Greek Cypriots ‘reject’ proposal for bicommunal children’s football match

The Greek Cypriot side rejected a proposal for a bicommunal children’s football match to be played, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said.

“Our proposal for a match between two under-14 football teams from northern and southern Cyprus was rejected. The reason given was that the teams from southern Cyprus are members of international federations, and that such a match would cause problems with those federations,” he told television channel Kanal Sim.

However, he expressed doubt regarding the veracity of that position...