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Absconded for Headlines, A Shattered Dream!

March 5, 2016March 5, 2016TesfaNews75 Comments

By Helen B., As we remembered all in 2015, ten of the Eritrean national soccer team deserted after [deliberately] losing the game to team Botswana. Their desertion made short lived headlines indented to undermine the government and the people of Eritrea. Hence the government and Interior Minister of Botswana valiantly denied them political asylum, convinced […]

The Defection of Members of the Eritrean National Soccer Players in Botswana

October 14, 2015October 14, 2015TesfaNews69 Comments

By Mike Seium | Eri-international sports, Before we get upset or before we try to analyze and re-analyze why some players on the Eritrean national team that traveled to Botswana decided to remain and ask for political asylum, let us take a deep breath and not get caught up with the enemy tactics to defame […]