On This Week in Sport & Leisure History
15th-21st April 2019
15th Today in 1896 the first modern Olympic Games came to a close in Athens, Greece. On this day...
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Author: Margaret Roberts
On The Week in Sport & Leisure Histsory
8th – 14th April 2019
8th Norwegian ice skater, and later movie star, Sonia Henie was born in 1912. She won the Olympic...
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On This Week in Sport & Leisure History
1st-7th April 2019
1st April On this day in 1888 the football team Sparta formed in Rotterdam. Today in 1912 the...
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On This Week in Sport & Leisure History
25th-31st March
25th Wales played their first international football match in 1876, losing 4-0 to Scotland in...
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On This Week in Sport & Leisure History
18-24th March 2019
18th Two famous Irishmen share their birthday today: snooker player Alex Higgins was born...
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