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Opposition to apartheid in South Africa took many forms, but sport, in particular, is an area that has the potential to engage many students. These resources discuss the nature of the segregated South African sporting experience, offering a balanced discussion of the international sports boycotts (which have perhaps attracted undue coverage) and the local opposition within South Africa. As sport was an obsession in white South Africa (mainly rugby and cricket) and a central cultural element within the nation, to ignore the significance of sporting boycotts and sporting isolation is to neglect a critical aspect of the anti-apartheid movement. By examining the opposition to whites-only South African sport at home and abroad, the political significance of sport can be understood. The importance of the role of Black opposition has often been underplayed in the historiography, and these resources also attempt to correct that.