Sport and leisure

Argentinian midfielder Mario Kempes celebrates a goal in the 1978 football World Cup final between hosts Argentina and Netherlands

Sportswashing: a historical perspective on a current trend

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Craig Charles and Muhammad Ali

My history hero Craig Charles chooses Muhammad Ali . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

England's Daley Thompson during the high jump event of the decathlon at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Emonton, Canada

A brief history of the Commonwealth Games

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Ross Kemp and Jesse Owens

My history hero Ross Kemp chooses Jesse Owens . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tudors play real tennis, a precursor to the modern game of tennis

Q&A What was Real Tennis?

An iconic figure in running history, Kathrine Switzer is the first woman to have officially run the Boston Marathon. (Photo by Getty Images)

General History

From running marathons to working the nightshift: 8 surprising things women were banned from doing through history

The Oxford boat on the Thames during first ever Boat Race between between the Oxford and Cambridge university boat clubs, 1829.

Oxford v Cambridge: A history of the boat race

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Gladiators: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Curling stones during a match at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah

General History

A brief history of curling – from medieval Scotland to the Winter Olympics

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Elitism in cricket: a history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hillsborough Disaster floral tributes

A brief history of the Hillsborough disaster and justice campaigner Anne Williams

A statue in Kiev showing a Ukrainian player defeating a Third Reich eagle symbol at the Start stadium's entrance

Second World War

Q&A Did Nazis guards really play a ‘death match’ against a Ukrainian football team?

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Dr Souvik Naha reveals how the Victorians used cricket to export “British virtues” across the empire. (Image by Getty Images)

Cricket as a colonial weapon . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Greek soldier Pheidippides arrives in Athens with news of the Greek victory over the Persians at Marathon, only to die on the spot

Pheidippides: is the ancient Greek marathon runner remembered for the wrong run?

Photo of a man on a penny-farthing

Q&A How dangerous was the penny-farthing?