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7th December 201728th September 2023athletics, boxing, football, J.G. Chambers, rowing, rugby, shooting, swimming, wrestling Fleet Street’s sporting administrators And a Sporting Landmark destroyed in the Blitz Many people bemoan what they see as the excessive influence television wields over sport, […]
17th July 201728th September 2023archery, athletics, boxing, cricket, cycling, football, Olympics, Paralympics, rugby, wrestling Para Sport in 1870 London The London Stadium, perhaps still better known as the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, hosted the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships between 14 […]
17th May 201416th August 2024boxing, football Silversmiths and FA Cups First published 17 May 2011, Updated: 5 November 2012; 17 May 2014; 30 September 2020 & 10 January 2021. The FA Cup […]
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21st March 201328th September 2023football The Football League: conceived in Fleet Street, born in Manchester As well as the 150th anniversary of the Football Association, 2013 also marks the 125th anniversary of the world’s first league football […]
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2nd May 201228th September 2023football Liverpool’s 19th Century contribution to Goal Line Technology Disputed goals are nothing new. Neither are proposals for goal line technology. In the game’s early days, goals were defined by two […]
