INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
Brazil to launch first indigenous-only official football tournament
CBF regulations will govern the indigenous football tournament, although dates for the remaining stages have not yet been finalized. Photo: Jorge Machado/Commons
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has endorsed what will become the country’s first official all-indigenous football tournament. The competition, named the Indigenous Peoples’ Trophy, is scheduled to begin in the second half of the year.
The announcement was made in July during a ceremony held in a well-known tribal community in Alto Paraíso de Goiás, a city in the center-western state of Goiás. The event brought together…
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