Players refuse to return domestic after playing match in BotswanaTen players from the Eritrean football team are seeking asylum in Botswana,the latest in a series of defections by athletes from a country under investigation by the United Nations for human-rights violations. The Eritrean national team was in Botswana to play a World Cup qualifying match. The players refused to board their plane domestic on Wednesday and were detained by police, Dick Bayford, or who has been hired by the Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights (EMDHR) to represent the players,told Reuters. Related: Eritrea faces day of reckoning as UN weighs choice between sanctions or aid Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com