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Althea Gibson becomes the first African-American on U.S. tennis tour

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Cassius Clay being hassled by reporters
Clay knocks out Liston

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Garry Kasparov
Chess champion Kasparov loses to a computer

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Tim Henman gears up to play a tennis shot
Henman plays last match at Wimbledon

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Cincinnati Reds pitcher Nick Masset in 2010
First televised Major League Baseball game is broadcast

Sport

Sign outside Lord's Cricket Ground saying 'Welcome to the Home of Cricket'
First Cricket World Cup begins

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The Olympic Rings on a white wall
Israeli athletes taken hostage by Palestinian terrorists at the Munich Olympics

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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

Sport

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

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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

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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

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Basketball is Invented

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Ian Botham scores over 100 runs & takes 8 wickets in a single inning

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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 Hotspur trailblazer and WW1 hero

A photograph showing Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising their fist on the podium

1968 Olympics Black Power salute

Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe: The tennis star who broke boundaries on and off the court

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The history of chess: 'The immortal game'

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6 Things to Love About Ronnie

Kelly Blanchard and Denny Chapman from History's original series, Top Shot.

It's Bake Off with Bullets

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F1’s Greatest Season Openers

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England’s Top Six Nations Moments

A British stamp depicting Captain Albert Ball

Albert Ball: Biography

Muhammad Ali signs autographs for fans at the San Antonio International Airport in 1979

Muhammad Ali: Biography

A photograph of Ronnie O’Sullivan playing in Sofia

Ronnie O'Sullivan: Biography

Earl "The Pearl" Strickland

Lots of vibrant tennis balls, pattern of new tennis balls for background

History of Tennis

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