Sport, violence, ethnics.

Q.What do you get when you mix these elements?
-sport, culture, deep seated hatred of other nationalities...

The answer to this question is below, but first let me explain the significance of sport in Australia.
Sport is the obsession that preoccupies the typical Australian's mind. Forget about war in the Middle East, forget about the starving millions in Africa, forget about the threat of Islamists. These are trivial and insignificant matter in relation to sport. Our six o'clock news on TV starts with sport, then the rest of the news for maybe ten minutes then followed by sport for another twenty minutes. The newspapers are ranked according to how many pages they dedicate to sport. It's an national tradition to read the paper backward, that is starting with the sports section at the back.
News stories lead with sport on Mondays following an active weekend of activities. Analysis follows on Tuesdays. Wednesdays are relatively free of sports news. Thursdays it's the buildup of excitement for the weekend. Fridays it's nothing but talk of sport. Weekends are nothing but sport.
I might be taking all this too seriously except that ex-olympic athletes turn to a career in politics because they have the advantage of a high profile. Other ex sports people become television presenters andTV personalties. The highest rating TV show is called the Footy Show, with skits and mindless chatter by ex footballers and other sports enthusiasts.

Ok, so it comes as no surprise when I read the news this morning to learn that ethnic prejudices have erupted in violence at the Australian Tennis Open Championships.