Marshall Islands plan first international football fixtures

A fundraiser has been set-up to help a nation's "dreams come true" by playing their first ever international football match.

The Marshall Islands are the self-proclaimed "last country on Earth without a football team" but Lloyd Owers, from Banbury in Oxfordshire, is hoping to change that.

He is the technical director of the Marshall Island Soccer Federation which is organising an international tournament to be held in Arkansas in the US, in August.

"It's an honour to be part of it," said Mr Owers, who started the job in 2023, adding it was a first step towards the team joining FIFA and competing in World Cup qualifying matches.

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