While the World Cup unfolds miles away, football fever has spread to Rohingya camps in Bangladesh. Fans gather in V-C-R halls or video parlours to support their favourite teams. Let's look at how these people who escaped violence, are escaping their current plight through football.

Shanty VCR halls or video parlours in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are minting money these days. For about 25 cents a match, fans can watch their favourite football players scoring goals or chasing the ball. Tickets get sold like hot cakes just before a match begins and now its time for fun. Its Brazil versus Costa Rica and many Brazil fans are here. Cramped in a dingy room they don't want to miss a second of their favorite team's game.

SARWAR KAMAL ROHINGYA REFUGEE IN KUTUPALONG "I support the Brazilian team as they play well. I am a fan of Brazilian players. They play well, and it's a speedy game. That's why I like their team and the joy to watch their game."

MOHAMMED YUNUS ROHINGYA REFUGEE IN KUTUPALONG "We all love to watch the game and also play. It makes us happy. Football is world's most popular".

Its football season and it is natural that the game moves out of the TV screens to the field. Mohammed Tayyab is one of the star players of the refugee Camp G. A Brazil team fan, Tayyab leads his team against Camp C. There are about seven Rohingya refugee teams that play each other regularly and they are self-coached.

MOHAMMED TAYYAB ROHINGYA REFUGEE IN KUTUPALONG "We are able to learn by watching the games. We are not professionals. We don't even have a coach. We learn the techniques by watching the teams play. We learn how to pass the ball. We make an effort to learn and that's why we follow world cup matches."

Till the world cup lasts, football will be an outlet for joy in the otherwise miserable existence of the refugees. Fans or players all wish that one-day they shall have their own identity and a Rohingya team participating in the football world cup. Ravinder Bawa, Kutupalong Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.