Image copyright Tibet Women`s Soccer Image caption Tibet Women`s Soccer team are in "good spirits" despite not being able to visit the USA Tibetan women`s football team has claimed that they have been denied United States visas to take part in a tournament in Texas.
Ms Childers added that she was "ashamed" that her country refused to grant visas to a women`s football team.
Cassie Childers, the executive director of Tibet Women`s Soccer and a US citizen, told the BBC that she had accompanied the group of 16 players for interviews at the embassy on 24 February.
"Image copyright Tibet Women`s Soccer Image caption The team wants to visit a country which welcomes TibetansMost of the women in the team carry Indian Identity Certificates, which are documents issued by the Indian government to Tibetan refugees and function as passports.
Most of the players are Tibetan refugees living in India, and had applied at the US embassy in Delhi.
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