Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)
21 August 2008
When in 1894, Pierre Fredy Baron de Coubertin founded the Olympics, the main motive was for all nations to feel proud by merely participating, but this is no more the case. In recent years the medals table of the quadrennial Olympics has become one of the dominant measures (like economic and military), of a country's might on the global scene, with national pride taking centre stage.
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