An avid Australian Rules Football (AFL) player from west Wicklow has launched a sponsorship appeal to fund the trip of a lifetime to compete with the Irish national team at the ‘Transatlantic Cup’ in Canada this summer.
The teams listed as participating this year are Italy, Druze Victoria, Greece and “Macedonia” and it is this last team that has caused discontent within the Greek community. This is especially so since each team uses its national flag in the promotional material and in the case of the team purporting to be “Macedonian,” (sic) the flag with the Star of Vergina, a symbol which by international law and treaty belongs to Greece, is being used
27 February 2021 9:14pm
Controversy has broken out regarding the Australian Football International (AFI)’s Harmony Cup, which took place in Melbourne on 28 February 2021.
According to organiser Brian Clarke, the Harmony Cup event aims to “celebrate Melbourne’s multicultural diversity and harmony, and use the power of sport to break down cultural and ethnic barriers. We may come from many different backgrounds but we are all Australians.”