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• How the Modern Olympics Began: From a French Idea to the World's Biggest Stage
  The ancient Greek games died out in the 4th century and lay forgotten for 1,500 years. So how did the Olympics come back — and why does every edition still fall on a four-year beat? The story behind the rings.
• How Football Tactics Evolved — From the Pyramid to the Gegenpress
  The formation numbers commentators bark about are fossils of real battles: every system existed because it beat the last one, and every counter existed to break it. A century and a half of football shape, told through the six revolutions that still define what you watch on Saturday.
• How Cricket Works: A Plain-English Guide for First-Time Viewers
  Eleven players, three formats, an innings that can last five days or four hours. Cricket looks baffling from the outside — here is the core idea, the ways you score and get out, and why the different versions exist.