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Gareth Harney on Twitter: "Watching the @netflix show on the ferocious Florentine sport of 'calcio storico' and struck by how similar it all is to ancient gladiatorial and boxing bouts, where many
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Netflix's 'Home Game': calcio storico and Highland Games among world's weirdest sports on show | South China Morning Post
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