Tahira, who wears hijab as a devoted Muslim, has been recruited as assistant coach of the Cottenham United Colts FC under-16 woman teamBangladeshi woman Tahira Islam proved the power of football as breaking all the barriers and taboo as she joined an English team as coach. Tahira, who wears hijab as a devoted Muslim, has been recruited as assistant coach of the Cottenham United Colts FC under-16 woman team. As a Muslim woman of South Asian descent, I am one of a very few to have taken up football coaching. 'Football brings people together, and in an increasingly fractured world, it might help us find unity where there is division,” she added. As a club, Cottenham United Colts FC currently have no other female coaches.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 05, 2021 20:03 UTC