Madrid: During a football match in Spain, the referee asked a 15-year-old Sikh boy to remove his turban, saying the rules prohibited wearing a headgear. SikhExpo’s Instagram page quoted La Vanguardia newspaper as saying that in all previous matches, the referee had allowed Gurpreet Singh of Araratiya C team to wear the patka.
“He has been playing normally for at least five years,” Aratia president Pedro Ormzabal told the newspaper. Even in his first year as a cadet and so far this season. We have never had any problem. “The whole situation was humiliating for Gurpreet. Fellow players tried to convince the referee that it had to do with his religion. But after the referee insisted on the rules, Gurpreet’s teammates decided to leave the ground in solidarity.
Ormjabal was told on the Instagram page that Gurupreet got support from the rival team as well. Gurpreet is all set to return to the competition with the hope that what happened will not happen again.
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An Instagram user Jaskirat Kaur said, ‘I hope the referees are ready to learn more about this and are not as stubborn as they reacted that day. But I am happy to see the unity of the team! Much respect. According to a FIFA rule, male football players can wear turbans during matches.Who is Mahesh Pithiya: Chaiwala ‘Ashwin’ is teaching spin to Australian players, so poor that there was no TV in the houseFact Check: People breaking their heads over Umran Malik and Mohammed Siraj’s ‘Tilak Bawal’ saw the half truth!IND vs AUS: Rohit Sharma will sabotage the kangaroos like the British… big statement of the former Indian coach