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Left - Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth games logo and sign outside Birmingham library. Right: Muhammad Fadhil Mohd Zonis (C) of Malaysia during Men's Keirin track cycling in 2018.

5 frequently asked questions about the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Curling, team playing on the ice.

Great British moments in Winter Olympic History
A yellow bobsled with Jamaica written on it in green letters

The biggest underdogs in Winter Olympic history
Andrew Watson with his team mates

Andrew Watson: The first black international footballer who captained Scotland
A photograph of a football pitch

Football Godfathers: Episode Guide
A tennis racket and tennis ball resting on the floor of a hard court

Althea Gibson becomes the first African-American on U.S. tennis tour
Cassius Clay being hassled by reporters

Clay knocks out Liston
Garry Kasparov

Chess champion Kasparov loses to a computer
Tim Henman gears up to play a tennis shot

Henman plays last match at Wimbledon
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Nick Masset in 2010

First televised Major League Baseball game is broadcast
Sign outside Lord's Cricket Ground saying 'Welcome to the Home of Cricket'

First Cricket World Cup begins
The Olympic Rings on a white wall

Israeli athletes taken hostage by Palestinian terrorists at the Munich Olympics
Skopje, FYROM - August 8,2017: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane during the UEFA Super Cup Final match between Real Madrid and Manchester United at Philip II Arena in Skopje

Zinedine Zidane's Birthday
Hockey referee with puck standing on ice rink with two rivals with sticks on his right and left waiting for moment to shoot it

U.S. hockey team makes miracle on ice
The World Cup Trophy during the celebrations after the 2014 World Cup final game between Germany and Argentina at Maracana Stadium.

Stampede kills 84 at World Cup match
EAST HAM, LONDON - 19TH FEBRUARY 2021: 1966 World Cup Sculpture of The Champions near West Ham United's old stadium in Upton Park

England win the World Cup

Sky HISTORY - This Day in HISTORY

Basketball is Invented
Sky HISTORY - This Day in HISTORY

Ian Botham scores over 100 runs & takes 8 wickets in a single inning
The 2026 World Cup ball in front of the US, Mexico and Canada flags

1994: How much has changed since the USA last hosted the World Cup
Team photo of West Auckland FC with the trophy they won in 1909

How an English amateur football team won the first two World Cups
Pickles the Dog with his owner

Pickles the Dog: How an unlikely hero saved the World Cup
Italian football team line up before a match at the 1934 World Cup

1934 World Cup: How Mussolini turned football into fascist propaganda
Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry playing snooker

The greatest snooker players of all time
3 darts on triple 20

10 sports not in the Olympics
Man wearing a diving helmet

A deep dive into the history of diving
Ronnie O'Sullivan

The greatest individual sports stars of all time?
Tennis ball in grass sporting the Wimbledon logo

New balls please: The history of Wimbledon
Photograph of Walter Tull and fellow WW1 officers

Walter Tull: The Tottenham trailblazer and WW1 hero