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PROUD TIBET SEEK RETURN

MAT GUY REFLECTS ON WATCHING THE TIBETANS PLAY A DOZEN YEARS AGO AND EXPLAINS HOW THEY’RE TRYING TO GET BACK IN ACTION

WORLD SCENE

The Tibet team in 2006

TO THE odd passer-by it would look like the average scene at any lower league or non-league ground 15 minutes after the final whistle.
A crackling tannoy distorting music splutters once, twice, then fades to nothing; mercifully switched off as the last of the hangers on that had witnessed the afternoon’s match drained away into the hot dusty streets beyond.
The sound of boots being knocked together to clear them of any so...

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