Brooms up as Quidditch players rally

27 July 2015 - 08:56
By ©The Daily Telegraph

In Sarteano, a town in the Tuscan countryside, a group of pensioners stare bemused at a sign that reads: "Hogwarts Express: platform 9¾". It's the first Quidditch European Games and 200 players from 12 national squads descended on the town at the weekend.Each team is in one of two groups, A or B, and plays five games before the knockout stages.

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