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3 weeks ago | 
amsterdamnews.com | Samuel Petrequin |Alex Turnbull
PARIS (AP) — Salimata Sylla was about to lead her team onto the basketball court, as she had done many times before. On that Sunday morning, she and her teammates had completed a three-hour bus trip from the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers to a rival club 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. The reason? Her headscarf.
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4 weeks ago | 
grandhaventribune.com | Samuel Petrequin |Alex Turnbull
PARIS — Salimata Sylla was about to lead her team onto the basketball court, as she had done many times before. On that Sunday morning, she and her teammates had completed a three-hour bus trip from the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers to a rival club in northern France. They had changed and warmed up, and Sylla, the team captain, was ready to go. kAmqFE >@>6?ED 367@C6 E:A@77[ D96 H2D E@=5 D96 4@F=5 ?@E A=2J] %96 C62D@?n w6C 9625D42C7]k^AmkAm|@C6 E92?
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1 month ago | 
chronicle-tribune.com | Samuel Petrequin |Alex Turnbull
PARIS (AP) — Salimata Sylla was about to lead her team onto the basketball court, as she had done many times before. On that Sunday morning, she and her teammates had completed a three-hour bus trip from the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers to a rival club in northern France. They had changed and warmed up, and Sylla, the team captain, was ready to go. kAmqFE >@>6?ED 367@C6 E:A@77[ D96 H2D E@=5 D96 4@F=5 ?@E A=2J] %96 C62D@?n w6C 9625D42C7]k^AmkAm|@C6 E92?
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1 month ago | 
argus-press.com | Samuel Petrequin |Alex Turnbull
PARIS (AP) — Salimata Sylla was about to lead her team onto the basketball court, as she had done many times before. On that Sunday morning, she and her teammates had completed a three-hour bus trip from the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers to a rival club in northern France. They had changed and warmed up, and Sylla, the team captain, was ready to go. Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
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1 month ago | 
argus-press.com | Samuel Petrequin |Alex Turnbull
PARIS (AP) — Salimata Sylla was about to lead her team onto the basketball court, as she had done many times before. On that Sunday morning, she and her teammates had completed a three-hour bus trip from the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers to a rival club in northern France. They had changed and warmed up, and Sylla, the team captain, was ready to go. Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
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1 month ago | 
apnews.com | Samuel Petrequin |Alex Turnbull
PARÍS (AP) — Salimata Sylla y su equipo estaban por entrar a la cancha de baloncesto, tal como lo habían hecho muchas veces antes. La mañana de ese domingo, ella y sus compañeras habían realizado un viaje de tres horas en autobús desde Aubervilliers, un suburbio parisino, hasta la cancha de un club rival en el norte de Francia. Ya uniformada y después de calentar, Sylla —la capitana del equipo— estaba lista para jugar.
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1 month ago | 
oskaloosa.com | Samuel Petrequin |Alex Turnbull
PARIS (AP) — Salimata Sylla was about to lead her team onto the basketball court, as she had done many times before. On that Sunday morning, she and her teammates had completed a three-hour bus trip from the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers to a rival club in northern France. They had changed and warmed up, and Sylla, the team captain, was ready to go. kAmqFE >@>6?ED 367@C6 E:A@77[ D96 H2D E@=5 D96 4@F=5 ?@E A=2J] %96 C62D@?n w6C 9625D42C7]k^Am kAm|@C6 E92?
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | Samuel Petrequin |Alex Turnbull
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1 month ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Samuel Petrequin |Alex Turnbull
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and ALEX TURNBULL - Associated Press PARIS (AP) - Salimata Sylla was about to lead her team onto the basketball court, as she had done many times before. On that Sunday morning, she and her teammates had completed a three-hour bus trip from the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers to a rival club in northern France. They had changed and warmed up, and Sylla, the team captain, was ready to go. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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1 month ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Samuel Petrequin |Alex Turnbull
Thousands of young Muslim women in France are sidelined from competitive sport because of rules in several disciplines including basketball that ban uniforms and other clothing carrying a religious or political significanceBySAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press and ALEX TURNBULL Associated PressFormer player Salimata Sylla poses before a women's basketball tournament where players can wear a headscarf, in Aubervilliers near Paris, Sunday, April 27, 2025.
