The Tibetan football team

from Sporting Witness · host BBC World Service

In 2001, a group of Tibetan exiles and a Danish ex-footballer teamed up to create the Tibetan national football team, in the face of many obstacles, including threats from China. Robert Nicholson talked to Michael Nybrandt and team captain Sonam Wangyal about their first ever game against Greenland. A Whistledown Production, first broadcast in 2017.PHOTO: The Tibetan team lining up for their match against Greenland (Getty Images)

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