Afghanistan women's football team reunite with hopes of competing in Australia | Joey Lynch

For the first time since fleeing their home and finding sanctuary in Australia, the team are taking their battle for equality onto the field Early on a suitably idyllic Melbourne morning, 18 Afghan footballers and one referee took to the field at the Darebin International Sports Centre. The group were training under the banner of their nation's women's team for the first time since being forced to flee their homeland last August. It was an innocuous session, featuring the warm-ups, drills and te...