Today’s biggest international sporting competitions pit country-against-country, nation-versus-nation, and homeland-against-homeland.
We’re talking, of course, about the Olympics, the World Cup, and the Commonwealth Games.
Increasingly though the definition of country, nation and homeland is being spread beyond these once-distinct borders, so that athletes and players can represent two, or even more countries.
For national teams — such as the 32 appearing in the World Cup — dual citizenship, according to some fans, poses issues of allegiance to a team and to a country.
But as Adam Connors reports, when an individual athlete changes national team and country, there can be many reasons for their decision, including it being in the spirit of the game.
Features interviews with Ambrose Ezenwa and Sonia O’Sullivan.
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