GDR team competing during the two man Bobsleigh competition at the Winter Olympics in Calgary, 1988. (via GDRvisuals on Twitter) To this day the GDR and Soviet flags still fly at one of the Calgary Olympic venues
Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan, set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup, was denied entry to the United States, a sports ministry official told AFP on Monday u.afp.com/SDH9