In the 20 th century, sports took on an increasingly global flavour; apart from the international championships for individual sports, like football’s World Cup, big world meets, for example the Pan-American games and the Commonwealth games, were inaugurated. Sports have correspondingly become more politicized, as shown in the boycott of the 1980 Moscow games by Western states and the retaliatory boycott of the 1984 LA games by Soviet-bloc nations, an exchange brought on by Soviet actions in Afghanistan. Politics without delay related with industrial issues, influence the plan of action one country might select against another and affect sports as they seem to be an imperative part of a state’s role in the worldwide scene. Continue reading →