17/12/2019
After a start at Harrow School in the 1850s, squash is now played on around 50,000 courts in 185 countries, ...
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The 2018 FIFA World Cup is well under way and what better way to celebrate than by looking back at ...
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Roberta Cowell’s Story: An Autobiography, was published by Heinemann in Melbourne, Toronto and London in 1954. It was an important ...
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England entered the 1950 finals as winners of the Home Nations. England started a habit of a lifetime and struggled ...
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With his striking feathered headdress, his jewelled and embroidered attire and his signature cry of ‘I gotta horse!’, Ras Prince Monolulu ...
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Tull made a swift transition from sport to war. In December 1914, he abandoned his football career, and volunteered to ...
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I have always had a love of sport, especially football, and I first became interested in Walter Tull when I ...
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The World Cup is an event that excites the footballing world. The English press heightens the expectations of a nation, ...
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The Anglo-French clash in the St Leger was eagerly awaited and appeared to be a two-horse race. Heliopolis had won the Chester ...
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We know that “The fastest horse wins the Guineas; the luckiest the Derby – and the best horse wins the ...
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Other than Paul Nicholls, who has trained as well as ridden a winner of the Hennessy Gold Cup? The answer ...
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(continued from part one) After the war, he sought a quieter life and concentrated on racing, with Derek riding for him ...
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Did you know that Palace House Stables has been the home of four Derby winners? It’s hard to believe but in ...
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Two years later the mighty French horse Gladiateur (Triple Crown winner) was trained in Newmarket followed by Hermit in 1867, ...
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The 1970 Flat racing season was all about one horse, Nijinsky. The incomparable Irish superstar, who had become the first ...
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(continued from part one) A winning prize of £25,000 was on offer for the field of eight many of whom had ...
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This collection of signatures features 12 of the men who delivered Exeter City FC’s first ever promotion in 1964. City ...
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This photograph, taken in the early part of the 20th Century, shows fans gathering for a match against Norwich in ...
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This caricature features a man who is perhaps less known than he should be at Exeter City. Described as the ...
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The mid-1980s are often characterised as a period of success, excess and the shoulder-padded dress. In the political sphere this ...
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It's natural, when looking at Warwickshire's place in tennis histories, to focus on the achievements of the Renshaw brothers. Their dominance of early tennis is well-logged, including on this site. However Maud Watson also merits a space in Warwickshire tennis history as her achievements include something that cannot be taken away - first ladies' champion of Wimbledon.
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Having moved from a local tribunal application form to the appeal form, we get a very different insight into the specifics of the case.
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The National Archives published this piece as part of their series of First World War Military Service Tribunal posts, and it looks at a cricketing-themed case.
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Manchester United had been invited by Glentoran FC to play a match at the Oval to promote the Ulster '71 Festival.
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