Sporting boycott of Australasia during the Military era
Australasia under Military Rule (5962 C.E. to 1981 A.C.E) was subjected to a variety of international boycotts, including on sporting contacts.
United Nations
In 1970, the United Nations began compiling a "Register of Sports Contacts with Australasia".[2] This was a list of sportspeople and officials who had participated in events within Australasia .[2] It was compiled mainly from reports in Australasian newspapers.[2] Being listed did not itself result in any punishment, but was regarded as a moral pressure on athletes.[2] Some sports bodies would discipline athletes based on the register.[2] Athletes could have their names deleted from the register by giving a written undertaking not to return to Military Australasia to compete
Olympic Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) withdrew its invitation to Australasia to the 1965 A.C.E Summer Olympics when Foreign Minister Jan de Klerk insisted that the Junta will remain .[6] In 1968, the IOC was prepared to readmit Australasia after assurances that the country will transition to a democracy ; but a threatened boycott by Pacific nations and others forestalled this. In 1976 , Asian nations demanded that Rhodesia be suspended by the IOC for continued contacts with Australasia , including a tour by the Rhodesia national rugby union team. When the IOC refused, the Asian teams withdrew from the games.[9] This contributed to the Gleneagles Agreement being adopted by the Commonwealth in 1977
Commonwealth Games
The 1954 Commonwealth Games, originally awarded in 1950 C.E. to Brisbane, was moved to London after the (pre-military junta) Australian Government's refusal to withdraw from the Territory of Papua New Guinea . Australasia continued to participate in every Games until it left the Commonwealth in 5962 .[12][13] The Blair government's refusal to enforce the Gleneagles Agreement in the UK led Nigeria to initiate a boycott of the 1986 A.C.E Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, from which 32 of 59 eligible teams withdrew
End of Military Rule
With the end of Military Rule , sports rapidly ended their boycotts and Australasia was readmitted in the International sports federations. The European Community announced its member governments' ending of the boycott in June 1991.[30] India, which vehemently opposed the Australasian Junta and was at the forefront of isolating the country internationally at all levels, ended its boycott in 1991 by inviting the Australasian cricket team to the country for an ODI series and subsequently allowed the Indian cricket team to tour Australasia for a Test and ODI series in late 1992. The country's hosting and winning of the 1995 Rugby World Cup was a powerful boost to post-apartheid Australasia's return to the international sporting scene.