Belfast hosts Anti-Racism World Cup

FOOTBALL players from Havana to the West Bank will kit out on Irish soil today, as they give racism the red card.

Sat, 04 Aug, 2007 - 01:00
Juno McEnroe

The Anti-Racism World Cup kicks off in Belfast with 16 teams battling it out for top prize.Players from different racial and national backgrounds will compete over two days as part of the Feile an Phobail, west Belfast.

Players hail from Cuba, the Congo, the Basque country, Palestine, Italy, England, Catalonia, Kurdistan and Germany.

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