Sports of the Cold War
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Updated: 16 Nov 2017
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Created byFaith Norris
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Dynamo Moscow played the first soccer game against Chelsea beginning their tour of the UK.Soviets enter the summer Olympics for the first time.Soviet Union hosts European Basketball Championship in Moscow. The Soviet Union team won, giving them “basketball power” at the time.Soviet wins the World Ice Hockey Championships.The Brooklyn Dodgers, with Jackie Robinson, win the World Series against the New York YankeesFirst American Super BowlBrazil wins FIFA World CupUSSR defeats Canada in the 1972 Summit Series.
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