Hummel, a Danish sportswear company, has pulled sponsorship of the Afghan Football Federation (AFF), which is at the heart of the allegations. "Sexual abuse does exist, not only within the Football Federation but in other sports federations as well. Many of the allegations have come from Khalida Popal, a former captain of the Afghan women's national football team who also served as its programme director. She took her findings to the Afghan Football Federation several years ago. When she was the football team's programme director, she recruited American female coaches and many Afghan women from the diaspora.

Source: BBC December 03, 2018 22:20 UTC