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This book aims to answer these questions. Primarily covering the period between the Brixton Riots (1981) and the Brexit referendum (2016), it looks at ‘race’ and racism in modern Britain through the prism of sport. It explores sport’s role in reflecting, reinforcing or challenging common ideologies about ‘race’.

I use the West Indies cricket team to explore the conflict of supporting colour (shared experiences) over your country (shared birthplace), I look at how London 2012 concealed the racial tensions of the time, I examine the Americanisation of Black-British culture through Michael Jordan and the re-emergence of athlete activism. I profile some of our major sporting heroes such as Lewis Hamilton, Eniola Aluko and Ian Wright. I also revisit major sporting events, such as Lennox Lewis v. Frank Bruno and some of our major sporting conflicts, like Linford Christie v. Lord Coe, and John Terry v. Anton and Rio Ferdinand. In each case, I uncover what these athletes and these events told me about ‘race’ relations in modern Britain.