(TibetanReview.net, Dec16’19) – China pulled a scheduled broadcast of a soccer match being played in the UK because a player had made on online criticism of its widely reported repression of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, reported thehill.com Dec 15, citing Sky News. The game took place at 4 pm, which […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jul02’19) – By adopting indefinite procedural delays, China has effectively sabotaged the participation of a 14-year-old Kiwi boy whose father is Tibetan in the Gothia Cup – the “Youth World Cup” – tournament, which will open on Aug 12 in Chengyang district in Qingdao Province. On its website, the […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jun04, 2018) – Tibet was not only a popular, even if underdog, wildcard entrant at the10-day London tournament being run by Conifa, the Confederation of Independent Football Associations, offering a platform for oppressed regions and unrecognised breakaway states rejected for membership by Fifa, but also a target of expulsion […]

(TibetanReview.net, May20, 2018) – A Tibetan national team made up of exile Tibetans is among 16 shortlisted teams taking part in the CONIFA World Cup tournament in London. The Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) has 47 members from around the world and the 16 best teams qualified for the […]

(TibetanReview.net, Dec24, 2017) – A month after suspending the tour, China has given up hope and decided to abandon a series of friendly matches for its under-20 national soccer team against fourth-tier clubs in Germany, seeing no hope for being able to prevent Tibetan flags from being displayed by spectators […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov29, 2017) – Following its under-20 team’s departure after cancelling a series of friendly matches with fourth division clubs, protesting against displays of Tibetan flags, China has said Nov 27 that it was still open to soccer cooperation with Germany if the latter handled such incidents properly. On Nov […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov28, 2017) – After being postponed “at least until the winter break”, the schedule of China’s under-20 football team to play a series of weekend friendly matches with 15 more fourth-division teams in Germany stands cancelled due to dispute over Tibetan flag displays. A Chinese-language commentary in China’s sole […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov25, 2017) – In what will surely be seen as a small victory for Tibet and human rights issues, China’s under-20 soccer team’s series of friendly games against 16 fourth-tier clubs in Germany has been postponed Nov 24 because of the Tibet protests it was going to face. The […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov23, 2017) – The Chinese under-20 national team’s next friendly match in Germany, against Regionalliga Südwest side FSV Frankfurt on Nov 25, remains doubtful, given the fact that fans have made clear their intention to hang up a Tibetan flag again, according to dw.com/en and other news reports Nov […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov20, 2017) – An under-20 team from China stormed off the field in the first of a series of friendlies against German fourth-division clubs in Mainz on Nov 18 to protest fans’ display of Tibetan flags. The game, being held at the TSV Schott Mainz, was delayed for about […]