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  • 3 weeks ago | ekathimerini.com | David Pritchard

    CULTURE Sport in ancient Athens was much more than the Olympics  This Athenian wine cup depicts an athletics teacher training students in two events of the pentathlon (Powerhouse Museum [Sydney], inv. no. 99/117/1). [Ryan Hernandez] It is true that the Olympic Games were also a really big deal in ancient Athens. The Athenians followed how sports stars performed at the Olympics as obsessively as we do.

  • 1 month ago | ekathimerini.com | David Pritchard

    CULTURE The games of democratic Athens were as great as the Ancient Olympics Athena dances a victory dance on a Panathenaic amphora (J. Paul Getty Museum [Malibu], inv. no. 79.AE.147.a). The Olympic Games immediately spring to mind when people think about sport in ancient Greece. This is easy to understand because these games are what has inspired our modern Olympics. The ancient Greeks celebrated their Olympics for a truly staggering 1,000 years.

  • 1 month ago | neoskosmos.com | David Pritchard |Christopher Gogos

    The Olympic Games immediately spring to mind when people think about sport in ancient Greece. This is easy to understand because these Games are what has inspired our modern Olympics. The ancient Greeks celebrated their Olympics for a truly staggering 1000 years. Their Games attracted sportsmen from the 1000 Greek microstates of the Mediterranean basin. These Olympics, like ours, were the world’s largest event.

  • Feb 19, 2025 | mdpi.com | Muneeb Ul Haq |David Pritchard |Arthur Sun Myint |Khaled Noureldin

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  • Sep 3, 2024 | oxfordmail.co.uk | David Pritchard

    OXFORD United's five-game unbeaten run came to a shuddering halt as they crashed to defeat at Luton Town. They fell behind in only the second minute, when Luke Wilkinson headed in a free-kick from Jake Howells. United might have fallen further behind as Luton dominated early on, but they gradually came back into the game. A lack of spark in the final third let them down, though, with Luton goalkeeper Mark Tyler rarely stretched.

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Dave Pritchard
Dave Pritchard @DavePritchard83
11 May 25

Great to see, always enjoyed a trip to the Belmont back in the day. https://t.co/BTmuPjfOMY

Whitstable Town Football Club
Whitstable Town Football Club @whitstabletown

WE WON AT WEMBLEY https://t.co/jMOJFOcEgU

Dave Pritchard
Dave Pritchard @DavePritchard83
11 May 25

RT @bryansgunn: One of those great European knights https://t.co/IUYqzmZfpC

Dave Pritchard
Dave Pritchard @DavePritchard83
26 Apr 25

Big goal for Shandon Baptiste, which doesn't help. #oufc need to finish the job themselves.