Bill to ban headscarves in sport passed by French Senate

In January 2023, Salimata Sylla was about to lead her team onto the basketball court just as she had done many times before.

On that Sunday morning, she and her teammates had completed a three-hour bus journey from the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers to a rival club based in northern France.

They had changed and warmed up, and Sylla, the team captain, was ready to go. But moments before tipoff, she was told she could not play.

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