Death was always a possibility, but gladiator combat was controlled by referees.
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A battle between aristocratic amateurs and working class professional led to the game we all know and love.
Women have been playing cricket as long as men have. However, getting to the 2020 Twenty20 World Cup has involved a lot more fundraising and organising
Every England fan in Moscow knows that that football is ‘coming home’, but can England really claim to be where the world’s most popular sport rests its head?
The rugby league world cup final on December 2 is between traditional heavyweights Australia and England. But the real story is the rise of diaspora national sides like Tonga, Fiji and Lebanon.
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Professor of History, De Montfort University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Leicester
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Bournemouth University
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Emeritus Professor of Sport, University of Stirling
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology / Co-lead of Class Research Group, Research Centre for Applied Social Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University