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A bit of Ryder Cup History

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We’re eagerly awaiting the start of this year’s Ryder Cup. We’ve been testing ourselves – and failing – on what we know about its history. So we did a bit of digging and here’s what we found: Samuel Ryder originally sponsored the Ryder Cup after watching a friendly transatlantic match at Wentworth in 1926. Ryder […]

SPORT IN THE SOVIET UNION

SPORT IN THE SOVIET UNION

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The history of Soviet sporting achievements and an assessment of the role played by sport in Russian life, first published in 1964 with this 2nd edition revised to help contextualise the Moscow Olympics.

8vo. 146pp. Paperback. Very good condition. 

Date
1980
Publisher
Oxford: Pergamon Press Ltd.
Author
Victor and Jennifer LOUIS

£25.00 (Code: 77537)

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