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Dennis Wise (born December 16, 1966 in Kensington) is an English footballer, he is currently playing for Southampton, having signed on a free transfer in the Summer of 2005, after resigning as player-manager of Millwall. ... Ashley Ward (born November 24, 1970 in Manchester) was a professional footballer in England. ... AFC Bournemouth are an English football team currently playing in Football League One. ... A flic flac is a back handspring, often performed in gymnastics. ... In the sport of fencing, a French grip is a grip used for foil and épée that consists of a slightly curved block of wood or aluminum wrapped in a rubber grip-tape. ... Hucknall Town F.C. are an English association football team based in the town of Hucknall in Nottinghamshire. ... Sepahan is one of the teams in Irans Premier Football League. ... Irans Premier Football League also known as the IPL is the most important football league in Iran. ... Sogndal I.L. is a Norwegian football club from Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane. ... Ricky Rudd Ricky Rudd racing at the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway. ... Borac (translation Fighter) is the name of several sports clubs from Banja Luka in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... A request has been made on Wikipedia for this article to be deleted in accordance with the deletion policy. ... Barry Wilson (born February 16, 1972 in Kirkcaldy) is a Scottish football player, currently playing for Inverness CT. Categories: Football (soccer) player stubs | Scottish footballers | 1972 births ... Seamus (Shay) Given (born April 20, 1976 in Lifford, County Donegal) is an Irish football goalkeeper. ... Mario Alberto Kempes (born July 15, 1954) was an Argentine football player. ... The UEFA Regions Cup is a football competition for amateur teams in Europe, run by UEFA. It was held for the first time in 1998-99, and has been played every two years since. ... The FA National League System Cup is a new football competition run by The Football Association. ... Frankie Narvaez (1939-April 15, 2004) was a Puerto Rican boxer. ... The ESPY Awards are a set of annual sports awards given out by the ESPN sports television channel in the United States since 1993. ... Omar Sivori (October 2, 1935 - February 17, 2005) was an Argentine football player. ... Jump to: navigation, search Javier Adelmar Pupi Zanetti (born August 10, 1973 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football player, the current captain of Inter Milan. ... Carlos Alberto Torres (born July 17, 1944) was a Brazilian football (soccer) player. ... Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior (born June 29, 1954), known simply as Júnior, was a Brazilian football player. ... Djalma Santos (born February 27, 1929) was a Brazilian football player who won the World Cup in 1958 and 1962. ... Romerito (born Julio Cesar Romero Insfrán on August 28, 1960 in Luque, Paraguay) was a Paraguayan football player. ... Enzo Francéscoli Uriarte (born November 12, 1961 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan football player until his retirement in 1997. ... Franky van der Elst (born April 30, 1961 in Opwijk, Belgium) is a former football player and now manager. ... Jean-Marie Pfaff (born December 4, 1953) was a Belgian football player. ... Jean-Pierre Papin (born November 5, 1963) was a French football player. ... Marius Trésor (born January 15, 1950 in Guadeloupe) was a French football player. ... David Trézéguet - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (born September 25, 1955) was a German football player. ... Giampiero Boniperti (born July 4, 1928) was an Italian football player who played for Juventus between 1946 and 1961. ... Giacinto Facchetti (born 18 July 1942 in Bergamo) was an Italian football player. ... Paolo Rossi (born September 23, 1956 in Santa Lucia, near Prato) was an Italian football (soccer) player. ... René van de Kerkhof (born September 16, 1951 in Helmond) is a former Dutch football player. ... Willy van de Kerkhof (born September 16, 1951 in Helmond) is a former Dutch football player. ... Jump to: navigation, search Clarence Seedorf (born April 1, 1976 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a Dutch football (soccer) player, who currently plays for AC Milan in Serie A. Seedorf is the first (and currently only) person to win the UEFA Champions League with three different teams: Ajax (1995), Real Madrid... Luis Enrique Martínez García (born May 8, 1970 in Gijon) is a Spanish football player. ... Josef Masopust (born February 9, 1931) was a Czech football player and coach. ... Emre BelözoÄŸlu at Inter Milan Emre BelözoÄŸlu, also known as Emre or BelözoÄŸlu Emre (born 7 September 1980 in İstanbul) is a Turkish football player. ... Abédi Ayew Pelé (born November 5, 1964) is a former Ghanian football player. ... Hong Myung-Bo (born February 12, 1969 in Seoul) was a South Korean football player; he recently announced his retirement following the end of the 2004 Major League Soccer season, having finished his career with the Los Angeles Galaxy. ... Mike Vallely, a. ... Carambole billiards (or carom) is a billiards game possibly developed in the 18th century in France, though the exact date of invention is not clear. ... Inga Grigorevna Artamonova (August 29, 1936 – January 4, 1966) was a world champion ice skater. ... The Toronto Soccer Association is a non-profit community organization oriented on promoting, educating and organizing the sport of soccer. ... Lee Chun-Soo (born 9 July 1981) is a football player from South Korea. ... Seol Ki-hyeon (born 8 January 1979 in Jeongseon, Korea) is a football player from South Korea. ... Gavin Ward is a football player for Coventry City. ... Max Mirnyi (Belarusian: Максім Мірны, Maksim Mirny; born July 6, 1977) is a tennis player from Belarus. ... The FA Womens Cup is the top cup competition for womens football clubs in England. ... Tim Marcum is considered to be the most successful coach in the history of Arena Football. ... Clapton F.C. are an English association football club, who play in Forest Gate, east London (although they were originally from Clapton, which is several miles to the west). ... The Western League is a football league in the south west of England. ... John Taylor (born July 21, 1946 in Watford, Hertfordshire) was a Welsh rugby union player. ... The Midland Football Alliance (also known as the Travel Factory Alliance after its main sponsor) is an English football league covering the West Midlands region. ... The Kent League is an English football league in Kent and south east London. ... For the 5th century BC league of Greek city states, see Delian League. ... The Essex Senior League is an English football league covering Essex and East London. ... The Spartan South Midlands Football League is an English football league covering north London and parts of the Home Counties. ... A bilboquet consists of two objects, a stick and a ball with a hole connected with a short rope. ... Shuffleboard is a game where players push a small disk in a narrow elongated play area with the purpose of positioning it within a marked area. ... AFC Wallingford are an English association football team who have played in the Combined Counties League since 1998, after they won the Cherry Red Records Chiltonian League championship. ... The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under-18 sides. ... The Eastern Counties League (also known under a sponsorship contract as the Ridgeons League) is an English football league at level 5 of the National League System. ... Part of the St James Park. ... Andrew Bree is a breaststroke Ireland. ... Spotlighting or shining is a method of hunting nocturnal animals using off-road vehicles and high-powered lights. ... Outdoor activities usually mean activities done outdoor. ... Jump to: navigation, search The 2014 Football World Cup will provisionally take place in a South American country, most likely Brazil or Venezuela. ... Maik Taylor is a Northern Irish Association Football (soccer) player, born 4 September 1971. ... Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | 1981 births | Football (soccer) goalkeepers | Swedish footballers ... Tadashi Sawamura, whose real name is Hideki Shiraha was the first kickboxer in the world. ... Rick Bowness is a Canadian former National Hockey League leftwinger and currently an assistant coach with the Phoenix Coyotes. ... Ronald Lawrence Wilson (Born: May 28, 1955 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada and raised in Riverside, Rhode Island-) is an American current head coach and former National Hockey League player. ... Jump to: navigation, search The 2008 European Football Championship will take place in Austria and Switzerland, from 7 to 29 June 2008. ... In tournaments, bracket is commonly used to refer to the diagrammatic representation of the series of games played during the tournament. ... Fabio Capello (born June 18, 1946) is an Italian football (soccer) manager. ... The Head of the River rowing regatta takes place in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia every March. ... The German Open was a professional snooker tournament. ... Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre (born 28 February 1966 in Montijo, Portugal) is a former professional footballer. ... Sami Hyypiä (born 7 October 1973) is a Finnish football player whose position is central defence. ... Ola By Rise (born November 14, 1960) was a Norwegian soccer player, and was the head coach of Rosenborg in the 2004 season. ... Premier Soccer League is the trading name of the National Soccer League of South Africa, also known by its initials (PSL). The term National Soccer League (NSL) is used to mean Premier Soccer League. ... Jackie Milburn (born May 11, 1924 in Ashington, Northumberland; died October 9, 1988), also known to fans as Wor Jackie, was a football (soccer) player. ... Vic F Buckingham (1915? - January, 1995) was an English association footballer whose approach, as a manager, was a precursor of the Total Football philosophy. ... Curtis Weston (born 24 January 1987) is an English footballer, who currently plays for Millwall F.C.. In only Westons second appearance for Millwalls first team he became the youngest F.A. Cup Final player in history at the age of 17 years 119 days, coming on as... Hajduks logo includes the checkered pattern from the Croatian coat of arms. ... René Lacoste Jean René Lacoste (July 2, 1904 - October 12, 1996) was a famous French tennis player, businessman, and innovator, nicknamed the crocodile by fans; he is now mostly known as being the namesake of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929. ... John Robertson (born October 2, 1964 in Edinburgh) in is a former Scottish footballer and is currently manager of Ross County. ... John Robertson (born January 20, 1953 in Uddingston) is a former Scottish footballer. ... Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo (born August 9, 1931 in Maceió) is a Brazilian football player and coach. ... GKS BeÅ‚chatów is a Polish football club based in Belchatow, Poland. ... Cracovia Kraków - the oldest still existing Polish football club, based in Kraków, Poland. ... The Norwegian Football Association (NFF) (Norwegian: Norges Fotballforbund) is the governing body of football in Norway. ... Point shaving, in organized sports, is a type of match fixing where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread. ... A famous moment in the Estádio da Luz: Ricardo scores the decisive penalty in the quarterfinals of Euro 2004 against England The Estádio da Luz is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, the home of SL Benfica. ... Ruslan Niğmätullin is a football goalkeeper. ... In volleyball, the court refers to the playing surface/floor. ... Mike Lange has been the lead play-by-play announcer for the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey radio and television network since 1975. ... Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | Dutch football | Football (soccer) governing bodies ... Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | Football (soccer) governing bodies | Portuguese football ... Hockey has its roots in a wide variety of similar sports, played long ago in many different countries. ... 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Super Bowl XL will be the 40th Super Bowl, championship game of the National Football League, the major professional league of American football. ... A list of professional sports leagues: Auto racing Champcars, formerly CART (Official Page) Formula One, Grand Prix racing (Official Site) IRL (Indy Racing League) (Official Page) NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) (Official Page) NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) (Official Page) Baseball Major League Baseball Minor League Baseball... ć The Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (in Bosnian: Nogometni/Fudbalski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine or N/FSBiH) is the chief officiating body of football in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Asim Hase Ferhatović (born January 24, 1933 in Sarajevo; died January 25, 1987) is widely regarded as the best football player in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Safet SuÅ¡ić Safet SuÅ¡ić (born April 13, 1955 in Zavidovići) is a famous football coach and former football player from Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Sergej Barbarez Sergej Barbarez (born September 9, 1971 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian football midfielder. ... The Coupe de France, the French Cup is a football cup competition open to both professional and amateur clubs in France. ... Le Trophée des Champions, the Champions Trophy is a cup organised by the French Football Federation, a match between the winners of the French Championship and the winners of the Coupe de France (French Cup) Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | French football competitions ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This article is about the football section. ... Major League Volleyball was a womens professional volleyball league in the United States. ... 