Category: Sports as Statecraft
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How The UFC is Colonial
As the UFC’s influence in Africa and the Global South continues to expand, the intricate ties between colonialism, combat sports, and mixed martial arts have come to the forefront.
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She Complained About a Relay. They Sent Her Home.
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya criticised her coaches over a relay entry, not the president. Belarus tried to remove her from Tokyo, and the IOC intervened.
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The Belarusian Athletes Who Stopped Saying Everything’s Fine
Belarus athletes protest: hundreds signed against Lukashenko in 2020, and the IOC found their own Olympic committee had failed to protect them.
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The Number That Kept Nicaraguan Football Playing
Nicaragua football coronavirus: the league played on because officials cited four cases. Doctors and monitors were counting a different country.
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Belarus Played On Because Stopping Meant Weakness
Belarus football coronavirus: the Vysshaya Liga became the last league on earth because Lukashenko decided that stopping it would look like losing control. By the second week of April 2020, the Vysshaya Liga was one of two professional football leagues still playing anywhere on the planet. The Champions League was suspended. The Euros were postponed.…
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