Sports History

Fun Fact: I began my career in history as a sports historian!

My honours thesis was on the use of sport as a tool for Empire and I am fascinated by the role sport can play in bringing people together. For this reason I often find myself sharing stories of sporting history and prowess.

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The Olympics

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The Winter Olympics

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The Commonwealth Games: What are they and why do they matter?

The Commonwealth Games began life as the British Empire Games. Today there are questions over their legitimacy.

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The Women's 1921 Olympiad

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This blog features the path towards the 1921 games from the 1900 Paris Olympics, which were the first to allow women to compete. Also discussed are the 1904, 1908, 1912 and 1920 Olympic Games.

The History of the Paralympics

It was only after World War Two that the Paralympics became an event contested internationally.

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The Pacific Games

Originally called the South Pacific Games, they were established by the South Pacific Commission during a time of decolonisation. When the first games were held in Suva, Fiji in 1963 just one of the participants was an independent nation, Western Samoa (now Samoa), with all other participants still holding the status of dependents or overseas territories of other world powers such as Britain, France and the USA.

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African Nations at the Winter Olympics

African nations play a big part of the Summer Olympics but they are often overlooked at the Winter Olympics. This Blog shines a spotlight on the African nations at the Winter Games.

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Did you Know that Art was an Olympic Event?

This is true! From 1912 to 1948 there were FIVE cultural events held as part of the Olympics.

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The Development of Women's Sports in the Olympics

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Another Blog that picks up the story after the 1921 Women's Olympiad and features the Women's World Games of 1922, 1926, 1930 and 1934.

75 Years Since the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Seventy-Five years ago, on 29 July 1948, for the first time in 12 years (due to World War Two, WWII) the Summer Olympics began. The previous games had been held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany.