In France, sports have become more of an ideological battleground than a neutral space, with issues like the ban on the veil for athletes and restrictions on fasting footballers' breaks. Amid conflicting directives from ministers and an obsession with regulation, the state is now controlling even the smallest details of sporting activities. Neutrality or control? In its drive to regulate everything, the Republic seems to be losing sight of its core values.
The ban on French women athletes who wear headscarves from competing at the Olympic Games breaches international human rights laws, according to a new report by Amnesty International. The NGO denounces what it call «discriminatory rules policing what women wear».
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