7th April 201115th December 2023camogie, Folk, football, gaelic football, handball, hurling, museums, rounders, rugby, women Royal visitor for Irish sporting landmark? Speculation that the first state visit by a British monarch to the Republic of Ireland will take in Croke Park prompted this […]
29th March 201128th September 2023athletics, cricket, football Arthur Wharton – the first black professional footballer Ghana becomes the 84th country to play a football international against England today. A few days ago, Henry Winter, the Telegraph’s excellent […]
4th March 201128th September 2023Folk, football, rugby Shrovetide commemorations of the origins of football and rugby The International Football Association Board, the guardian of the laws of association football, meets in the spring of each year. The 2011 […]
3rd November 201028th September 2023rugby, summer Olympic sports Rugby tourists prompt trips down memory lane The arrival of the southern hemisphere rugby tourists have prompted a flurry of articles recalling the game’s early years. Writing in the […]
4th October 201028th September 2023golf Sir Terry Matthews & Celtic Manor put Newport on map Since I found a discarded copy of the Telegraph on a train last week, I’ve been meaning to link to this article […]
17th September 201028th September 2023cycling, Olympics Campaign to save 1948 Olympic cycling venue makes progress Updated 18 February 2010: The campaign to save the historic Herne Hill Velodrome is making progress. On 14 February 2011, British Cycling […]
16th September 201028th September 2023golf The golfer who’s always on top at the Ryder Cup It was at a tournament sponsored by one of his businesses that Ryder took an aspiring English professional under his wing. The […]
15th September 201028th September 2023rugby The Newport semi that forced Wales out of international rugby 6 Llanthewy Road in Clytha Park, Newport holds a unique place in rugby history. In 1897, this semi-detached house forced Wales out […]
27th July 201028th September 2023rowing, water sports Portobello revives regatta days Always interested to read about efforts to re-establish long-lost sporting events – especially when the event in question is linked to the […]
20th July 201028th September 2023Olympics, summer Olympic sports Much Wenlock, the Shropshire GP and the modern Olympics William Penny Brookes was born, lived, worked and eventually died at 7 Wilmore Street in the tranquil Shropshire market town of Much […]
