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England Women's World Cup squad, Mexico, 1971

The 1971 Women’s World Cup: game changers?

The Lord's pavilion

The Library Lord’s cricket ground: the mecca of cricket

Arthur Ashe in action at Wimbledon, where he won the men's singles title in 1975. (Photo by Ed Lacey / Popperfoto / Getty Images)

My history hero Tracy Austin chooses Arthur Ashe

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From Mary, Queen of Scots to the FIFA Women’s World Cup: a brief history of women’s football

The Scotland women’s team, featuring international star Rose Reilly (centre, pictured playing in a French league), played their first official international match in 1972. (Photo by Daily Record/Mirropix/Getty Images)

A history of women’s football in Scotland

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10 photographs that made history

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

A portrait of Fridtjof Nansen, taken after his daring expedition across Greenland. (Image by Alamy)

My history hero Paul Rose chooses Fridtjof Nansen

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)

First World War

1921: the year when football banned women

US baseball legend, Joseph 'Shoeless Joe' Jackson, who was banned from the game along with seven other players after admitting that they had accepted money to lose the 1919 World Series.

“Say it ain’t so”: The ‘Black Sox’ scandal that rocked American baseball

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

A brief history of marathons

The Calcutta Cup, a rugby union trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Six Nations Championship match between England and Scotland.

Scotland v England: the world’s first international rugby match

St David painting in stained glass window, Ceredigion, UK. Exact date unknown. (Photo by David Angel/Alamy Stock Photo)

16 things you (probably) didn’t know about St David’s Day traditions

Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi is held aloft by his team after clinching a division title in 1960. (Image by Bettmann/Getty Images)

A brief history of American football and the Super Bowl