Ethkick football tournament brings together different cultural communitiesWARWICK SMITH/STUFF Burmese Muslim goalkeeper Yaseen Myint watches as a strike from Latinos' Juego Feo evades his boot and heads to the back of the net. Football was the common bond between 30 different ethnic groups at Palmerston North's Ethkick tournament. Thirty-eight teams took part in the ninth edition of the annual football tournament at the Central Energy Trust Arena on Saturday. Burmese team Karen Love Karen, named after a popular Burmese band, won the cup for the third year running. Tournament organiser Jason Flynn said Ethkick celebrated Palmerston North's cultural diversity.

Source: Stuff February 25, 2018 02:48 UTC