Women competed for the first time at the 1900 Games in Paris. Of a total of 997 athletes, 22 women competed in five sports: tennis, sailing, croquet, equestrianism and golf. The IOC is committed to ...
When Britain called on the Caribbean for support in World War Two, more than 10,000 men and women crossed the Atlantic to help the war effort. WW2: Did the war introduce designer fashion to our ...