More Bollywood dancing and commentary-in-your-langauge, at AFL Multicultural Round 2016

This coming weekend marks the AFL Multicultural Round for this year, with special attractions for Australia's diverse and multicultural communities during all the matches to be played between July 7-10

Jason Mifsud with SBS Punjabi's Manpreet K Singh at AFLMulticultural Round Festival 2015

Jason Mifsud with SBS Punjabi's Manpreet K Singh at AFLMulticultural Round Festival 2015 Source: SBS Radio

All nine matches across Round 16 of the Toyota AFL Multicultural Round will be broadcast in one of seven languages available the AFL website and AFL Live App. For the third consecutive year, SBS Punjabi's Manpreet K Singh will again be the in-language commentator in Hindi. She will be joined in the commentary box by Harbir Kang.

The 2016 Toyota AFL Multicultural Round highlights the contribution different communities have made to Australian Football, while highlighting the extraordinary power the game has in uniting all people of all backgrounds.
AFL multicultural round 2016
Source: AFL
On Saturday July 9 from 11am – 7pm the AFL, GWS GIANTS and Australia Post are bringing the AFL Multicultural Festival to Sydney. Celebrating the many cultures who share a passion for footy, this FREE event offers rides, food stalls, AFL clinics, henna and face painters, multicultural workshops, Arabic drummers, Bollywood dancing PLUS Justice Crew performing LIVE!

Happening in Cathy Freeman Park, Sydney Olympic Park (opposite the main entry to Spotless Stadium), the festival will run two hour before and after the GWS GIANTS v Collingwood match.
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All AFL in- language commentators posing before Multicultural Round 2015 Source: AFL
Here is a schedule for all the matches that will be called in a language other than English, during this year's AFL Multicultural Round.

Thursday July 7

Port Adelaide v Hawthorn, Adelaide Oval at 7.20pm – Mandarin

 Friday July 8

Geelong Cats v Sydney Swans, Simonds Stadium at 7.50pm – Greek

 Saturday July 9

GWS GIANTS v Collingwood, Spotless Stadium at 1.40pm – Hindi

Gold Coast SUNS v Brisbane Lions, Metrion Stadium at 4.35pm – Arabic

Western Bulldogs v Richmond, Etihad Stadium at 7.25pm – Vietnamese

Melbourne v Fremantle, TIO Stadium at 7.10pm, Spanish

 Sunday July 10

Carlton v Adelaide Crows, MCG at 1.10pm – Italian

West Coast Eagles v North Melbourne, Domain Stadium at 1.20pm – Mandarin

Essendon v St Kilda, Etihad Stadium at 4.40pm – Hindi

Manpreet K Singh and Harbir Kang providing the Hindi commentary in AFL Multicultural Round 2016
Manpreet K Singh and Harbir Kang providing the Hindi commentary in AFL Multicultural Round 2016 Source: AFL
Photos from last year's AFL Multicultural Round Festival at the MCG:


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