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A view of Mount Everest

Mystery on Everest: did Mallory and Irvine reach the summit in 1924?

American athlete Jesse Owens and German long-jumper Carl Ludwig 'Luz' Long.

5 acts of kindness that changed history

Wrestlers in ancient Greece

Q&A How did ancient athletes prepare for the Olympics?

Members of Preston Ladies' Football Club (formerly Dick, Kerr’s Ladies) pose while carrying out leg exercises during practice, March 1937. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

1921: the year when football banned women