The Philippines skipped the 1980 Moscow Olympics to align with the United States’ political move to boycott the Games that year. A few days back, Wimbledon banned entries from Russia and Belarus from participating in the year’s third of four majors in tennis. The decision is in protest over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 this year. Wimbledon also sacked Belarus for allowing Russia to use its borders for military operations against Ukraine. England has been one of the fiercest critics of Russia’s unprovoked assault of Ukraine, a known opponent of the anti-democracy stance of Vladim…