Origins of sport - spears and arrows, running, hunting, bull-leaping, boxing, hammer-throwing, polo; Ancient Greece - gatherings, religious festivals, the first olympics, Pankration; Ancient Rome - bread and circuses, gladiators, the Colosseum, circus maximus, Bestiarii, the tepidarium; East and West - martial arts, self-defence, Aztecs, Mayas, baggatawy, kyudo, kendo, sumo wrestling, kite-flying; middle ages - knights, jousting, tournaments, mob football, archery; renaissance - leisure activities, tennis, palla, real tennis, fencing, skating; modern sports - kolven, golf, featheries, pell-mell, billiards, coffee houses, cricket, rowing, early baseball, tennis; animals - chariot racing, hunting and shooting, bull fighting, fox hunting, leaping contests, tiger hunting; team sports - football codes, baseball, rugby, women cricketers, basketball; gatherings - first modern Olympics, highland games, Wimbledon, badmington; making rules - tenpin bowling, Queensberry rules, fencing, duelling; wheels - cycle racing, penny-farthing, motor racing, motorbikes; water sports - swimming, rowing, diving, sailing kayaks; winning women - tennis, figure skating, drag racing, swimming the English Channel; heroes - superstars, live radio, Paavo Nurmi, Babe Ruth, professionals; world stage - international sport, politics, Berlin Olympics, First World Cup; war and peace - the Iron Curtain, racial prejudice, advertising, four-minute mile; power games - American football, live television, Olympic water polo; the Olympics - Munich '72, terrorism, boycotts; Olympic flame, professionalism; winter sports - skiing, skating, refrigerated rinks, winter Olympics, tobogganing, ski-jumping, bobsled, ice hockey; modern age - big business, sponsorship, advertising, fallen idols; speed - sprinting, drag racing, golf, records, jai alai, technology; dress and equipment - lycra, silk, sports clothes for women, manufacturers, racing cars; technology - safety in sport, Victorian gym equipment, making tennis rackets, racing driver's outfit; the future - new games, earthball, gladiators, virtual reality; timeline.
