Sports and Politics Trivia

The Olympic games were cancelled in 1916 because of...

Mohammad Ali refused to fight in this war because he though it was immoral

Shortly after Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa, his country won a world cup in this sport

Diego Maradona's famous "hand of god" goal was scored against this country, a few years after the Falklands War.

In 2008, these two countries had to play a soccer match in neutral territory because of their political differences.

For the first time ever, ten athletes represented the "Refugee Olympic Team" at this summer Olympics

The "Miracle on Ice" was a famous hockey game with political undertones between these two countries

Several Israeli Olympic athletes were killed in a terrorist attack which took place at this Summer Olympics in 1972

In 1947, this man broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, becoming the first African American in the league