Why should wearing a hijab make her any different to any other 15 year old girl..........

'Hijab' is actually the concept of modesty, as applied to both women and men in Islam.
'Hijab' is most commonly used though to refer to the headscarf plus modest dress (i.e. shoulders and knees covered) of many Muslim women.
JessM there are factions within Islam that interpret 'Hijab' as the complete covering of women, so it can be confusing.
The extreme cover-up is the Burkha, as seen in parts of Afghanistan. In the Middle East many women wear an Abaya (cloak/long coat) - either with or without a head covering. In other parts of the Islamic world the garments have alternative names. It's certainly not easy to work out what is what, and there are a huge variety of interpretations within Islam itself - mostly cultural rather than religious.

I think it was news because of the novelty value - along the lines of a vicar who plays in a rock band, or a surgeon who plays the banjo, and so on.

It's a nice little story - makes a change from the usual view of women in headscarves.

There are loads of female football supporters!

I think it's inverted racism.

JessM No, a hijab is just a scarf or scarves covering the head. Why should this (Moslem female football fan) be an issue?

Not many female football supporters. And she is very pretty. But isnt a hijab a rather larger garment than just a headscarf or have I got that wrong?

They are playing SWANSEA (my home town) - we are definitely living in a parallel universe - suspected as much when a black president elected in the US. Now Swansea is in the cup final!