Painting of Daniel Mendoza

Sport and leisure

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Moscow 1980: going to the games. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Scenes of frivolity in the 16th century. (Culture Club/Getty Images)

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Bad sports? Puritan attempts to ban games in 17th-century England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

English medical student Roger Bannister

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A history of British sport. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American golfer Bobby Jones practising his swing on the roof of the Savoy Hotel in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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My history hero: Robert Tyre Jones (1902–71)

Pieces from the Lewis Chessmen, some of the earliest chessmen to survive.

MedievalgalleryIn pictures: what are the Lewis Chessmen?

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Ye olde travel guide: Olympia 480 Bc. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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England and Wales: best of enemies?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Communist sport: Cold War copycats. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

Historians are wrong to kick football into touch

Sunbathers enjoy some fun and games at a tennis court near a lido at Castle Mill, Cheshire, August 1936

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The 1930s: When the future looked bright. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Detail from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, showing hawking. Made in Tournai in the 15th century. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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The LibraryThe medieval huntress. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The LibraryThomas Becket and 16th-century swimming. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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