Layla Banaras is redefining what representation looks like in football
The Lewes midfielder on playing for Pakistan, observing Ramadan as an elite athlete, and being a Brown Girl Sport ambassador
Twenty-year-old Layla Banaras is one of the few South Asian women playing professional football in the UK, and she is part of the generation reshaping the landscape of the sport.
After being scouted by Birmingham City at a young age, she spent 11 years in the academy system, joined Wolverhampton Wanderer…
