{"id":204921,"date":"2026-01-16T12:57:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=204921"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:57:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:57:48","slug":"the-myth-of-the-inseparability-of-sports-and-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=204921","title":{"rendered":"The myth of the inseparability of sports and politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is not uncommon for administrators, fans, and commentators to echo the sentiment, \u201cKeep politics out of sports.\u201d It is a sentiment rooted in the desire to focus solely on the outcome of games or tournaments. Yet, history is replete with examples of the inextricable connection between sport and politics, especially the influence of economic<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/sports\/the-myth-of-the-inseparability-of-sports-and-politics-6.2.2489157.e565d79aa3\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is not uncommon for administrators, fans, and commentators to echo the sentiment, \u201cKeep politics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","chromenews-featured":"","chromenews-large":"","chromenews-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=38\" rel=\"category\">Politics<\/a>","tag_info":"Politics","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=204921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}