Discover the Games

Reports from multi-sport events, stories about unknown sports. Obscure, historical, traditional, contemporary, urban. We Discover the Games.

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One more story added to the collection of the European championship #flagfootball in #Limerick #Ireland. An inspiring one with Italian quarterback, role model and football ambassador Nausicaa Dell'Orto. Read it at our 'Olympic Dreams'-page: https://t.co/6v55bJz0md @DAZN_IT

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The Ukrainian flag football team was founded in wartime. Read their story and learn about the harsh reason for it. And about their commitment to play at the European championships in Ireland. #flagfootball #dtg #europeanchampionship https://t.co/lK6gqD0zU3

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Our story of the week is written in Limerick, Ireland, where the European Championships flag football is being played. A sport that is growing fast. @pierretrochet of IFAF about plans, dreams and development #flagfootball #Ireland https://t.co/x8gAoEE6rf

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Listening to the bell in the ball. You can read (and listen to!) the article about #goalball on our site. A sport for the visually impaired @EuroParaChamps #rotterdam Below the article I read it out loud. @IBSABlindSports @ibsagoalball https://t.co/yEhBa5FYkB

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Our story of the week, from the @EuroParaChamps Two top-level athletes talking about their new life after being paralyzed. And about their rehabilitation process at @Rijndam_rc Dutch version published in Trouw https://t.co/uWjqKz7mvu , English at #DtG: https://t.co/v7onJgsNBp

[UK Racketlon @UKracketlon]

LUKE GRIFFITHS IS THE MEN'S SINGLES WORLD CHAMPION 🇬🇧🏆

Luke Griffiths wins the Racketlon Men's Singles World Championship title for the second time, defending the title he won last year in Austria 💪

Stunning tennis helped him beat his brother Leon in a phenomenal final 👏

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👍👍The final of the World Championship Racketlon is the Batlle of the Brothers. Leon and Luke Griffiths play against each other.

[Fabien Mauroy @Fablepongiste]

@Discoverthegame @UKracketlon And they are playing each other tomorrow in the final ! Great article.

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New story of the week. About a sport we've seen before: racketlon. Table tennis, badminton, squash and tennis, all in one multi-sport. A story with two young British brothers, the best racketlon players in the world #racketlon #4rackets1sport @UKracketlon https://t.co/d8ogXu2SBv

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Great. DtG will be in Limerick to discover and report. Interested in stories, pictures, reports from the Euros of an upcoming sport? Let us know!

[Int’l Fed of American Football @IFAFMedia]

A record number of 33 teams from 20 nations compete at the IFAF European Flag Football Championships in Ireland as the University of Limerick hosts 20 men’s teams and 13 women’s teams. #FlagFootball #IFAF #Ireland
Story: https://t.co/ZfPUC0L9Rt

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Nice!

[World Masters Sport @IMGAmasters]

You've heard of volleyball and beach volleyball, but have you heard of snow volleyball? 👀❄️🏐

Take part in the exhilarating game on snow-covered courts at the 2024 Winter Masters Games in Lombardia. 🎉

Register to compete at #Lombardia2024 here 👉 https://t.co/0gfdsItKan

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Popular in the German speaking countries of Europe. Semi finals today at the World Championships in #Mannheim #fistball #bra vs. #GER #swi vs. #austria

[Brian Salmon @flyingking2]

What is Fistball? A dynamic Volleyball type sport that is definitely not Volleyball
Voll Fist
Players 6 5
Grass ❌ ✅
Touches 3 3
Hit with 🖐️ 👊
🏐⬇️⬆️👊 ❌ ✅
Serve at 🔙 ✅ ❌
🏐 hits net 🆗 ❌
@TheWorldGames

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With the @Eyof2023 coming to an end, we take you back to the first edition, in 1991. A story that shows how careers, dreams and ambitions can be very different. We spoke with, among others, Olympic champion Gabriela Szabo. She won gold at the #EYOF 1991. https://t.co/6lHON9X5sH

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This week the @WPFG2023 begins in Winnipeg #Canada We wrote a story with Aaron Brouwer, fire fighter from @CityofPG After 7 (!) knee surgeries he debuts at the #wpfg at the #halfmarathon. https://t.co/C1H4ECbvqH

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We discovered the mind, the habits the collegiality of a draughts player. #draughts #checkers #dtg #mindsports https://t.co/9bsIG6ZSfg

[Billy Melville @billymelville]

Tonight at the #BattleOfTheFoothills it was @chuckwagonjamie who emerged with the top time, giving himself a shot at winning the world! Way to go! https://t.co/tKf39vv3Ra @WPCAChucks @Cowboy_Channel @CowboySh_t @OfficialRFDTV @RURALRADIO147 @CSchuckwagons @calgarystampede

[UCOLOURS @UCOLOURme]

🇺🇸 Log Rolling, Boom Running, Speed Pole Climbing, Chopping, Axe Throwing, and Sawing will all be contested at the 63rd Lumberjack World Championship 2023 from July 20-22.

Hayward in Wisconsin will again be hosting.

#LumberjackWC | https://t.co/XLeriHGmVW

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At the recent @CentroCaribeS in #ElSalvador the women's basketball team of the #VirginIslands 🇻🇮 caused a major upset. Ranked 40th in the world, 9th in the America's, they won gold 🥇Read their heroic, victorious story on #DtG https://t.co/opQOJxpBjt #SanSalvador2023

[Ophea @opheacanada]

The #NAIG2023 are here! For Ophea Pres @janice_ubc these are "the most visible expression of Indigenous self-determination ... created by Indigenous people for Indigenous people in response to needs that they knew were not being served”. Learn more here: https://t.co/Gf3tBEYn1z

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When not traveling, we are writing. #dtg Our new story of the week is about a festival in #Finland🇫🇮 This weekend is the #WorldChampionship #swampsoccer. Yep, playing #football in the wet, muddy swamps of Hyrynsalmi. Bars, food, sauna and #soccer. https://t.co/MW0pdoywjx