1. The Portrayal of Sports stars and National Identity. Represe
One clear example arose when during the 1990 World Cup in Italy the two met in the semi-finals, The Sun had a field day, running with headlines as follows, "we beat them in "45, we beat them in "66 now the battle of "90." ... In contrast when examining how the mainstream German press dealt with the game and occasion a different story is portrayed. ... At the final stage of the singles three out of the remaining four finalists left in the men's and women's competition were German, these being Michael Stich and Boris Becker in the men's, and in the ladies tournament was Steffi Gr...
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