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Football

Football

Modern football has evolved from a game played in streets and schools in the mid 1800s to the most widely played game on earth played in almost every town and village in...

Athletics

Athletics

The Olympic competition schedule consists of 47 events; 24 for men and 23 for women.

Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competi...

Fencing

Fencing

Fencing is a combat sport using three blade weapons: foil, sabre and epee.  It is one of only four sports that have featured at every modern Olympic Games.  Fe...

Rowing

Rowing

Rowing is one of Britain’s most successful Olympic sports winning 24 gold, 20 silver and 10 bronze medals in the history of the Olympic Games up to and including B...

Boxing

Boxing

Boxing is one of the most illustrious and historic sports in the Olympic Games. Men have sparred in competition since 5000BC in the Middle East, while boxing was one of ...

Handball

Handball

Handball is played in an indoor court between two teams, of seven players each. The players’ objective is, by only using their hands, to throw the ball into the go...

Tennis

Tennis

A sport that has been around since the Middle Ages, Tennis is a raquet and ball game that can be played either in singles or doubles over five sets (for men) or three se...

Cycling Track

Cycling Track

In comparison to road racing and mountain biking, track cycling is an incredibly specialised indoor event, with a number of disciplines that place as much emphasis on st...

Taekwondo

Taekwondo

A Korean form of martial art, which has been the dominant form of martial art in that country since 1955

Each of the eight weight categories involves a single el...

Swimming

Swimming

Swimming is a hugely physical and demanding sport, with athletes competing over distances from 50m to 1,500m in the pool. Swimmers need huge strength and stamina to...

Judo

Judo

Although Judo is a martial art, its practice and methods are based around gentleness. Giving way to the strength of the opponent, adapting to and using it to your advant...

Water Polo

Water Polo

Water polo is a highly physical team sport in which the players of each squad try to score as many goals against the opposition as they can, while preventing their rival...

Beach Volleyball

Beach Volleyball

Beach volleyball is the outdoor equivalent of volleyball and – despite its glamorous, sun-kissed image – is every bit as grueling as its indoor counterpart.<...>

Weightlifting

Weightlifting

A sport about technique every bit as it is about pure strength. Weightlifting has been around as long as competition itself.

Weightlifting consists of two moveme...

Basketball

Basketball

Basketball is played by two teams, made up of five players and seven substitutes. The aim of the game for each team is to get the ball into the elevated baskets at eithe...