FIFA Vice President Prince Ali Al Hussein will propose that football's governing body agrees on “general principles” for the use of Islamic headscarfs in the game at the meeting of the Executive Committee in December. FIFA banned the scarf covering a women's neck in 2007 claiming safety concerns. The proposals will ensure “the safe use of hijab in the game,” satisfy “cultural customs” of female teams from Muslim countries and meet FIFA rules of inclusion, a statement from the Asian Football Confederation said Tuesday. Leaders and sports officials in Muslim countries have criticized the ban, saying it discourages women from football. FIFA opens more bribery cases World soccer's governing body FIFA opened cases against another 10 officials from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Wednesday related to the now infamous meeting held in Port of Spain, Trinidad in May. In a statement, FIFA said it was investigating the 10 regarding possible violations of the FIFA Code of Ethics following the meeting which led to the downfall of former CONCACAF chief Jack Warner and his Asian Football Confederation counterpart Mohamed Bin Hammam. They both left their positions and FIFA's executive committee following bribery allegations stemming from the May meeting. They were accused of attempting to bribe CFU officials to vote for Bin Hammam in June's presidential election against Sepp Blatter. Warner subsequently resigned from FIFA and Bin Hammam was found guilty and banned from soccer for life. The officials are named as Raymond Guishard and Damien Hughes (both Anguilla), Everton Gonsalves and Derrick Gordon (both Antigua and Barbuda), Lionel Haven (Bahamas), Patrick John and Philippe White (both Dominica), Vincent Cassell and Tandica Hughes (both Montserrat), and Oliver Camps (Trinidad and Tobago).
