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This overview of sport in Britain, from its earliest origins to the end of the 20th century, includes A-Z entries on sports, organizations and events. The volume provides outline histories of each sport and identifies key organizations, individuals, famous clubs, major competitions, events, venues and incidents. It also looks at key concepts, themes and terminology, and covers such topics as drugs, crowd behaviour, amateurism, handicapping and fairplay, plus sport in film, literature and painting.