The International Basketball Federation, FIBA has said that players will be allowed to wear religious head coverings, such as hijabs or turbans, on a trial basis. FIBA's central board met over the weekend at the Men's World Cup in Spain and voted to allow a two-year testing phase that would let players wear head coverings. It may be recalled that two Sikh players of the Indian team were asked to remove their turbans before the start of their Fiba Asia Cup campaign in China in July. The match officials had told the players that they were breaking the FIBA rules and were not allowed to play with turbans.The previous FIBA rules only allowed a player to wear a 5-centimeter headband to control hair and sweat. That drew objections that the group was discriminating against Muslim and Sikh players, who wear head coverings for religious reasons.