DERVAL O'ROURKE: Sport and politics a delicate mix

I had no intention of writing about this topic until I saw a former basketball legend singing Happy Birthday to a North Korean dictator.

DERVAL O'ROURKE: Sport and politics a delicate mix

When Dennis Rodman took to the court to serenade his friend Kim Jong Un, I found it incredibly uncomfortable watching and made me wonder how sport can get so caught up in political and social issues.

Dennis Rodman visiting a country to promote the sport of basketball seems like a tame thing to do but when it’s Dennis Rodman visiting North Korea, with its current political backdrop it’s a different situation.

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