The North Korean women’s soccer team marched off the field in protest in Sydney last night over a goal allowed to the Chinese women’s team in a 2026 Women’s Asian Cup match.
Not the best example of good sportmanship, but worth mentioning are ex-player Australian Kate Gill’s observations as reported in The Guardian….
“It got me thinking about the bigger picture of it all and how lucky we are to live in a country where we have autonomy over the decisions we make,” she says. “But for a country that’s so shut off from the world and not exposed to good sporting standards or expectations, they’re probably acting how they’ve been told to.
“When I was looking back at it, the directions always came from the support staff and head coach who coordinated the players to walk off the pitch or retaliate. I would hate to be the player on the North Korea team who thought that kind of thing wasn’t right, and they didn’t want to act in those ways. What would be the repercussions for that?”