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Title
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S Africa expelled from Olympics
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Excerpt
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[Excerpt]: "South Africa were expelled from the Olympic movement on the best day of the International Olympic Committee congress here today. The voting was 35 for withdrawing recognition to 28 against, with three absentions... South Africa are thought to be the first country to suffer expulsio, though records here are not complete. The debate today lasted four hours. The case against South Africa was put by Abram Ordia (Nigeria) and Jean-Claude Ganga (Congo), representing the 39 countries of the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa. The case for South Africa was put by Mr. Frank Braun, president of the South African National Olympic Committee... The president of Sanroc, Mr. Denis Brutus, making a flying visit to Amsterdam in the middle of his struggle against the cricket tour of England, welcome the decision and thought the Cricket Council would be bound to be affected..."
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Bibliographic Citation
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"S Africa expelled from Olympics (1970-05-16)", The Times, 1970-05-16, p. 1.
Accessed 2019-12-17. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS18182832/GDCS?u=linc74325&sid=GDCS&xid=9e6bb3b3.
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News Item Type
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News Report
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Date
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16 May 1970
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Identifier
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apdp.news.000212
