Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations, others say that the (36) is true: international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and (37) .
One country received its second-place medals with visible (38) after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end, the losers (39) to the final decisions. They were (40) that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their (41) victory was unfair. Their manager was in a rage when he said: "Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished." The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the (42) of the team for at least three years.
The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a (43) end to their contest. It was thought at first that the United States had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. (44) . The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals.
(45) . In the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism. (46) .