Pitch Battles: Sport, Racism and Resistance

#BlackLivesMatter protests and campaigns for gender equality highlight how systemic racism and inequality have long been inextricably intertwined with sport. No more so than the landmark direct-action 'Stop The Seventy Tour' campaign led by Peter Hain, which forced the unprecedented cancellation of the whites-only South African cricket tour of England in 1970. This is the story by two of the influential protagonists of the successful struggle against sports apartheid both inside South Africa and internationally, and the light it shines on inequalities in sport and society globally. Book jacket.