precedents

In response to my earlier question as to whether there are any precedents for this sort of thing, Cameron writes:

“Well, many people might point to the famous “Football War” between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969 (during the qualification for Mexico ’70).

But that was a case of a long simmering border dispute that turned into a shooting war over football – football was not the real issue.

I don’t know of another case where two countries with no other reason for diplomatic hostilities ended up at odds over football.

But if there are any such cases, I suspect they’re in Africa – as this one is.”