Forgotten stories of football: farce and fascism at the 1936 Olympics
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A new series from The Guardian, featuring the best stories from the beautiful game that you may never have heard before, written by some of the world’s leading sports journalists, and spanning more than 100 years of sporting history from across the footballing planet. In this episode: how Nazi bullying and controversial victories overshadowed Italy’s gold medal at the Berlin Games
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