Main content

Tibet's Football Team

How a retired Danish footballer formed the Tibetan national team in 2001.

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 talks to Michael Nybrandt and team captain Sonam Wangyal about their first ever game against Greenland.

PHOTO: The Tibetan team lining up for their match against Greenland (Getty Images)

Available now

9 minutes

Last on

Tue 13 Jun 2017 23:50GMT
BBC World Service except News Internet

More episodes

Previous

Celtic's "Lions of Lisbon" win the European Cup

Next

Maradona's Failed Doping Test

See all episodes from Sporting Witness

Broadcasts

  • Tue 13 Jun 2017 17:50GMT
    BBC World Service Australasia
  • Tue 13 Jun 2017 23:50GMT
    BBC World Service except News Internet

Olympic history

Olympic history

The inside and personal story of the key moments from sporting history

Sporting Witness Films

Sporting Witness Films

Watch sporting heroes tell their stories of astonishing achievement

Podcast

  • Sporting Witness

    Personal stories of amazing moments from sporting history told by people who were there