New Call for Abstracts! The International Journal of the History of Sport @ijhs.bsky.social is looking for exciting new research on cycling 🚴‍♀️ history! Abstract deadline September 1, 2026 for 2027 publication #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️ think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

UK 🇬🇧 people - I’ll be on Channel 4 this Saturday night at 8 pm in this documentary on the 1936 Olympic Games #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️

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'Hitler's Games: Berlin 1936 In Colour'. Look out for @icshc.bsky.social Dr Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social who is an academic contributor to this major Channel 4 documentary to be broadcast on Saturday 1st August 2026 at 8pm - www.channel4.com/programmes/h... #sportshistory #olympics

#Wimbledon starts today 🎾 #WorldCup2026 knockout stages have begun ⚽️ there's so much exciting summer #sport! Thankfully a cooler start for #tennis folks in the UK. Find sporting stories here: buff.ly/EraajMm #sportshistory #sportingheritage @sportingheritage.bsky.social @icshc.bsky.social

Join us in Glasgow in July to celebrate a century of sporting stories contained in the amazing Team Scotland Archive! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-history-... @sportingheritage.bsky.social @arascot.bsky.social @scotsarchives.bsky.social #SportingHeritage

A History of Team Scotland in 10 items

Celebrating a century of international sporting competition preserved in the archives of Commonwealth Games Scotland.

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😎 This #FashionFriday's #SportandFashionMonth treat features the @skiclub.bsky.social Collection. But it's not all winter woollies, a good pair of shades is essential as snow reflects a huge amount of sunlight👇️ c 1920 #sportshistory #sportingheritage @sportingheritage.bsky.social @icshc.bsky.social

On this day at The Oval, we’re remembering the extraordinary Gilbert Laird Jessop. At the 5th Ashes Test in 1902, he set a record for the fastest century by an Englishman in a Test match, a feat that still stands more than 120 years later.

Gilbert Laird Jessop - A Batting Phenomenon

Gilbert Laird Jessop was a’ batting phenomenon’ in the late 19th and early 20th century and still holds the record for the fastest century by an Englishman in a test match, achieved at the Oval over…

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June is @sportingheritage.bsky.social's #SportAndFashion Month, so check out our Top 10 blog on jersey rugby badges this #FashionFriday? 👉️ buff.ly/fDC9tum #sportswear #embroidery @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social @leicestertigers.bsky.social @icshc.bsky.social

Enjoy the history and cultural significance of the World Cup? We might have the Postgraduate course for you with our @icshc.bsky.social Distance Learning MA in Sports History and Culture! Further details and how to apply at this link - www.dmu.ac.uk/study/course... #FIFAWC #WorldCup #sportshistory

Lots of #sportswear heritage pictured in this extensive 'Sportfolio' for you to explore Share your #SportAndFashion collections with us throughout June

Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick@mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 2mo ago

World Cup? We're dressed for success! #WorldCup2026 Other teams are available. W J Bassett as featured in 'The Sportfolio' - Portraits and Biographies of Heroes and Heroines of Sport & Pastime, 1896 Click on the link for other well-dressed sporting heroes mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CTC/...

I'm very happy to have 2 pieces in the IN THE BOX exhibition, opening today at TLG Gallery in Toronto, celebrating the beautiful game! This piece features Scotland and "the Auld Enemy". If you're in Toronto I hope you can check it out 💙✨️ #scotland #tartanarmy #scotlandfootball #noscotlandnoparty

'(Re)fashioning women's leisure: image, material and place, 1850-present'. Thursday 25 June 2026 - from 9:15 AM - 4:30 PM. Registration NOW OPEN for this #sportandfashion conference led by @icshc.bsky.social PhD student, Emmy Sale. Further details - www.eventbrite.com/e/refashioni... #sportshistory

Still time to register for this great event organized by my PhD student @emmyailish.bsky.social taking place on June 25 at De Montfort University #sporthistory #sportandfashion #skystorians 🗃️

International Centre for Sports History and Culture@icshc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

