Sport

A total white-out
18th Jun 2009
The New Statesman
In Britain, black people are excluded from decision-making in top-flight football. It will take more than one club appointment to change that
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Advantage Dunblane
9th Sep 2008
The Guardian
England will never produce a true world tennis star until the sport loses its white, middle-class profile
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Wright and wrong
18th Apr 2008
The Guardian
Ian Wright's departure from the BBC's football punditry team casts shame on the corporation: it is guilty of cultural apartheid
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A new hero of our times
22nd Oct 2007
The Guardian
He lost at the last but Lewis Hamilton rocked all expectations - and not just in formula one
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Eastern bias sends F1 wrong direction
11th Jul 2007
Observer Monthly Sport
Around a decade ago, Bernie Ecclestone, the guy who runs Formula One, began to make ominous noises about the prospects for F1 in Europe, suggesting that the sport's future instead lay in the East.
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It’s the same as Tiger: nothing will change
6th Mar 2007
The Observer
Hamilton is an inspiration to black Britain - but his sport will remain white, writes Martin Jacques
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Three cheers for Ronaldinho
26th Apr 2006
The Guardian
Ronaldinho is now the highest-earning footballer in the world. It is a victory for both his footballing genius and skin-colour.
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One step backwards
7th Jul 2006
The Guardian
The World Cup is a marvel of global representation. So why is it getting whiter?
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Ubiquitous cheating means sport has no level playing field
19th Aug 2006
The Guardian
Corruption results from the transformed cultural and economic position that these global events have come to occupy
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A questionable history
21st Aug 2006
The Guardian
The umpire at the centre of the ball-tampering row has a record of making decisions against players from the Indian subcontinent
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Football’s apartheid
8th Jan 2005
The Guardian
Soccer has become the fault-line for European racist prejudices
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