Abstract
[Extract]
While sport and politics don’t mix, sport and diplomacy have been mixing since time immemorial. From First Australians’ use of sport to avoid inter-tribal conflicts to the Truce of the Ancient Olympiad between 776BC to AD393, to the game of ping-pong that thawed the ice between Mao Zedong’s China and Richard Nixon’s America in 1971, sport transcends politics, eases tensions and unites strangers via a mutual love of games and physical pursuits.
While sport and politics don’t mix, sport and diplomacy have been mixing since time immemorial. From First Australians’ use of sport to avoid inter-tribal conflicts to the Truce of the Ancient Olympiad between 776BC to AD393, to the game of ping-pong that thawed the ice between Mao Zedong’s China and Richard Nixon’s America in 1971, sport transcends politics, eases tensions and unites strangers via a mutual love of games and physical pursuits.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | The Australian |
| Publication status | Published - 25 Mar 2022 |