Sport and leisure

WM Woodfull of Australia ducks to avoid a rising ball from Harold Larwood of England during the Fourth Test match at Brisbane on the infamous 'Bodyline' Tour of Australia. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

4 historical cricketing curiosities

Podcast Brian Glanville

The World Cup story

A scene from an early rugby union game

The history of rugby

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First World War

1921: the year when football banned women

Bay filly , Sceptre. Photo by W A Rouch
Winner of the St Leger 1902. Owned by W A H Bass.

A brief history of… the Derby

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From bats and brawls to new links between colonies: the origins of Australian cricket

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What are the historical origins of darts?

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Unsporting conduct at the Olympics

22nd June 1949: American tennis player Gertrude Moran, or Gorgeous Gussie, in action on her way to beating F M Wilford at Wimbledon. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

10 scandalous moments in Wimbledon’s history

The runners at the two mile mark at the back of Greenwich Park.

A brief history of marathons

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Shakespeare’s world and cricket in South Africa

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7 moments in history you (might) think are made up but aren’t

Henry VIII jousting

How jousting made a man of Henry VIII