African football players were detained on the Russian border

16-07-2010

The officers of department of Border Service “Dergachi” of Kharkiv Detachment detained four persons of Negroid race. The foreigners illegally crossed Russian border in the area of Ukrainian village Tokarivka. Three of them were citizens of Kot-d’Ivuar and the fourth man was from Ghana. They stated that they seriously went in for football and came to Russia to continue illegally their trip to European Union because they dream of playing in French professional league. At the present moment the detainees are in border subdivision and they are waiting for the court decision.   

Source: http://pvu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=86321&cat_id=48886