Question

What example of violence in the field does Orwell use to prove his points from the passage sports create goodwill

Answer 1

George Orwell uses the example of the visit of Dynamo football team to England to prove his point in 'The Sporting Spirit'. that there is no better way than a series of international football matches to add to the vast fund of ill-will existing in the world at this moment. The Arsenal match saw a Russian and a British player come to blows and the crowd booed the referee. There rose a controversy, 'typical of the nationalist age' doubting the composition of Arsenal team; if it was an all-England team. He adds that "Even if one didn't know from concrete examples (the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred, one could deduce it from general principles." He also cites examples of Burma and Spain," I have seen the supporters of one side break through the police and disable the goalkeeper of the opposing side at a critical moment. The first big football match that was played in Spain about fifteen years ago led to an uncontrollable riot." He also calls the boxing matches between whites and the colored as 'most horrible sight.' He emphasizes "As soon as strong feelings of rivalry are aroused, the notion of playing the game according to the rules always vanishes. People want to see one side on top and the other side humiliated,