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The Ancient Games
6th January 2021
History of Olympics The Ancient Games The ancient Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states and one of the Panhellenic Games of ancient Greece. They were held in honour of ...
History of Golf
6th December 2020
History of Golf Origin of golf-like sport There are several claims where the golf was originated and are much debated. Golf may be derived from the Dutch word kolf, meaning bat or club. A golf-like ...
History of Motorsports
6th November 2020
History of Motorsports The first race Automobile racing began soon after the invention of the gasoline (petrol) fuelled internal-combustion engine in the 1880s. The first automobile competition was held in 1894 from Paris to Rouen, ...
Ancient Hockey
6th October 2020
Ancient Hockey Historical records show that a crude form of the game was played in Egypt 4,000 years ago. Drawings of what looks to be hockey have been found in an Egyptian tomb. Some ...
History of Cue Sports
6th September 2020
History of Cue Sports Royal GameThe word billiard may have evolved from the French word billart or billette, meaning ‘stick’ or the term’s origin could have been from French bille, meaning ‘ball’. An early ...
History of Football
7th August 2020
History of Football Early history The first mention of football can be found in old Mesoamerican cultures over 3,000 years ago. The round rock would symbolise the sun and the captain of the losing ...
History of Basketball
7th July 2020
History of Basketball The invention of the sport Basketball was invented to find a solution for indoor winter play in Massachusetts. In December 1891, a Canadian educator, and physician James Naismith. Naismith introduced this ...
History of Adventure Sports
6th May 2020
History of Adventure Sports The passion for adventure sports has been observed for several centuries. An archaeological excavation of a 6000-year-old civilization in Chile shows that they had freediving culture. Even Alexander the Great ...
History of Weightlifting
6th April 2020
History of Weightlifting Ancient Egyptian artefacts depict the sport of weightlifting. The Egyptians lifted heavy bags of sand as a form of physical training. Mural from the tomb of Beni Hasan dates back to ...
History of Swimming- Rock paintings of swimmers
6th March 2020
History of Swimming- Rock paintings of swimmers The history of swimming dates back to cave age as 10,000-year-old rock paintings of people swimming were found in the Cave of Swimmers near Wadi Sura in ...
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