How have sports images evolved over time in the Olympic Games? From iconic moments captured by analog cameras to advanced cameras and equipment, Richard Whiting, Senior Global Sports Manager at IMAGO, sheds light on this remarkable evolution.
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Paris 2024: What Does Athletics Prize Money Mean for the Future?
In Paris, 128 years of Olympic history comes to an end with athletics gold medallists to earn prize money for the first time. The Game Magazine columnist Andy Murray investigates how the amateur ethos has stayed longer than anyone could have expected.
Emil Zatopek and Dana Zatopkova: how a husband-and-wife team won four Olympic gold medals at the 1952 Games
Tales of Olympics: Andy Murray takes a look at the story behind the Olympic power couple. Both athletes in the Czech team in Helsinki’s 1952 Olympic Games, Dana Zatopek won her first gold in the women's javelin throw, just one hour after her husband won the men's 5,000 metre run.
Remembering Moscow 1980: Oil, Afghanistan and Jimmy Carter
Politics and sport are two entities that most of us would rather keep separate. People don’t tend to go to cricket, rugby, football or even the Olympics intending to engage in heated debate surrounding government policy. Quite the contrary: sport serves as a distraction from the seemingly endless drone of current affairs – none of which ever seems to be particularly positive.