Bermuda at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Bermuda at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
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In light of the British Government policy of maintaining sporting links with apartheid South Africa (which was subject to a general sporting boycott at the time), Bermuda did not decide until very late whether to join what was a significant boycott of the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1] The team took part in the Opening Ceremony but withdrew from the Games the following day.[2]

References

1. Downes, Aviston D. (2002). "Sport and International Diplomacy: The Case of the Commonwealth Caribbean and the Anti-Apartheid Campaign, 1959–1992". The Sports Historian. 22 (2): 23–45. doi:10.1080/17460260209443382. ISSN 1351-5462. S2CID 145152124.; Seidel, Gill (1988). "'We condemn apartheid, BUT …': a discursive analysis of the European Parliamentary debate on sanctions (July 1986)1". The Sociological Review. 36 (S1): 222–249. doi:10.1111/j.1467-954X.1988.tb03333.x. ISSN 0038-0261. S2CID 145118176.; Booth, Douglas (1995). "Sports Policy in Australia: Right, Just and Rational?". The Australian Quarterly. 67 (1): 1–10: 3. doi:10.2307/20635800. ISSN 0005-0091. JSTOR 20635800.
2. Fraser, Graham (25 April 2014). "Glasgow 2014: The Bermuda boycott of 1986 that still hurts". BBC Scotland. BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2021.