Island fun and games

Sam Todd gives us his take on the latest chapter of the long-awaited Island Games

IF, LIKE Arsene Wenger, you think four years is too long to wait for an international tournament, then spare a thought for Island Games players and officials.
Football has been played at the biennial multi-sport event since 1989, but the beautiful game’s omission from the Gibraltar 2019 programme due to a lack of suitable pitches and the postponement of the 2021 edition in response to coronavirus made Guernsey 2023 the first official tournament in six years for footballing island nations, territories and dep...

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