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Article: 'A great summer of sport.' (media coverage of sports in the UK)
- Article from:
- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 1998
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In the absence of economic disaster, political scandal and health scares, the British media spent the summer indulging a fixation with sport. The newspaper, radio and television coverage traditionally given to domestic cricket matches and the Test series or the Wimbledon tennis championships was supplemented - some would say, eclipsed - by the World Cup Finals in France. Athletics, cycling, Grand Prix motor racing, rugby and golf also made a significant showing and, for those blessed with insomnia and satellite television, sporting events from every corner of the globe, including American Major League baseball, Asian soccer, Brazilian beach volleyball and even European ...