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  • Watch: On this date 125 years ago, the first modern Olympic Games were held at Athens

    Watch: On this date 125 years ago, the first modern Olympic Games were held at Athens

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 06, 2021 · 04:55 pm
  • Ever expanding, but at what cost? The Winter Olympic journey from Chamonix to PyeongChang

    Ever expanding, but at what cost? The Winter Olympic journey from Chamonix to PyeongChang

    Heather Dichter, The Conversation
    · Feb 09, 2018 · 09:37 pm
  • A guide to jianzi, a Chinese game with a shuttlecock (but no racket)

    A guide to jianzi, a Chinese game with a shuttlecock (but no racket)

    Ching Yuet Tang
    · Jul 27, 2017 · 11:30 pm
  • Nine objects that tell a few fascinating stories of Indian cricket

    Nine objects that tell a few fascinating stories of Indian cricket

    Boria Majumdar
    · Apr 14, 2017 · 08:30 am