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FA apologizes to Muslim female football player after male referee banned her from playing because she refused to wear shorts

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FA apologizes to Muslim female football player after male referee banned her from playing because she refused to wear shorts

The Football Association has issued an apology to a Muslim footballer after a referee barred her from playing a match for refusing to wear shorts due to her religious beliefs.

British-born Somali football player and coach, Iqra Ismail was meant to play for United Dragons as a half-time substitute in a Greater London Women’s Football League (GLWFC) match against Tower Hamlets FC on Monday.

According to Iqra, GLWFC stopped her from playing because of her religious beliefs.

‘I was told that I was not allowed to play football because of my religious beliefs. Yes, you heard that correctly, in 2024’ she wrote on IG.

She continued: ‘The Greater London Women’s Football League have decided to stop me from playing because I refuse to wear shorts with my playing kit.’

‘I’ve been playing in this league for almost five years now wearing tracksuit bottoms and every year, they’ve made it more and more difficult for women like me to play.

‘Now this year, they’ve drawn the line and banned me from playing until I compromise my beliefs.

‘The Middlesex FA referee for yesterday’s game said that the league had told him strictly not to allow women like me to wear tracksuit bottoms regardless of the colour or if it matches our kits or not.

‘If we do not wear shorts, we cannot play. That is what I was told yesterday. So, of course, I stood by my principles, and that meant yesterday, I was not allowed to kick a ball.”

 

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IMO STATE BORN VETERAN NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS RITA DOMINIC GOES DOWN MEMORY LANE AS SHE SPEAKS ABOUT HER SINGLEHOOD EXPERIENCES…

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HEAR HER:

“BEING PATIENT TO WAIT PAYS BIG TIME”

During my single days, some close friends will just ask me “Hey Rita who is the lucky man?”

I will just change the topic to ignore it because I could sense some where asking from a mocking mindset.

So many men were in my DM too, many just wanted to have their way with my fame and m0ney so I was very careful.

Now I am married to the man after my heart who holds me in high esteem, it would surprise you to know many of those people who used to ask me that question never showed up for my wedding.

God’s time is the best for everything ”

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IMO STATE BORN VETERAN NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS RITA DOMINIC GOES DOWN MEMORY LANE AS SHE SPEAKS ABOUT HER SINGLEHOOD EXPERIENCES…

HEAR HER:

“BEING PATIENT TO WAIT PAYS BIG TIME”

During my single days, some close friends will just ask me “Hey Rita who is the lucky man?”

I will just change the topic to ignore it because I could sense some where asking from a mocking mindset.

So many men were in my DM too, many just wanted to have their way with my fame and m0ney so I was very careful.

Now I am married to the man after my heart who holds me in high esteem, it would surprise you to know many of those people who used to ask me that question never showed up for my wedding.

God’s time is the best for everything ”

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Kindly follow Ekwutosblog for verified News and Current Affairs in addition to insightful contents that inform, inspire, educate and entertain you always.

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Social media influencer sentenced to 10-years in prison for trying to pay pal $60K to muřder three people including rival and an online critic

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A Texas social media influencer, who runs an online business has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison following her conviction in a muřder-for-hire plot.

Ashley Grayson, 35, ran a popular internet business from her home in Dallas, touting herself as a bestseller, an eight-figure business coach, course creator, and philanthropist, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee.

In 2022, she contacted a friend in Memphis and asked her to fly to Dallas to discuss a “business opportunity” for the pal and her husband to k!ll three people for $20,000 per hit, Fox 4 News reported.

The three included Grayson’s ex, as well as a bitter rival who ran a similar online business in Mississippi.

She also asked them to k!ll a Texas woman who made negative social media posts about her online, prosecutors said.

“This was a 21st-century crime where online feuds and senseless rivalries bled into the real world,” acting US Attorney Reagan Fondren said.

“The defendant tried to hire someone to murder a woman over things that happened exclusively on the internet.”

The Memphis couple pretended to agree to the deal but instead gave police a video of Grayson saying she would pay them an extra $5,000 to carry out the muřder of the Mississippi woman within the week.

The couple later sent Grayson a video of police lights from an unrelated incident, claiming they tried to carry out the muřder but got caught. They later met with Grayson and were given $10,000 for their “attempt,” prosecutors said.

Grayson was found guilty of muřder-for-hire and given the maximum sentence of 120 months in prison. She will not be eligible for parole because it was a federal case.

Her husband was earlier acquitted of any involvement.

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Angela Okorie Exposes Shocking Confession from a Cyberbully

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Nollywood actress Angela Okorie has revealed a stunning admission made by a former online troll. The actress disclosed that she had previously blocked the individual due to their persistent posting of hurtful and derogatory comments.

In a surprising turn of events, the cyberbully recently resurfaced and begged Angela to lift the block. When questioned about their motives, the individual dropped a bombshell, claiming that some of Angela’s colleagues in the entertainment industry had allegedly instigated the online harassment.

Angela shared this astonishing revelation, shedding light on the darker side of online interactions and the entertainment industry.

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