Sport Category
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…
Rounders
An ancient British game called ‘town-ball’, ‘base’ or ‘base-ball’ were the forerunners of the sport of rounders.…
Hawk-Eye
Referees and umpires, we all should agree, have a very difficult job. The assistance of digital camera…
Running the sub-4-minute mile
Sometimes called ‘The Dream Mile’, this feat is said to have begun with aristocrats betting on their…
Channel swimming
An open-water swimmer needs exceptional mental strength to attempt to swim the English Channel, the North Channel…
Badminton
Not only did the 10th Duke of Beaufort (1900-84) inaugurate the Badminton Horse Trials, but his grandfather…
Tanni Grey-Thompson, Paralympian
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, DBE (1969-) is the UK’s most successful Paralympian. Born in Cardiff, she was immobilised…
Royal Ascot
It was Queen Anne (1665-1714) who, in 1711, spotted Ascot Heath’s potential for horse racing and arranged…
The Commonwealth Games
Having a similar format to the Olympics, the Commonwealth Games began life in 1930 as the British…
Tiddlywinks
Hampshire-born John Assheton Fincher (1863-1900) was a London bank clerk who tried his hand at a few…
Dame Kelly Holmes
Dame Kelly Holmes, MBE (1970-) is known for campaigns for physical and mental health, particularly via her…