer believes “racism” is behind the world’s “obsession” with hijab.
News ID: 3485234 Publish Date : 2023/09/19
LONDON (IQNA) – Aston Villa became the fifth English Premier League club to sign the Muslim athlete charter.
News ID: 3484907 Publish Date : 2023/08/24
DAMASCUS (IQNA) – A Syrian swimmer withdrew from the 2023 World Aquatics Masters Championships in Japan to avoid facing an opponent from the Zionist regime of Israel.
News ID: 3484853 Publish Date : 2023/08/20
LONDON (IQNA) – A Muslim women football coach has fought barriers and stereotypes on her path to become a top manager in UK football.
News ID: 3484835 Publish Date : 2023/08/19
