More than 100 parliamentarians have written to Gianni Infantino, urging the Fifa president to do more to support exiled Afghan female footballers and ensure Afghan women are able to compete on the international stage.
The letter backs a call made by the Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai and Afghanistan women’s national team founder Khalida Popal in the Guardian in January. Yousafzai and Popal have co-written the letter with Julie Elliott, the MP for Sunderland Central, and it has been signed by 76 members of the UK parliament and parliamentarians from Australia, Portugal and Italy. It calls on the governing body to do more to push back against restrictions placed on Afghan women’s participation in sport.
