Sport

Explore the heritage of sport across Europe

Sporting stories

Explore stories of sporting heritage from across Europe

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Watch a documentary celebrating a half-century of sport

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Exploring the history of a Scottish cricket club

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Reporting on a match from 1928 when Scotland's footballers were the Wembley Wizards

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In the Canary Islands, wrestling is a traditional sport - part of the folklore of the islands

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Appreciating the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race Trophies, contemporary silver masterpieces

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A guidebook for playing Scotland's finest golf course

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How antisemitism in post-war football matches in Hungary was portrayed by the Communist authorities

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Agricultural tests of skill and agility

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Denmark's first sports school was founded in 1920

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Scandinavian and German art celebrating sport, bodies, nature, health, youth and strength

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Discover the history of the Latvian national football team in the 1920s and 1930s

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Exploring the history of the tournament which promotes acceptance of sexual diversity

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Discover the Irish roots of the first steeplechase race

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Discover a traditional game played in villages across Yorkshire and other parts of the UK

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The history of an annual sailing race on Hungary's largest lake

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The Four Days Marches in Nijmegen are the world's largest multiple day marching sport event

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Irish sporting competitions in the 1920s and 1930s

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Go Scotland! Exploring the history and archives of Commonwealth Games Scotland

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An icon of Hungarian sport, this is the story of shoe factory in Martfű

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Exploring links between football and ancient Greece and Rome

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Hairdressing, pesto, logging and parachuting - 4 championships in sports you may not know

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Cycling history of the Dutch city with the country's first bicycle path

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The story of how Salvador Dalí supported a Girona rugby team

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International sport competitions in the 1920s and 1930s for members of labour and workers associations

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Striking illustrated advertising commemorating the 1948 London Olympic Games

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Archive photographs bring us behind the scenes of WEHA, a German sports equipment factory

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Explore archive photographs of sporting activities at a girls school in Dublin

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Lonkero are Finnish long drinks invented for the 1952 Olympics

Sportspeople

Biographies and stories about athletes and teams

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Youngest-ever Olympic boxer, who survived the Holocaust

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From a homemade canoe to Olympic silver

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Icon of Czech gymnastics who subtly protested Soviet invasion at the 1968 Olympics

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Champion figure skater who was the first Dutch gold medal winner at the Winter Olympic Games

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Irish-Australian who won the first women’s Olympic swimming medal

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German swimmer in the Paralympic Games who won multiple medals

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Afro-Italian boxer who was Italian champion in the 1920s, angering fascists

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Norwegian Paralympian who won 21 medals across four different games

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Champion tennis player in the 1920s who won Olympic medals and Wimbledon titles

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The 1936 Olympic champion who battled poverty and racial bigotry with sporting success

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How a Polish pole-vaulter made a political protest at the 1980 Olympic Games

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How an Italian marathon runner won and lost the 1908 Olympic marathon gold medal

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Table tennis world champions from Vienna

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German boxer Max Schmeling was world heavyweight boxing champion of the world in the 1930s

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Hungary's first female pilot who conqueried the skies in 1912

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Hungarian Olympic gold medallist who survived the Holocaust and lived through the 1956 Revolution

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From Olympic gold medal swimmer to Hollywood leading man

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Dutch tennis player who was unbeaten for more than 400 matches

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The history and heritage of Sport Lisboa e Benfica

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'Pancho' Puskás and the Hungarian 'Golden Team' of the 1950s who made their mark on Spanish football

Olympics & Paralympics

Explore histories of the Games

Controversy and conflict in Olympic history

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Visit our exhibition and explore the stories of athletes from 125 years of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

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Histories of the games for athletes with disabilities

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120 years of symbolising the games, host cities and sport

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Origins of the mascot that bring the Olympic spirit to life

The Olympic Games

Galleries

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Gallery of propaganda images for sport events where women had to confront idealised stereotypes of their bodies.

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Photos, films and memorabilia showing Black footballers who have played in teams across Europe

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Memorabilia that show support and remember sporting events through history

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Discover vintage photography of athletics, with track and field events, races and athletes from across Europe

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Discover vintage photographs from different times in history showing gymnasts from across Europe.

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Explore images and films of surfing and windsurfing from cultural heritage collections across Europe.

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Explore this gallery showing how artists have been influenced by and portrayed sports and games

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Explore these statues and sculptures inspired by sports, athletes and bodies in motion.

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Exploring the Olympic Games from a political viewpoint: protests, boycotts, controversies and conflicts

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Explore vintage photography of football teams across Europe

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In the early 20th century, people's passion for sport led to them having formal portrait photographs taken

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Posters from across Europe for sports and sporting events

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Sport, speed and snow

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Sporting venues from across Europe

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Celebrating sporting achievement in gold, silver, bronze and other materials

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Sport photography, memorabilia and artworks relating to rugby played by professional and amateur teams across Europe.