Khalida Popal, player turned team director of the Afghan women's team, says she's worried that some of the men accused of sexually abusing players in Afghanistan will go unpunished. The allegations were denied by the Afghan FA last year.
Refugees finding their feet in a new country face all kinds of challenges. So how to unwind, let off steam and make new friends? In Berlin, women from Albania, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia and Iran have found an answer in coming together on the football pitch, as DW's Holly Young found out.
Solitude, too much time to kill and a need for money: All these factors make sports bets or gambling tempting for asylum seekers. We investigated the phenomenon in Germany, an Eldorado for slot machines and sports betting shops.
Four organizations in Italy - Liberi Nantes, UISP, UNHCR and ASGI - presented a proposal to the National Amateur League football association in Italy aimed at promoting integration through football and removing the bureaucratic barriers that prevent refugees from playing in the amateur championship.
Refugees finding their feet in a new country face all kinds of challenges. So how to unwind, let off steam and make new friends? In Berlin, women from Albania, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia and Iran have found in an answer in coming together on the soccer field.
When a community football team needs recruits and a group of refugees needs a new home, they turn out to be a perfect fit. But first, there is ignorance and fear and prejudice to be overcome. That’s the basis of an Australian film featured in this year’s Global Migration Film Festival. The theme of building understanding through sports works well on screen, but in a climate of growing Islamophobia, how well does it work in reality?
He played top league football in Mali and Libya. He escaped from two wars and made it across the sea from Libya to Lampedusa in 2012. Then, in a Sicilian welcome center, "Cara di Mineo," Abdoulaye Keita's life changed forever.
The "Football for People" week across Europe will look at how the sport can help solve problems linked to mass migration in this period.
The Greek island of Lesbos has seen its economy plummet since the refugee crisis began, but residents are working to rejuvenate it — with a little help from the new arrivals, reports Jessica Bateman.
The multi-ethnic soccer team AfroNapoli is debuting this year in the Italian top amateur league. Its strength lies in diversity, the team's president says.
European football’s governing body, UEFA, has announced another 50,000 euros to support the German Football Association's program for refugees. Meanwhile the German government is set to continue to spend millions of euros on a long-running project aimed at promoting integration through sport.
The town of Agadez is often the last stop in Niger for migrants hoping to travel to Libya, and then to Europe. A local football coach is using his town's strategic location to recruit the best football players from the migrants who are traveling through.