Multiracial football team set up

Muslim girls have some of the lowest participation rates in organised sport in Australia, but one football club in inner Melbourne is trying to reverse that trend.

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Published 21 April 2010 6:51pm

Updated 23 August 2013 2:09pm

Source: SBS

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Muslim girls have some of the lowest participation rates in organised sport in Australia, but one football club in inner Melbourne is trying to reverse that trend.

The task is not easy, but the Brunswick Zebras using the uniting qualities of the worldgame to build bridges in the local community. SBS' Tim Stoney reports.

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