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The FIFA Council has approved changes to the football governing body’s regulations to further provide additional protection to the well-being of female players and coaches, it said in a statement on Friday. The changes will come into force on June 1 and will extend the rights and protections to adoptive parents as well as non-biological mothers. The new regulations will also recognize the “physical, psychological and social dimensions in the event of an inability to provide employment services due to severe menstruation, or medical complications relating to pregnancy.” Member associations will…

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