A Manx football team needs just a few more points to get into an unofficial world cup event next year.
The Ellan Vannin team is competing in the Niamh Challenge Cup in London this weekend.
They will be up against the Somalian town of Barawa tomorrow evening and the Chagos Islands on Sunday.
Malcolm Blackburn of the Manx Independent Football Association says if the team does well, they could get into the Confederate of Independent Football Associations World Cup:
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