BULGARIA, July 28, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) –The Norwegian women’s beach handball team faced fines after they played a match in shorts instead of the mandatory bikini bottoms.
This dress code was designed by the International Handball Federation (IHF), which is led by 76-year-old Egyptian Dr. Hassan Moustafa, and enforced by the European Handball Federation (EHF), led by its 65-year-old Austrian president Michael Wiederer.
Moustafa has been president of the IHF since 2000. Last June the Egyptian Olympic committee named him its “Lifetime Honorary President” for the role he played in promoting both handball and the Olympics in that country.
Wiederer has been involved in handball associations since 1974.
The head of the Playing Rules and Referees Commission for IHF, Ramón Gallego, abruptly resigned this year due to “political pressure,” according to his tweet.
While the chair remains empty, the other members of the board include Asian Representative Saleh Ashour from United Arab Emirates, African Representative Aimé Mbengue from Senegal, and European Representative Dragan Nachevski from North Macedonia. Other members are Danish François García, and French Bjarne Munk Jensen, and Swedish Monika Hagen.
According to International Handball Federation regulations, male players are permitted to wear tank tops and shorts no longer than 4
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