French basketball participant Salimata Sylla is determined to play in official matches together with her head cowl after being barred from sporting a headband in January of this 12 months.
Nicknamed “Sila,” a participant for the third league group Aubervilliers, started sporting a headband three years in the past.
Born in Paris, Sylla, now 25, began taking part in basketball 14 years in the past with the steering of her sisters.
“My family, my friends, everybody accepts me as I am because I am ‘Sali,'” Sylla stated.
Earlier on Jan. 8, the younger participant was barred from taking part in official matches.
In the town of Escaudain, her coach got here to her two minutes earlier than the match started and stated: “I am sorry Sali, but you cannot play with your scarf on.”
She then talked to the referees, and so they informed her that “any accessory covering the head is considered inconvenient for the game,” as said within the regulation of the French Federation of Basketball (FFBB).
CREATION ‘BALL.HER’ LEAGUE
Sylla then created the “Ball.Her” Women League, and stated “I want to build sane courts for everyone. We cannot find ourselves humiliated in the court and out. The Ball.Her Women’s League is here to admit all the girls, without discrimination or inequality, for us to enjoy the basketball we love so much.”
Since 2017, the French authorities and the International Federation of Basketball have allowed gamers to put on scarves whereas taking part in, she added.
The FFBB has but to reply to her questions in regards to the ban.
Salimata Sylla stated she aspires to return to the FFBB league together with her headband, including that the French Handball Federation permits girls to play with heads coated.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
