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Muslim women in sport. Modern Muslim female athletes have achieved success in a variety of sports, including volleyball, tennis, association football, fencing, and basketball. [2] In the 2016 Summer Olympics, fourteen women from Muslim-majority countries won medals, participating in a wide range of sports. [3]
Runner-up. 2024. FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Runner-up. 2016 Papua New Guinea. *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 August 2024. Sakina Karchaoui (born 26 January 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Première Ligue club ...
2017. *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:30, 20 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 December 2023. Nadia Nadim (Persian: نادیه ندیم; born 2 January 1988) is an Afghan-Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club AC Milan. Born in Afghanistan, she plays ...
Sertaç Sehlikoglu, curator of Muslim women in Sports blog, coined the term." [8] Ahmed actively engages with media producers in mainstream and alternative groups. [9] In one example, Ahmed responded to a documentary film about a women's soccer team in Zanzibar. In an interview with researchers for the study, "Radical Sports Journalism?:
The Saudi Arabia women's national football team (Arabic: المنتخب السعودي لكرة القدم للسيدات) is the official women's national football team of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The team is controlled by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF), the governing body for football in Saudi Arabia. Colloquially called ...
The Iran women's national football team, nicknamed the Lionesses, represents Iran in international women's football around the world, and is controlled by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI). The Iran women's team played its first international match in May 1971 against Italy and first FIFA international in September 2005 ...
Islam and association football. Some association football players are Muslims, and their clubs have adapted to their principles. In July 2013, BBC journalist Rob Cowling remarked that Muslim players were changing the culture of English football. [1] The Islamic observance of Ramadan, affects the ability of players to train and play, [2] while ...
Khadija Shaw. Khadija Monifa "Bunny" Shaw CD (born 31 January 1997) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Manchester City and captains the Jamaica national team. She is Manchester City's all-time top goalscorer, [2] Jamaica's all-time top goalscorer for both women and men, [3] holds the joint ...