Dirty politics: In an Italian town, cricket is being used as a tool against Indians and Bangladeshis

Dirty politics: In an Italian town, cricket is being used as a tool against Indians and Bangladeshis

There seems to be a wave of anti-outsider sentiment sweeping across Europe. In the latest episode that was widely reported in the media a few months ago, a group of legally settled youths from the Indian subcontinent were forbidden from playing cricket in the town of Monfalcone in Northern Italy. According to a BBC report, the ban on cricket has come to symbolise the deep-seated tensions that are flaring up in Monfalcone. The town has an ethnic …

The small-town team defying a far-right ban on cricket in Italy

Society The small-town team defying a far-right ban on cricket in Italy In Monfalcone, a rightwing mayor has banned one of the world’s most popular sports for being ‘un-Italian’ Stefania D'Ignoti – 18 February 2025 Batsman Titu at Isonzo Park in Turriaco, a small town on Italy’s east coast, where his team must travel to train. Photography for Hyphen by Eleonora Nascimben On a freezing Sunday morning in January, the Monfalcone Tigers cricket team…