International basketball's governing body says 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 and voted to allow a two-year testing phase that would let players wear head coverings.
Previous FIBA rules only allowed a player to wear a 5-centimetre 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.
In 2012, football governing body FIFA changed its rules to allow female Muslim players to wear head scarves after a campaign by executive committee member Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein of Jordan.
