Blast from the past: Wasim wobbles SA batsmen in East London
Today in SA sport history: February 15
14 February 2024 - 22:09
1966 — The South African Olympic and National Games Association decide to send delegates to an International Olympic Committee meeting in Rome in April to fight for SA’s inclusion at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. But not everyone was in agreement, with two dissenting votes on the basis that South Africa should not have to apologise for its existence nor “explain our internal policies”. SA had been barred from the Olympics for the first time two years earlier, being prevented from competing at Tokyo 1964 because of its racist apartheid policies...
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