Blast from the past: Whirlwind Wasim slices through Proteas’ batting line-up

Today in SA sports history: February 15

14 February 2023 - 20:28

1966 — The South African Olympic and National Games Association decides to send delegates to an International Olympic Committee meeting in Rome in April to fight for South Africa's inclusion in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. But not everyone agreed, with two dissenting votes on the basis that South Africa should not have to apologise for its existence or “explain our internal policies”. The country was barred from the Olympics for the first time two years earlier, being prevented from competing at Tokyo 1964 because of its racist apartheid policies. ..