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FIBA relaxes “no-headgear” rule for a two-year trial period

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After criticism1 of the International Basketball Federation’s (FIBA’s) decisions2 to require three Indian Sikh players to remove their turbans before being allowed to play in two international tournaments, the governing body was left with a decision to make about its “no-headgear” rule, which states:

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