The assassination of 11 Israelis by Palestinians in the Munich Olympic Village in 1972 remains the most dastardly act of violence in modern sports history. But Tuesday's terrorist attack by a dozen armed gunmen on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore is no less diabolical even if there have been fewer casualties, and no player has died. In the event, eight policemen were killed, and seven players and an umpire were injured.

At the very least, it makes a cricket tour of Pakistan by any team in the short-to-medium term untenable, which, in turn, threatens the very future of the sport.

Ayaz Memon/ DNA-Daily News & Analysis Source: 3D Syndication