Reporter lashed over 'bizarre' question to World Cup skipper

A newsman astatine the FIFA Women's World Cup has travel nether occurrence implicit a provocative question asked of Morocco's skipper and manager during a property conference.

Moroccan skipper Ghizlane Chebbak fronted the media up of her nation's first-ever Women's World Cup match, Monday's clash against Germany, and was stunned by a question from 1 of the BBC reporters connected hand.

"We cognize that cheery matrimony is amerciable (in Morocco). Are determination immoderate cheery players successful the team, and what is it similar for them?" the newsman asked.

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The question was rapidly unopen down by a FIFA moderator, who promptly told reporters to steer wide of thing political.

Homosexuality remains amerciable successful Morocco and tin onshore individuals successful situation for up to 5 years.

Morocco skipper Ghizlane Chebbak was little than impressed astatine a World Cup question asked (REUTERS)

The BBC newsman was roundly criticised for the question, which different experts believed enactment the Moroccan players successful danger.

"From a harm-reduction perspective, this is not an due question for a subordinate and would person endangered the players themselves," The Athletic's Steph Yang, who was astatine the property conference, wrote connected Twitter.

"We are evidently going to speech astir the intersection of authorities and sports astatine this World Cup, and it's captious to bash so. But we should instrumentality attraction that our questions don't origin further harm to those impacted by those precise politics."

CBC Sports' Shireen Ahmed was besides astatine the property league and did not instrumentality kindly, saying the reporter's question "reeks of privilege".

Sakina Ouzraoui, Hanane Ait El Haj and Ghizlane Chebbak cheque retired AAMI Park up of the Germany clash (FIFA via Getty Images)

"The newsman was wholly retired of line," she wrote connected Twitter.

"Harm-reduction matters and posing the question to the skipper oregon manager was unnecessary. The question was waved disconnected by a FIFA media serviceman moderating but it shouldn't person been asked.

"Asking a subordinate astir her teammates and whether they are cheery and however it affects them erstwhile you cognize it is not permissible is bizarre and retired of line. The skipper cannot retired players nor remark connected argumentation (because) it could beryllium unsafe for them, too.

"This isn't an contented of journalistic freedom. You tin inquire astir societal laws successful antithetic places without endangering people. Journalists person an work to beryllium fair, close and signifier with care. If reporting harms someone, it is not lone unethical but dangerous."

Nouhaila Benzina is acceptable to make past erstwhile she takes the tract against Germany connected Monday nighttime (FIFA via Getty Images)

Questions were besides asked astir Chebbak's teammate Nouhaila Benzina, who is acceptable to beryllium the archetypal subordinate to deterioration the Islamic headscarf astatine a Women's World Cup.

"We are honoured to beryllium the archetypal Arab state to instrumentality portion successful the Women's World Cup," Chebbak said.

"We consciousness that we person to enarthrosis a large work to springiness a bully image, to amusement the achievements the Moroccan squad has made."

Had Morocco qualified for the Women's World Cup a decennary ago, a subordinate who wanted to deterioration the hijab during a crippled mightiness person been forced to take betwixt that and representing her country.

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