The lifestyle of elite professional sportsmen in Ancient Greece and Rome was comparable to that of a celebrity today.

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The ancient Olympic games were crowded with male athletes, but were there opportunities for females to compete in sports?

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Long before stadiums sold hot dogs, our ancestors turned basic needs into public shows. Imagine Sumerian stone carvings showing wrestling so intense, it’d make John Cena think twice. Or Egyptian tomb ...

NEW DELHI (AP) For centuries, shirtless and shoeless young warriors gathered and grappled on patches of muddy ground near the foot of the Himalayas, practicing the ancient contact sport of Kabaddi.