Sports are timeless activities; ones that humans have enjoyed since at least ancient times, as exemplified by the Greek Olympic Games. Indeed, ethnographic and archaeological evidence such as cave paintings and the accounts of early European explorers indicate sports may well go back to the very beginning of humankind. Many of the sports played and celebrated today, such as football, even have their roots in various kicking and running ball games played throughout medieval Europe. Sports such as golf and horse racing were also played among the European aristocratic classes, especially those of Britain.

Of course ancient Olympics, medieval aristocrats, cave people, and hordes of peasants kicking a ball from one village to the next is, despite the genealogy, rather far removed from sports as we know them today. The development of modern sports is tied very much to the history of the industrial revolution and the creation of the first public schools, the latter of which sought to incorporate physical activity in the curriculum. The net result of this process was to cleanse (as in reduce violent elements) and codify various games such as soccer or rugby and of course later on, basketball and football, both of which were very much shaped on college campuses in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, at least in the United States.

It is clear that the history of sports as series of incredibly popular spectator events would not exist in its current shape without the likes of magazines like Sports Illustrated. Initially there was much resistance to the idea of a sports magazine. The prevailing views were that sports are beneath journalism and that there would be no audience, and therefore money, in such an undertaking. Of course, the history of Sports Illustrated demonstrates that such views were mistaken. These days Sports Illustrated is credited as one of three main factors for the explosion of popular sports, the other two being economic prosperity and sports broadcasting.

Basketball is the only popular spectator sport that bears the distinction of being invented by a single person, as opposed to being the adaptation or evolution from or of another sport. Dr. James Naismith is a name inseparable from the history of basketball, a game he conceived as an indoor activity for energetic New England youth to wile away the winter months. January 20, 1892 was the date of the first official basketball game ever played. Naismith went on to coach his invention in Kansas for six years, and thus successfully helped spread the game, with the help of the YMCA, throughout college campuses. In 1946, the National Basketball Association was founded, organizing professional basketball teams for the first time in history.

The history of sports broadcasting, namely television and radio, is a curious phenomenon in that each was, in part, the cause of the other’s success. Some of the first (and most popular) radio and television broadcasts were sports events. While broadcasting mediums helped popularize spectator sports, according to the Museum of Broadcast Communications, “with only 190,000 television sets in use in 1948, the attraction of sports to the networks in its early period was not advertising dollars…but as a means of boosting demand for television as a medium.” In time, of course, the number of televisions and television stations grew at an exponential rate, so that in 1979 ESPN was launched, reaching over 4 million homes by 1980. 

The earliest reference to baseball in the United States is from the bylaws of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1791, which forbid the game to be played within 80 yards of the town hall (for reasons not too difficult to imagine). It was not until 1845 that the New York Knickerbockers were founded. Although the amateur club was eventually disbanded, it does bear the honor of being the first team to play baseball under modern rules. In 1870 the game began a move toward professionalism, and in 1875 the National League (the same one that exists today) was established. The American League (originally called the Eastern League) was founded in 1893 to compete against the National League, which it did aggressively.

Golf is a sport with a history so rich it defies summation. What most assume to be golf’s antecedent, “chole”, was first recorded in 1354. The game was actually a hockey derivative played in Flanders. Eventually, in 1421, some Scotsmen fighting with the French in Flanders were introduced to the game, and then took it home to Scotland. Over the next two centuries the game spread throughout Great Britain. There are numerous records of kings, queens, and other royalty playing the game, as well as a number of decrees that granted the commoners the right to play in specific public spaces. In fact, Mary Queen of Scotts is the first female golfer on record.

The name “football” is associated with a number of different games, such as soccer, rugby, and American football. There is also Gaelic football, Canadian football, and Australian football. Much of the history of football in the United States has to do with the transition from a kicking game to a running game, and the slow changes and codifications of rules systems and safety guidelines. American football really received its start in the 1820s as an inter-mural sport played by prestigious New England universities. Each university tended to adopt its own rule book, and it was in the course of playing other schools that the rules for American football as we know it were first written. In the early 1900s the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) was established to codify rules and reform safety protocols. In 1920, football was officially made a professional sport with the founding of the National Football League (NFL).

