Olympics

75 Years Since the 1948 Summer Olympics

Seventy-Five years ago, on 29 July 1948, for the first time in 12 years (due to World War Two, WWII) the Summer Olympics began. The...

What are the Commonwealth Games and Why should we care about them?

The Commonwealth Games began in Birmingham, England this morning (Aussie time, yesterday UK time)! In the past, as someone who loves any...

African Nations at the Winter Olympic Games

Here is a reminder of the human side of the games, the side we love to hear about and support but one that often gets lost in the hunt...

A Brief History of the Winter Olympics

If you think that it seems like the Summer Olympics only just finished and so it seems a bit soon to be welcoming the Winter Games, then...

From Olympiad to World Games - The Development of the Women's Olympic Movement

Following on from last week’s blog that was all about the path to the 1921 women’s Olympiad, I thought I should provide an overview of...

The Path to the Women's 1921 Olympiad

I recently shared a post on social media about the 1921 women’s first Olympiad taking place 100 years ago. This raised a lot of questions...