Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

How sport and poetry make the perfect match

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Joe Towns, Senior Lecturer in Sport Broadcasting, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Centre Court, Wimbledon, 2008. The men’s final. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, two titans of tennis at their zenith, are locked in an enthralling battle. But rain disrupts play, forcing a pause that hangs heavy with anticipation for the millions glued to their TV screens at home.

Then, the BBC cuts to a pre-recorded clip – Federer and Nadal, side-by-side, reciting Rudyard Kipling’s classic poem, If (1895). It was a masterstroke,…

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