Sport links with South Africa and Olympics boycott

Title

Sport links with South Africa and Olympics boycott

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

13 May 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:03:34

Description

Report on the decision of the UK Sports Council to urge the Government to reforge sporting links with South Africa following reduction in racial discrimination in sport in the country, and to finance British athletes despite a boycott of the 1980 Olympic games in Moscow. Includes interviews with Dick Jeeps, Chairman of Sports Council; Emlyn Jones, Sports Council Director-General. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Dick Jeeps; Emlyn Jones

Keywords

Sport; Sports competitions; Reports; South Africa; UK; Apartheid; USSR; International relations; Racial discrimination; Sports Council; Finance; Olympic games; Athletes; Racial segregation; Moscow

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