Sport Category
Women’s League of Health & Beauty
Founded in London in 1930 by Irish emigrée Mary/’Mollie’ Bagot Stack (1883-1935), the Women’s League of Health…
The World Land Speed Record
British engineers and drivers have dominated the world land speed record over the last century. The current…
The Paralympics
As a comparatively young sporting event, the Paralympics is still evolving, most notably in its classification scheme.…
Steve Redgrave
Sir Steven G. Redgrave, (1962-) was Great Britain’s first competitor to win five Olympic Gold medals in…
William Wilson and Water Polo
Water polo was a sport just waiting to burst onto the scene, considering its rapid spread, not…
The Cheltenham Festival
The Cheltenham Festival ranks alongside other sporting events where one is sure to see the best performances…
The Ashes
England’s greatest cricketing rivals are Australia and 5-match Test series with them are known as ‘The Ashes‘…
The London Olympics
The unpredictable British weather hardly makes us favourites for hosting the Summer Olympics, but London has achieved…
Table Tennis
To while away chilly evenings, some sports developed miniature indoor versions adapted for play on tables, initially…
English billiards
Cleopatra: “Let it alone. Let’s to billiards. Come, Charmian.” ~ from Shakespeare’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ (1606) This…
Three Lions
Knights began to have personal coats-of-arms for identification on the battlefield in the 1100s and this quickly…
Andy Murray
Sir Andrew Barron Murray (1987-) is the UK’s most successful professional tennis player since Oxford-born Tim Henman…