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    Sport and politics have often mixed throughout history, despite rules against it. Adolf Hitler used the 1936 Berlin Olympics to promote Nazi ideology. Countries like the USSR and Nazi Germany directly used sports for political propaganda during the Cold War and WWII eras. Many athletes, like Muhammad Ali and Gerard Pique, have also used their platform and popularity to express political views, such as supporting civil rights or Catalan independence. While some argue sports and politics should remain separate, the intersection of the two spheres has been a reality.

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    Sport and politics have often mixed throughout history, despite rules against it. Adolf Hitler used the 1936 Berlin Olympics to promote Nazi ideology. Countries like the USSR and Nazi Germany directly used sports for political propaganda during the Cold War and WWII eras. Many athletes, like Muhammad Ali and Gerard Pique, have also used their platform and popularity to express political views, such as supporting civil rights or Catalan independence. While some argue sports and politics should remain separate, the intersection of the two spheres has been a reality.

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    Sport and politics have often mixed throughout history, despite rules against it. Adolf Hitler used the 1936 Berlin Olympics to promote Nazi ideology. Countries like the USSR and Nazi Germany directly used sports for political propaganda during the Cold War and WWII eras. Many athletes, like Muhammad Ali and Gerard Pique, have also used their platform and popularity to express political views, such as supporting civil rights or Catalan independence. While some argue sports and politics should remain separate, the intersection of the two spheres has been a reality.

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    THE SPORTIVE, KNIGHTLY BATTLE AWAKENS THE

    BEST HUMANS CHARACTERISTICS. IT DOESNT


    SEPARATE BUT UNITES THE COMBATANTS IN
    UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT. IT ALSO HELPS
    TO CONNECT THE COUNTRIES IN THE SPIRIT OF
    PEACE. THAT IS WHY THE OLYMPIC FLAME
    SHOULD NEVER DIE.
    ADOLF HITLER.

    By Aina Villares-Vila
    Sports and Politics: the two ambits that never
    should have mixed and always have done.

    It is often said that sport and politics are two aspects of our society
    that have nothing in common. Yet the history of the Olympic
    movement has provided several examples of how they influence one
    another, directly or indirectly.
    There are both kind of people, the ones that agree and the ones that
    are against this mix.

    Sport and politics dont To say that politics is not


    mix a part of sports is not
    being realistic. When I run,
    I am more than a runner. I
    am a diplomat, an
    ambassador for my
    country.
    The Olympic Games

    No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial


    propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or
    other areas. Rule 50.3 of the Olympic Charter

    There can be no doubt that sporting contests, and the Olympic Games
    in particular, are a reflection of the real world, a microcosm of
    international relations. Throughout history, they have acted as an
    indicator of international detente.
    Two of the countries that clearly used Sport (and the absence of Sport)
    as Propaganda for their ideologies were: The USSR - current Russia -
    COMMUNISM NAZISM
    After the Russian Revolution in 1917, Hitler uses The Olympics as the
    the Bolsheviks boycotted the Olympics biggest Propaganda event, even
    as they viewed modern sports as elitist though he is not a sports fan.
    and proponents of western capitalism. In 1936, The Olympic Games took
    Early 1920s Creation of the Red Sport place in Berlin, also known as The
    International, that was in charge of Nazis Olympics.
    spreading revolutionary ideals through He sells to the world a fake image of a
    sport (collectivism). new, peaceful and strong Germany,
    while masking the regimes targeting
    of Jews and Gypsies.
    Nelson Mandela
    Athletes who have used their popularity
    to express their ideologies
    The idea that sport is somehow a model or metaphor for social life makes it a
    frequent reference point, either in terms of abstract ideas, ideals, and values or in
    terms of athletes, competitions, and events in the sporting world being believed to
    embody and used to express political and ideological views.

    Muhammad Ali

    Muhammad Ali in a Black Muslim convention (1968) Muhammad Ali in Barack Obamas presentation as
    the president of the United States (2009)

    http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/04/politics/muhammad-ali-political-moments
    Gerard
    Piqu
    - The FC Barcelonas footballer is an example of how politics, ideologies and sports

    mix nowadays.

    - He supports Catalonias rights of vote and, consequently, its independence from

    Spain.

    Gerard Piqu in his twitter, followed by a pic of his


    son Milan and him in the Catalan March for the
    Independence: Happy Catalonias National day to
    everyone!
    - However, he plays for the Spanish National team, being a

    controversial subject around the country.

    - He has also given support to the fact that, if in Real Madrids

    game there can be Spanish flags, in Barcelonas games UEFA

    cannot ban Estalades (Catalan flags for the independence)

    which has happened.

    ESPN: Barcelona face another


    UEFA fine as fans wave pro-
    independence flags
    Conclusion
    Throughout history, Sports have always been used as a way of freedom. This has lead
    to the expression of ideologies that arent related directly to sports.

    Media attention is a key fact to spread these ideologies, so the politicians try to get
    this attention by going to sports events or meeting sportspeople in public. This helps
    them too because people see them as normal people and they feel identified with
    them (same team supporter, same favorite sport)

    Moreover, sportspeople are above all people and being known doesnt mean they
    cannot express themselves in public just because they will create controversy.
    However, it is true they have to know how to express and be responsible for their
    words and acts because their relevance goes beyond their simply opinion.

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