You may not be surprised to know that the unofficial World Cup/tourism-boosting PR exercise taking place in Northern Cyprus we told you about has been won by… Northern Cyprus! The pre-tournament favourites narrowly defeated the mighty Zanzibar 5-0 in the semi-final before scraping past Crimea 3-1 to lift the trophy.
Perhaps less predictable and more interesting was the third-place playoff, which was eventually won 9-8 on penalties by Kyrgyzstan after a 2-2 draw with Zanzibar!
[Rob Parker]