Notes

Pride and prejudice: Aboriginal cricket team; Jim Jeffries v Jack Johnson; Jesse Owens v Adolf Hitler; Joe Louis v Max Schmeling; Mexico City Olympics; Munich Olympics 1972; Muhammed Ali v George Foreman. Waving the flag: Dublin v Tipperary; Hungary v USSR; Abebe Bikila; Amerca v China; Bobby Fischer v Boris Spassky; US v USSR; Springboks tour of NZ 1981; FIFA World Cup Argentina v England. Footballs and bullets: Britain v Germany, Belgium, World War I; Kiev v Germany 1942; Honduras v El Salvador; Dinamo Zagreb v Red Star Belgrade. Gender and sport: Emily Davison and Derby Day, 1913; Billie Jean King v Bobby Riggs, 1973; Renee Richards and the US Open, 1977. An unsporting advantage: 1919: Curse of the Black Sox; The Bodyline Series, England v Australia 1932; Underhand tactics, Australia v NZ, 1981; The dirtiest race in history, Ben Johnson and the drug scandal in Seoul, 1988.