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Basketball body says headwear ban not religious

Basketball body says headwear ban not religious

Basketball's world body insisted its ban on headwear has no "religious connotation" Friday after Qatar's women's team quit the Asian Games because they were not allowed to play in hijab scarves.

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) strongly denied its rule, at the centre of the biggest controversy at the Games in Incheon, was aimed at any particular faith.

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