MILAN (AP) — FIFA has been “assured” that Iran will lift its 40-year ban and allow women to attend a World Cup qualifying game next month. Soccer’s governing body wants Iran to end its ban on women entering stadiums that breaches international soccer statutes prohibiting discrimination. Global attention on the ban followed the death this month of a 29-year-old activist, Sahar Khodayari, who set herself on fire outside a courthouse. She had been detained for dressing as a man to enter a soccer stadium in Tehran and faced six months in prison. “There is women’s football in Iran but […]

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