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Sports always have worked in bringing nations together. The democracies, authoritarian states, monarchies or the communist states have all had a keen interest in sports and the laurels and glory sports persons bring along. The sports bodies and councils in non-democratic nations, in fact out as bodies, that gives a taste of democracy and electoral process. The political nature of sports is thus well evident – ‘a vehicle for state diplomacy and control’ (Holt, 2014)