Are from: Al Jazeera World
The African-Italian youth team fought the rules of basketball, all the way to the Italian parliament.
Tam Tam Basketball is an African-Italian youth soccer team made up of second-generation immigrants. This is the story of how they challenged the rules of competitive sports in Italy.
Although all were born in the country, they were banned from competing because they were not considered Italian – as Italy does not recognize citizenship by date of birth.
Their coach, Massimo Antonelli, fights to overturn this rule.
He won the respect of his players and the support of a member of parliament as they struggled for recognition, not just for the Three Lions players but for all the children of the immigrants. populate – with remarkable results.
