1st Edition

Sport, National Identities and the Media Battling Brits

By John Harris, John Vincent Copyright 2026
98 Pages
by Routledge

98 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the relationship between sport, the media, and national identities in Great Britain. It draws upon case studies of different sporting events and stories, looking at the ways in which the media (re)present different narratives of the nation(s). It focuses on the intersections between different parts of Great Britain, such as matches between two British nations within... Read more

1: Introduction: British sport, the media, and national identities

 

2: Scotland versus England at the 2019 FIFA Women’s Football World Cup: A journey of hope

 

3: English newspaper (re)presentations of Wales in the 2022 FIFA Football World Cup: A Battle of Britain

 

4: The blazerati in Scottish and British tennis: Narratives of Andy Murray’s legacy

 

5: Plastic(ine) Brits: Race, nation, the Olympic Games, and Team GB

 

6: Chosen by the public: SPOTY and the fuzzy frontiers of Britishness

 

7: Conclusion: Flagging the sporting nation(s)

Biography

John Harris is DBA Program Manager (Birmingham) in the Institute of Inner City Learning at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David - Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant. He is the author of Rugby Union and Globalization and has co-edited texts on sport, events, and tourism management.

John Vincent is Professor of Sport Management in the Department of Human Nutrition and Hospitality Management at the University of Alabama. He has published work on sport, the media, and national identities in various anthologies and journals such as International Review for the Sociology of Sport and International Journal of Sport Communication.