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Sportshour: Identity Parade

27/04/2013

Identity Parade

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Identity Parade

We look at the relationship between national identity and sporting identity.

We’ll hear from Yannik Bolasie, who was born in England, but decided to play international football for DR Congo.

And we continue our series on sport and the senses

We’ll hear from two sportsmen struggling to come to terms with their sense of identity. 

Footballer Yannik Bolasie was born and raised in England, but decided to play international football for DR Congo and golfer Graham McDowell who, if selected, could represent either Ireland or GB at the Rio Olympics.

Then to discuss the difficulties many of us face of living in one country and supporting another, we talk a Professor of History at De Montfort University and Ken McCue from Sport Against Racism Ireland

We continue our series on sport and the senses with Steve Crossman exploring cricket’s unique place in the world of food.

As Lee Westwood and Sachin Tendulkar hit the big 4-OH we ask if 40 is the new 30? We’ll hear the story of Tiffany Perkins-Munn, PhD who gave up her job on Wall Street to buy a Boxing Club in New Jersey.

We discuss the history of the sports film, the good, the bad and the clearly offside with Danny Leigh from the BBC’s Film 2013 and maker of the documentary “Boxing at the Movies: Kings of the Ring”.

And following Luis Suarez’s bite on an opponent we explore if anything can be done when the red mist descends, with a member of the British Association of Anger Management.

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