Kurdish soccer team sparks Swedish FA ire over battle for Kobani, sparks debate on what is politics?
By James M. Dorsey
When Ramazan Kizil established Dalkurd FF, one of Europe’s most successful immigrant soccer teams, in a remote town in northern Sweden, he dreamt of one day raising the Swedish and the Kurdish flag alongside one another in a European championship. These days, Mr. Kizil’s goals are more immediate: aiding embattled Kurdish fighters fendi…
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