The history of sports is rich in depth and detail. Sports that seem recent are, in many cases, not so different from sports activity from hundreds of years ago, only with more spectacle and glamour. For more information click any option:

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For the Pakistani cricketer, see Sohail Khan (cricketer).

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Born	Sohail Khan December 20, 1970 (1970-12-20) (age 37) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other name(s)	Khan Bhai Sohail
Occupation	Producer, Director, Actor
Years active	1997-Present
Spouse(s)	Seema Sachdev Khan

Sohail Khan (Hindi, ????? ???? born December 20, 1970) is an Indian Bollywood actor, producer and director. He is the younger brother of actors Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan.

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Sohail Khan was born into a family with strong ties to the Bollywood film industry: His father is Salim Khan, a successful scriptwriter and his mother is Salma Khan, while his step-mother is dancer and Bollywood actress Helen. His older brothers are actors Arbaaz Khan and Salman Khan. His sister, Alvira Khan, is married to Bollywood actor Atul Agnihotri, while his younger sister Arpita Khan "discovered" Sneha Ullal for his movie Lucky: No Time for Love, which he produced with his production company "Sohail Khan Production". He is married to Seema Sachdev and has one son Nirvaan Khan who was born on December 20,2000.

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Shohail Khan started his career as a film producer and director making his directorial debut with the 1997 action thriller Auzaar which starred his brother Salman and Sanjay Kapoor. He then directed both of his brothers Salman and Arbaaz in the hit film Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998) and the less successful Hello Brother (1999).

In 2002 he wrote, produced, directed and made his acting debut in Maine Dil Tujhko Diya which did not do well at the box office and failed to launch his career as an actor. He then appeared in a few more films, none of which did well at the box office. He had his first hit with the film Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (2005) in which he co-starred with brother Salman. He also wrote the story, produced and starred in the multi-starrer Fight Club - Members Only which also did not do well at the box office. In 2006 he starred in the boxing drama Aryan for which his performance was appreciated but the film failed to do well as it was a delayed release.

His only 2007 release as an actor was the multi-starrer Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love. He then produced Partner which starred his brother Salman and Govinda in the lead roles and was a huge box office success.

He has also announced to star for the first time with both his brothers Salman and Arbaaz in Amar Akbar Anthony a remake of the 1977 Manmohan Desai film of the same name

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Sohail made his first-class debut in 1983, a left-handed opening batsman and occasional left-arm spin bowler. In a playing career that spanned eighteen ...

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An aggressive batsman, Sohail's first appeared for the national team in a 1990 one-day International against Sri Lanka and enjoyed a successful international career. He was an important member of the team that won the 1992 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Sohail captained Pakistan in six Tests in 1998, becoming the first Pakistani captain to defeat South Africa in a Test Match._[1] He led Pakistan through 22 one-day internationals from 1996 to 1998, winning nine and averaging 41.5 with the bat._[2]

Sohail played a big role in Pakistan's World-Cup triumph in 1992, famously telling Ian Botham that he might want to send his mother-in-law in to bat after Botham was controversially given out for naught in the final. Sohail's most infamous moment on the cricket field, however, was in the 1996 World Cup Quarter Final against arch rival India in Bangalore. Sohail was captaining the side in pursuit of a relatively large target of 287 in 50 overs. With opening partner Saeed Anwar, he got Pakistan off to a flying start. With the score at 109 for one, and Saeed Anwar (48) back in the pavilion, Sohail smashed a delivery from Indian seamer Venkatesh Prasad through the covers for four. Both players exchanged words, and Sohail pointed his finger aggressively at Prasad. The next delivery clean-bowled him and triggered a batting collapse which ultimately lost the game and eliminated Pakistan from the competition.

The loss had other causes, however, which included Wasim Akram leaving the captaincy due to mysterious reasons on the day of the quarterfinals. The five batsmen following Sohail, Inzamam, Ijaz, Saleem and Javed all played poorly. This match remains a controversial one, for Aamir Sohail blew the whistle about players involved in match-fixing._[3][4]

Sohail was at the heart of the match-fixing scandal that rocked cricket in the 1990s: as captain of the national team, his whistle-blowing may have negatively affected his international career._[5]

After retiring from cricket in 2001, Sohail became chief selector for the national team, his tenure ending in January 2004 when he was replaced by former national team wicketkeeper Wasim Bari. He continues to work as a cricket broadcaster.