Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers 3 groups of 2 teams each. Winners qualify for the Final Tournament. "Nigeria won 3–2 and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament." "Ghana won 2–1 and qualifiyed for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament." "Zambia won 5–4 on penalties after 2–2 on aggregates and qualifiyed for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament." The three African participants withdrew a day before the start of the Games and were not replaced. They boycotted the Olympics protesting the participation of New Zealand, whose rugby team planned a summer tour of South
1891 British Lions tour to South Africa 1891 British Lions tour to South Africa The 1891 British Isles tour to South Africa was the first British Isles rugby union tour of South Africa and only the second overseas tour conducted by a joint British team. Between 9 July and 7 September, the team played 20 games, including three Tests against the South Africa national rugby union team. The British Isles not only won all three Test matches, but also won all 17 provincial games. Although not named as such at the time, the tour is retrospectively recognised as a British Lions tour. After the South African Rugby