Word: springboks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...national teams' emblem, the springbok holds a place of respect in the record books. But as a symbol of apartheid, this graceful African gazelle became an endangered species on the world's playing fields because of boycotts by sports organizations. Now that South Africa is allowed to play again, the sporting springbok is threatened anew...
...African National Congress last week endorsed the South African National Olympic Committee's decision to replace the leaping springbok with a neutral flag featuring Olympic rings on a background of silver, blue, brown and green. But President F.W. de Klerk charged that the committee was "abusing sport and culture for political ends...
...will not be the end of the springbok, however. South African national rugby and cricket teams are unlikely ever to be called anything else. South African cricketers played last week in India on their first tour abroad in 27 years. They were mobbed by Indian fans shouting "Welcome, Springboks...