Other sporting boycotts
Daily Mail Staff14 April 2012
As England prepare to pull out of their winter tour to Zimbabwe on moral grounds, we look at other historical sporting boycotts.
1956: Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon boycott Melbourne Olympics in protest over Suez Crisis; Switzerland and Holland withdraw over Soviet invasion of Hungary.
1968: United Nations call for a boycott of South African sports bodies that practise apartheid.
1976: African nations boycott Montreal Olympics after IOC refuse to ban New Zealand for rugby tour of South Africa.
1980: U.S., West Germany and Japan boycott Moscow Olympics over Russian invasion of Afghanistan.
1984: Soviet Bloc stay away from Los Angeles Olympics.
1986: Lions cancel tour of South Africa.
