CBC Sports' Shireen Ahmed awarded 2nd place in international sports column writing

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CBC Sports's Senior Contributor Shireen Ahmed's file astir France's prohibition connected women wearing hijabs portion playing sports won 2nd spot for file penning Tuesday astatine the AIPS Sports Media Awards successful Morocco.

Story focused connected French prohibition connected women athletes wearing hijabs

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· Posted: May 13, 2025 4:59 PM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

A pistillate   accepts an award.

Shireen Ahmed accepts her grant astatine the International Sports Press Association gala connected Tuesday successful Rabat, Morocco. Presenting the grant was Nawal El Moutawakel, whose triumph successful the 400-metre hurdles astatine the 1984 L.A. Olympics made her the archetypal Arab-African pistillate to triumph an Olympic golden medal. (YouTube)

CBC Sports's Senior Contributor Shireen Ahmed's file astir France's prohibition connected women wearing hijabs portion playing sports won 2nd spot for file penning Tuesday astatine the AIPS Sports Media Awards successful Morocco.

"How tin France assertion to champion women erstwhile it is stripping them distant from athletics successful a determination that is blatantly opposed to the IOC's own quality rights framework?" Ahmed wrote successful her piece, French hijab prohibition successful sports called a 'shameful moment' arsenic it prepares to big Olympics.  It was published July 18, 2024, conscionable days earlier the Paris Olympics opened.

Ahmed's file was 1 of more than 2,000 submissions from journalists successful 136 countries successful a assortment of categories the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) recognized astatine their yearly gala.

Tianhao Shen, of China's Titan Sports, won apical spot for his file A United Euro 2024, an Ununited Europe. 

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