1726 to 1775 in sports describes the period's events in world sport.
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Few sporting references are found in the infant newspaper industry of the period but there are enough to confirm the establishment of professionalism in English sports like boxing, cricket and horse racing. The earliest known codification of rules occurs in each of these and in the still amateur sport of golf.
Bando
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Boxing
Events
Chess
Events
Cricket
Events
Golf
Events
Horse racing
Events
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