Pakistan, Oct. 2 -- By any ideal, international, multilateral or bilateral, playing fields are supposed to be the haven where flags are raised, rivals stand in respect to each other's anthems to salute the national spirit, and in the end, shake hands, irrespective of a win or a loss. Scoreboards do justice to proclaim the winner and also to prove that it was just a game; a competition between the best from opposing sides, per se. More importantly, it testifies that it is not the end of the world, but it has not been manifested as such, in the last century and more so, recently.

The 1916 Olympics were cancelled due to WWI, and in 1920, the Antwerp Olympics barred the defeated Central Powers, setting a precedent where victors decided parti...