The Falkland Islands' badminton team cried foul on Wednesday claiming Argentina was trying to prevent it from taking part in a Pan-American tournament in Brazil. The Falklands are a British overseas territory but Argentina, which invaded and briefly occupied the islands in 1982, claims sovereignty over the South Pacific archipelago and calls them Las Islas Malvinas. The Falklands team is due to take part in the tournament in Salvador which starts on Thursday. "Unfortunately Argentina are putting a significant amount of pressure on our Falkland Islands team to either pull out of the tournament or play under the Islas Malvinas name," the Falklands badminton team said on Twitter. "Argentina are putting pressure on Brazil to pull the entire tournament if we do not give in to their demands." The Falklands badminton team vowed it would "not give in to bullies" and pointed out that Argentina was not even participating in the tournament. It also pointed to an article in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) regulations that states participation to a tournament cannot be denied on the grounds of "politics." AFP contacted both BWF and the Pan-American federation for comment but has yet to receive a reply. bc/dj