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It's all happening in Manchester - and the action will continue this summer, with the re-opening of the National Football Museum in July. Exhibits will include the original rules of the FA from 1863, on public display for the first time, and the 21st Century boots and a medal from England women's coach Hope Powell.
Your guide to more than 100 sports museums and visitor attractions in the UK.
Get to grips with how sport can be portrayed in bronze with an exhibition at Oxford's world-famous Ashmolean Museum until late May. Judo is one of 30 Olympic and Paralympic disciplines featured.
 
Sophie Dickens' judo sculpture from the Art at the Edge Sculpture and Sport exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford until 20 May. Photo (c) David Gower
Sports historian Simon Inglis hosts a series of 'Played in London' talks on Thursdays in May. Still to come: the capital's Olympic stadiums, London's  swimming pools, and pub games. (Or are they indoor sports?)
Sports historian and writer Simon Inglis speaking at the first 'Played in London' event. Photo: Simon Gill.

atest news.....

National Football Museum in Manchester now set to open in early 2012, but work due to be completed this autumn.

Lottery grant of £520,000 to revamp museum at Much Wenlock in Shropshire, town credited with inspiring start of modern Olympics. 

New Museum of Liverpool now open. Includes Everton Collection material, football film, Boardman bike.

BBC Radio 4 'Sport and the British' series with Clare Balding put back to early next year to launch 2012 Olympic coverage on the station.




 

 

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