'(Re)fashioning women's leisure: image, material and place, 1850-present'. Thursday 25 June 2026 - from 9:15 AM - 4:30 PM. Registration NOW OPEN for this #sportandfashion conference led by @icshc.bsky.social PhD student, Emmy Sale. Further details - www.eventbrite.com/e/refashioni... #sportshistory

Our latest podcast “You Do Not Need To Play Cricket,To Keep Cricket Alive” We talk to Yorkshire Cricket Club & explore why cricket is a lifelong community. We meet with Yorkshire cricket volunteers about why grassroots clubs survive when people volunteer together. greymattersmore.buzzsprout.com

Registration NOW OPEN! '(Re)fashioning women's leisure: image, material and place, 1850-present' to be held on Thursday 25 June from 9:15am - 4:30pm at @dmu.ac.uk and led by @icshc.bsky.social PhD student @emmyailish.bsky.social. Details - www.eventbrite.com/e/refashioni... #sportshistory #fashion

Sport & Fashion Month is back! Join us throughout June in shining a light on the UK's sportswear heritage. What role has #sportswear played in the story of UK sport? Share your collections, memories, research, and activity using #SportAndFashion 👉 bit.ly/SportAndFash...

What puts sporting collections at risk, and why do they matter? Following National Sporting Heritage Day last year, we hosted a Collections at Risk webinar exploring the challenges facing sporting archives across the UK. The session brought sector professionals together to discuss:

#OTD in 1985 Cymru men travelled to Hampden Park to face Scotland in a qualifier for Mexico 86 Jock Stein wrote in the programme "Give a Welshman a red jersey & he grows in stature and spirit" and he was right The first 6 group games had been won by the home team, but Wales took the points 1/2

Preserving sporting heritage takes more than good intentions. Collections can be at risk due to poor storage, environmental pressures, unclear documentation or limited capacity. Without structured care, records and artefacts can deteriorate or become inaccessible.

Protecting sporting heritage starts with knowing what exists. Our Collections Database maps sporting-related collections across the UK, from club archives and museum stores to community-held memorabilia.

The British Deaf History Society (Manchester) holds rare Deaf sporting photographs and artefacts, many never publicly displayed due to limited space. With Sporting Heritage support, a centenary exhibition marked 100 years of the Deaflympics. @deafhistoryuk

📌 FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 5: How to conduct a peer review 📅 Wed 25th March | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

Our Collections Database brings together sporting-related collections held by museums, archives, clubs and community groups across the UK. If your organisation holds sporting records, artefacts or photographs, you can add your collection.

📌 FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 5: How to conduct a peer review 📅 Wed 25th March | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

Milano Cortina 2026 reminds us that the Games don’t just live in stadiums and snow. They live online too. For 15 years, the International Internet Preservation Consortium has archived Olympic and Paralympic web content, preserving the digital story of the Games.

We've created a new guide to our #SportingHeritage collections which cover everything from Olympic finals to keep fit classes: collections.stir.ac.uk/archive-coll... @isstirling.bsky.social @sportingheritage.bsky.social

Sporting Heritage

The University Archives works to preserve and promote Scotland’s sporting heritage through the development and care of our sporting collections and the provision of advice and support to sporting clubs and organisations across the country. At the core of our sporting heritage collections sits the Commonwealth Games Scotland Archive which preserves a detailed record of […]

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📌 FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 5: How to conduct a peer review 📅 Wed 25th March | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

Shinty is central to Highland identity, yet much of its story sits beyond match records. With Sporting Heritage support, Skye Camanachd documented past, present and future players through photography.

Reducing collections at risk across Scotland. Sporting Heritage is supporting Scotland’s Sporting Heritage, a two-year national project led by @ballasttrust and funded by @HeritageFundUK.

📌 FREE Webinar | Welsh Collection Significance Session 5: How to conduct a peer review 📅 Wed 25th March | 10.30–11.30 (Online)

With the Winter Games behind us and the Paralympic Games in motion, we’re also beginning to think ahead to Sport & Fashion Month in June. Winter sport offers a fascinating lens on design and performance. #sportingheritage #sportandfashion #wintersport