Most players who sought protection in Australia return to team as diaspora groups warn of possible intimidation, writes Eileen NG and Rod McGuirk
Pride and anticipation in the Arctic Circle
by Layth Yousif in Bodo, Norway
THE air was cold but the anticipation sizzled.
People clad in bright yellow queued around the block, long but patient lines snaking around the compact ground.
They had come to see their unfashionable, unfavoured but much-loved minnows, host the mighty Arsenal from London.



