Russia’s invasion has forced sport to pick a side, says Tim HarperThe dangerous and damaging myth of “political neutrality” in sport, long peddled by the likes of the International Olympic Committee and Fifa, has completely disintegrated in response to Russia’s barbarous, unprovoked and unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine.For too long, those in positions of power at the highest echelons of the global sporting ecosystem have cosied up to authoritarian regimes and brutal dictators, turned their heads away from the plight of fellow human beings as their rights have been withheld or curtailed, and allowed commercial interest to trump common interest. But this time sport has been forced to pick a side, and really mean it. Continue reading…
Russia’s invasion has forced sport to pick a side, says Tim Harper
The dangerous and damaging myth of “political neutrality” in sport, long peddled by the likes of the International Olympic Committee and Fifa, has completely disintegrated in response to Russia’s barbarous, unprovoked and unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine.
For too long, those in positions of power at the highest echelons of the global sporting ecosystem have cosied up to authoritarian regimes and brutal dictators, turned their heads away from the plight of fellow human beings as their rights have been withheld or curtailed, and allowed commercial interest to trump common interest. But this time sport has been forced to pick a side, and really mean it.