Club football returned over Easter, as well as new seasons getting underway in Scandinavia including a dream 'second debut' for crowdfunded Östersunds signing Curtis Edwards. Elsewhere, Marcus Rashford reminds Barcelona he's here to help in their title push with an outstanding goal at Atletico Madrid, Folarin Balogun scores a peach for Monaco as he heads to the World Cup in the form of his life, and Brendan Rodgers finally loses a game in charge of Al-Qadsiah (and how!). Plus plenty more on the British born/raised players and coaches fdoing their thing abroad...

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A huge international break saw the final World Cup places decided, with some of our Diaspora Duty contingent confirming their summer plans. Burnley defender Axel Tuanzebe scored his first DR Congo goal to see off a Jamaica side that handed a debut to a London-born Spurs youngster in their crucial play-off. Meanwhile, in Europe, Graham Potter led Sweden to a remarkable qualification after failing to win any games in their group stage (respect the Nations League, folks).

Elsewhere, Somalia made the group stage of AFCON Qualifying for the first time in their history, thanks in part to three British born or raised starters (including Baller League headline-maker Sak Hassan), South Londoner Martial Godo gets a goal and assist on his first Ivory Coast senior cap, while a debut Austria goal for Carney Chukwuemeka sends a dagger to Ghanaian hearts to perhaps appease any Nigerian fans he chose not to play for...

Plus, a special interview with 19-year-old Llanelli defender James Lester, who was a surprise call-up for Trinidad & Tobago in this international break. We hear about his family connection to the Soca Warriors and his experience jetting from the Cymru Premier to Bolivia!

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This week, we reflect on some of the Brits abroad in club football over the weekend, before looking ahead to the international break and those on Diaspora Duty.

Trent Alexander-Arnold still contributed to the the Madrid derby after being dropped for punctuality, Scott McTominay is labelled Napoli's Jesus Christ after returning from injury with a winning goal, while Harry Kane is up to 133 goals for Bayern munich inside three years.

In international football, there are first call-ups for Brits switching nationality to countries across Africa, including a Sheffield United teenager stepping up for Eritrea's first competitive game in seven years, while Dublin-born, London-raised Sunderland left back Dennis Cirkin answers the call from Latvia. We look ahead to some massive World Cup play-offs and the diaspora involved, plus we discuss Wolves teenager Mateus Mané switching between Portugal and England at will...

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