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Football fans in Cyprus had the chance to witness an important sporting occasion last Tuesday. Turkish team Trabzonspor traveled to Cyprus to play Greek Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta. It was the first time [29] a match had taken place between teams from Turkey and the Republic of Cyprus since [30] the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974. Relations, it scorns, between Turkey and the Greek Cypriot islanders are at last beginning to thaw. Tabitha Morgan joined the crowds in the Nicosia stadium to see the game—the first such match in three decades and her first experience of going to see live football.