Woman's hijab falls off whilst playing soccer, opponents come to her rescue

Love through sport truly`does make the world go round. The proof is when South Africa lifted the Webb Ellis Cup after winning the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The world and South Africa chanted 'Shosholoza' as one. The spirit of 'Ubuntu' surely still lives on in all of us, if not in the world, too.

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A twenty-two-second video, which has more than 160k retweets and six-million views, derives the essence of how sport unites the world. Whilst trying to defend the ball against her opponents, a player had her hijab knocked off by a stray hand. The opponent quickly ran to aid the Muslim girl and soon her friends gathered as well. 

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A few seconds later, four opponents gathered around her and shielded her from the public so she could fix her hijab. Initially, spectators were not sure of what was happening, but when they realised that they were helping her, the audience response was overwhelming.

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