International Centre for Sports History and Culture

A massive thank you to everybody at the Leicester City FC who made our @icshc.bsky.social FIFA Master class field visits possible this week! Good luck for the remainder of the season. #sportshistory #FoxesNeverQuit

100 years of football history in the @icshc.bsky.social FIFA Master classroom! A big thank you to Leicester City FC Club Historian, John Hutchinson, for spending time with our students on the role of the club historian. #sportshistory #LCFC

Delighted and honoured to be the new Director of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at DMU. It is a great place to work with fabulous colleagues in the Centre and the wider History team.
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We are delighted to announce that Professor Matthew Taylor has been appointed as Director of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture.
#sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins @dmu.ac.uk @matttayl.bsky.social

Congratulations @markaorton.bsky.social! Looks fantastic! #sportshistory

'From Day One to Month One: Life at the Start of the 26th edition of the FIFA Master Journey'. Report from our FIFA Master students as they begin their Humanities of Sport module studies with us at the @icshc.bsky.social / @dmu.ac.uk - www.cies.ch/cies/news/ne... #sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins

Talk: 'WWI Football stories - Football's Role in Gallipoli & Ammunition Factories'. 11th October 2025. Venue - The Fusilier Museum Warwick. Further details at - fusiliermuseumwarwick.com/events/footb... #sportshistory

Football Club Internazionale Milano announces publication of 'Inter The Opus' which will present "the club’s history and essence". Further details at this link - www.inter.it/en/news/inte... #sportshistory #Inter #football #footballhistory

Women’s Euros and Women’s Rugby World Cup provide an opportunity to reflect for the FIFA Master | Global Sports Women's Euros and Women's Rugby World Cup provide an opportunity to reflect on Women in Sport in 2025.

'Women’s Euros and Women’s Rugby World Cup provide an opportunity to reflect for the FIFA Master'. Article for Global Sport by @icshc.bsky.social @dmu.ac.uk FIFA Master Humanities of Sport Module Coordinator, James Panter. www.globalsportsjobs.com/careershub/w... #WomenInSport #Femaleleaders #DMU

Fantastic picture @oispooky.bsky.social ! #sportshistory #boxinghistory

Our thoughts and solidarity are with England and Leicester Tigers Lewis Moody, his family and friends following the incredibly sad news this morning that he has been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. Stay strong Lewis.

Great to see 2024 FIFA Master graduate Beatriz Loducca Sivieri profiled in the latest edition of our 'Where are they now?' series! Beatriz began her course studies here at the @icshc.bsky.social in the Humanities of Sport. Read the full interview here - www.cies.ch/cies/news/ne... #WomenInSport

Pictured left to right: Antonia Landgraf, Xavier Cordier, Omar Yasser Ahmed, Leicestershire and England's Rehan Ahmed, James Panter, Kenny Lam, Rita El Idrissi Semlali and Amr Adel. #WhereAmbitionBegins @dmu.ac.uk

A special evening at the Leicestershire County Cricket Club 2025 end of season awards! Thank you to Leicestershire and England's Rehan Ahmed (centre) for the group picture with several members of our @icshc.bsky.social @dmu.ac.uk FIFA Master 26th edition class!
#sportshistory #FoxesNeverQuit

From a lion-taming lightweight to the Muscular Maids: 5 Victorian boxing sensations you need to know about Sarah Elizabeth Cox introduces the pugilists who punched their way into Britons’ affections during the dying days of bare-knuckle prize-fighting

A feature I wrote for the print issue of BBC History Magazine earlier this year is now online! Introducing Alf Ball, Hezekiah Moscow, Henry 'Sugar' Goodson, the Sisters Mills and Jem Smith 🦁🥊🤜🏻🤛🏾

Steven Knight not going straight for that chapel fight is wild...

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Applications NOW OPEN for September 2026 start on Europe's No.1 ranked Postgraduate Sport Management Course. Launch your career in #sport with the opening FIFA Master Humanities of Sport module held here at the @icshc.bsky.social @dmu.ac.uk.
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International Football History Conference 2026 The call for papers/presentations has been released for the 2026 International Football History Conference (#Footycon26). If you are interested in attending or presenting the details are here: Inte…

International Football History Conference 2026 - CALL FOR PAPERS! Further information at the below link and via @garyjames.bsky.social - gjfootballarchive.com/2025/10/02/i... #sportshistory

Brilliant to see @icshc.bsky.social MA Sports History and Culture graduate, David Moreton, contributing to the 'Football Heritage Podcast' on the topic of 'Football and Myth: The Orient Game'. Further details at this link - linktr.ee/footyheritage #sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins #DMU

A great event at @ihr.bsky.social last night celebrating Dick Holt’s from the @icshc.bsky.social revised edition of ‘Sport & the British’ with a record crowd of 70+ joining us both in-person & online.

If you want to listen to the discussion, you can do so now ⬇️

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A big thank you to Rugby School for making our @icshc.bsky.social FIFA Master Humanities of Sport module class field visit possible yesterday. Pictures by ICSHC James Panter. #sportshistory #rugby #olympics

Pictured are 'Rewriting Sport and the British' panel members - Max Portman (BSSH), Emeritus Prof. Dil Porter, Dr Amanda Spenn, Emeritus Prof. Richard Holt, Dr Raf Nicholson, Emeritus Prof. Tony Collins, Emeritus Prof. Robert Colls. #sportshistory @sportinhistorypod.bsky.social @bssh.bsky.social

Congratulations to @icshc.bsky.social Emeritus Professor Richard Holt on the official launch of 'Sport and the British - A Modern History' (second edition) at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, University of London, @bssh.bsky.social. Pictures by ICSHC James Panter. #sportshistory

CHAMPIONS!!!! Huge congratulations to the England Red Roses team! 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup Winners! #sportshistory #RWC2025 #RedRoses

Good luck to the Red Roses @redrosesrugby.bsky.social in the Women's Rugby World Cup Final tomorrow against Canada! #RedRoses #RWC2025 #sportshistory

A big thank you to everyone at Leicester Tigers Rugby Club who made our @icshc.bsky.social FIFA Master Humanities of Sport module field visit possible yesterday. Good luck for the 2025/26 season! Pictures by ICSHC James Panter. #sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins #FIFAMaster

New FIFA Master 'Where are they now?' interview with 2012 graduate, Honey Thaljieh, from Palestine. Honey, who began her #sportshistory studies here at the @icshc.bsky.social, is now Public Relations Manager at FIFA. Read more - www.cies.ch/education/fi... #WhereAmbitionBegins @dmu.ac.uk

'Prestigious FIFA Master programme welcomes its latest cohort at DMU'. Full @dmu.ac.uk news story as we welcome the new FIFA Master 26th edition class to the @icshc.bsky.social for the opening Humanities of Sport module - www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/ne... #sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins

OUT NOW! 'Sport and the British - A Modern History' SECOND EDITION by Emeritus Professor Richard Holt via Oxford University Press. This is a completely revised edition of a book which has been the standard in its field for over thirty years - global.oup.com/academic/pro... #sportshistory

Many congratulations to Lionesses England manager, Sarina Wiegman, on being named women's coach of the year at the 2025 Ballon d'Or awards, and to Hannah Hampton on recceiving the Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper. #sportshistory

Our thoughts are with the friends and family of Harold 'Dickie' Bird who has sadly passed away at the age of 92. A true legend of the game of cricket. #sportshistory