Refugee camp to the greatest stage
Alphonso Davies will walk out for Canada against Belgium tonight after a remarkable journey which started in Buduburam, a refugee camp in Ghana.
Davies, 22, was born there after his parents Debeah and Victoria fled civil war in Liberia.
They emigrated to Canada when Alphonso was five and settled in Edmonton, a city more famous for ice hockey than football.
He said: “People say refugees are a problem but we’re all human beings. Refugees don’t choose to be refugees.”
He is now a UN ambassador and adds: “We’re human beings as well. I feel like people have a negative say ‘‘ when people hear the word refugee. “I want to change that to a positive thing.”
Let someone else speak. You’ll learn a lot more if you listen rather than talk all the time
– GRAEME SOUNESS loses his rag (and almost drops an F-bomb) as he clashes with ROY KEANE during Argentina vs Saudi
That, er, banging tune behind the KFC ads bookending ITV’s coverage is Breaking The Law by Judas Priest. The sound of breaking glass in the song was created by milk bottles left on the doorstep of Ringo Starr’s studio the morning the song was recorded.
Compiled by Nigel Wiskar
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