Sport

Explore the heritage of sport across Europe

Sporting stories

Explore stories of sporting heritage from across Europe

História

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

Galeria

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.