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Bad sports, from the ancient Greeks to the present

All the horrors of modern sport, including cheating, drugs, violence and racism, have always existed, according to Wray Vamplew’s encyclopaedic history

Mosaic of gladiators in the ancient Greek city of Kourion, near Limassol, Cyprus. [Alamy]
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  • Games People Played: A Global History of Sport

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