Philip Barker: Shades of Pakistan in 1971 as Belarus loses a World Championship
Tuesday, 19 January 2021 The decision to strip Belarus of host status for this May’s Men's World Ice Hockey Championship comes almost 50 years to the day after the first Hockey World Cup on grass was postponed because of fears that the competition would take place in "an atmosphere of violence". It was to have taken place in Lahore, but postponement came little more than a fortnight before it was due to begin. It was eventually held in October 1971 and staged 8,400 kilometres away in Barcelona. The World Cup idea had come from India and Pakistan, then the two dominant nations in internatio...
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