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Magne HavnÃ¥ (September 16, 1963 - May 29, 2004), was a professional Norwegian boxer who once held the WBO world title in cruiserweight beating Richard Pultz (USA) in 5 rounds in May 1990. ... border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 align=right style=margin:0. ... Barry Pinches (born 13 July 1970) is an English professional snooker player, instantly recognisable for his fabulously bright waistcoats, which usually feature the yellow and green colours of Norwich City F.C.. He defeated Jimmy White in the 2004 Embassy World Championship, and has lost in the first round twice... Randall Tex Cobb (born 1950) was an American prizefighter from Texas who fought champion boxer Larry Holmes for the WBC World Heavyweight title at Houstons Astrodome on November 26 of 1982. ... OGC Nice, Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice, was born on 9th July 1904. ... Mark Mathabane, born Johannes Mathabane, is a tennis player, author, and lecturer. ... 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Marcus Allbäck (born July 5, 1973 in Göteborg) is Swedish football (soccer) striker, who currently plays for FC Copenhagen in Denmark. ... Jump to: navigation, search Marek Heinz (born August 4, 1977 in Olomouc, Czech Republic) is a Czech football striker who currently plays for Galatasaray of the Turkish League. ... Māris Verpakovskis (born October 15, 1979) is a striker who plays for the Latvia national football team. ... Torsten Frings (born November 22, 1976 in Würselen) is a German football midfielder who currently plays for Werder Bremen of the German Bundesliga. ... The Cochrane Cup has been competed for since 1961 by the Mens Varsity Eight rowing teams of Dartmouth College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Wisconsin. ... Fernando Morientes Sánchez (born April 5, 1976 in Cáceres) is a footballer who plays for Liverpool and Spain. ... Sergei Ovchinnikov (born October 11, 1970 in Moscow) is a football (soccer) goalkeeper who plays for the Russian national team and Lokomotiv Moscow. ... Maniche (real name: Nuno Ricardo Oliveira Ribeiro, born on 11 November 1977 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a midfielder who plays for the Portuguese national team. ... Grays Athletic Football Club are a football team from the south east of England, representing the small town of Grays in Thurrock, Essex. ... The National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame is a nonprofit institution honoring exceptional U.S. athletes of Italian descent. ... Bernt Haas (born April 8, 1978) is a football (soccer) defender who plays for French Ligue 1 side SC Bastia. ... Grantland Rice (November 1, 1880–July 13, 1954) was an early 20th century American sportswriter. ... Milan Rapaić (born 16 August 1973 in Nova GradiÅ¡ka) is a Croatian football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays professionally for Standard Liege in Belgium. ... Igor Tudor (born April 16, 1978 in Split) is a football (soccer) defender who currently plays for A.C. Siena of Italian Serie A, on loan from league rivals Juventus. ... Al Unser (born May 29, 1939) is a former U.S. automobile racer. ... Robert William Bobby Unser (born February 20, 1934) was a U.S. automobile racer. ... Stilian Petrov (born July 5, 1979 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian football (soccer) player who plays for the Bulgarian national team as a midfielder, and also currently plays for Celtic of the Scottish Premier League. ... Hardgainer is classification used in weight training to describe people who find it hard to increase their muscle mass. ... Tomáš Rosický Tomáš Rosický (born October 4, 1980 in Prague) is a Czech football player, who currently stars in midfield for the Czech Republic national team and the German club Borussia Dortmund. ... Volvo Baltic Race is a yacht race held in the Baltic Sea, sponsored by Volvo. ... Nuno Gomes was born Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro on 5 July 1976 in Amarante, district of Porto. ... Dmitri Kirichenko is a striker who plays for the Russia national football team and also currently plays for PFC CSKA Moskva. ... Zisis Vryzas (born November 9, 1973 in Kavala) is a strong striker who plays for the Greece national football team. ... Olof Mellberg (September 3, 1977) is a Swedish football player. ... Jacques Santini (b. ... Johan Vonlanthen (born 1 February 1986 in Santa Marta, Colombia) is a Swiss international footballer. ... Niko Kovač (born October 15, 1971 in Berlin) is a Croatian football player. ... Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira (born February 27, 1943) is a soccer coach. ... Simone Perrotta (born September 17, 1977 in Ashton-under-Lyne, England) is an Italian football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for A.S. Roma in Serie A. Perrotta was previously with Reggina, Juventus, A.S. Bari, and Chievo Verona. ... Martin Petrov (born January 15, 1979) is a Bulgarian football player who, as of 2004 was playing for VfL Wolfsburg. ... Mattias Jonson, (born January 16, 1974), is a midfielder who plays for the Sweden national football team. ... Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (known by the playing name of Eusébio) (born January 25, 1942 in Lourenço Marques [now Maputo], Mozambique) nicknamed The Black Pearl and The Black Panther, is a Portuguese football icon. ... The Womens International Squash Players Association is an organization for female squash professionals. ... The James E. Sullivan Award is awarded annually by the Amateur Athletic Union to the top amateur athlete in the United States. ... The USL Premier Development League (PDL) is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid. ... Johnny Rutherford (born 1938) was a U.S. automobile racer. ... Thomas Ravelli (born 1959) is a Swedish soccer player, who has played in the position of goalkeeper for the national team. ... Ledley King (born December 10, 1980 in Bow, London) is a football player and first choice central defender for Tottenham Hotspur. ... Samantha Smith (born November 27, 1971) was an English tennis player who now commentates on the game, predominantly for the BBC. Sam was born in Loughton, Essex and attended the University of Exeter where she achieved a degree in history. ... Hélder Postiga (born 2 August 1982 in Vila do Conde) is a striker that started his football career as a football player of Sport Club Varzim, north of Porto. ... Simão Sabrosa (Simão for short) is a midfielder who plays for the Portugal national football team and SL Benfica. ... Scolari celebrating Brazil goal against Germany on 2002 FIFA World Cup Final Luiz Felipe Scolari (born September 11, 1948 in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian football (soccer) coach. ... Kenilworth Road is a stadium in Luton, England which is home to Luton Town F.C., a professional football team in the English League One. ... Glendale Arenas North Entrance (6/13/05) The Glendale Arena is an indoor arena located in Glendale, Arizona, in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona. ... The Wachovia Spectrum (formerly known as the Spectrum, CoreStates Spectrum and First Union Spectrum) is an indoor arena located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Velibor Bora Milutinović (born September 7, 1944 in Bajina BaÅ¡ta, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football (soccer) coach, the only one to have coached five different teams at the World Cup: Mexico in 1986, Costa Rica in 1990, the United States in 1994, Nigeria in 1998, and China in 2002... Micah Harris (September 28, 1982 - June 11, 2004) was a senior defensive lineman on the Duke University football team. ... Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz is the national stadium of Liechtenstein Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | Buildings and structures stubs | Liechtenstein sport | Stadiums ... Stade Josy Barthel is the national stadium of Luxembourg, home to the Luxembourg national football team. ... Derby Midland F.C. were an English football club in existence from 1883 until 1891. ... Polo Cross Is a new fast growing sport, originating from South Africa. ... Volleyball is a popular team sport in Poland. ... Handball is a popular team sport in Poland. ... Kim Källström (born August 24, 1982 in Sandviken) is a midfielder who plays for the Swedish national team and Stade Rennais FC. His first professional club in Sweden was BK Häcken from Gothenburg. ... Christian Wilhelmsson is a midfielder who plays for the Sweden national football team and R.S.C. Anderlecht. ... John (Johnny) Heitinga (born November 15, 1983 in Alphen aan den Rijn) is a football defender who plays for the Netherlands national football team and Ajax Amsterdam. ... Michael Reiziger (born May 3, 1973) is a Dutch footballer, who plays in defence for PSV Eindhoven and the Netherlands national team. ... Harold Marion Osborn (April 13, 1899 - April 5, 1975) was a U.S. track athlete. ... Ron Greenwood was manager of the English national football team from 1977 until 1982. ... The Parc des Princes (translation: Princes Park) is a 48527 capacity stadium in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. ... Robert Bob Crompton (26th September 1879 - ??) was a former Blackburn Rovers F.C. and England football player. ... Jorge Andrade, full name Jorge Manuel Almeida Gomes de Andrade, (born April 9, 1978) is a football defender who plays for RC Deportivo La Coruña. ... This is a list of teams in the Czech Republic Football League. ... Sporting Clays is a clay pigeon shooting sport. ... Traianos Dellas (Τραϊανός Δέλλας) (born January 31, 1976 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek football player. ... Joe Davis and Tom Dennis competing in the final of the 1927 World Snooker Championship. ... Alex Yoong driving for the Minardi Formula One team in 2002 Alex Yoong (熊龍, pinyin: Xióng Lóng, born July 20, 1976) is a Malaysian race car driver. ... Gwardia Warszawa is a Polish football club based in Warsaw, Poland. ... ÅšlÄ…sk WrocÅ‚aw is a Polish handball club based in WrocÅ‚aw, Poland. ... John Albert Kramer (b. ... Catherine Ndereba (born: July 31, 1972) is a Kenyan athlete. ... Ricardo Alberto Silveira Carvalho (born May 18, 1978 in Amarante, near Porto) is a Portuguese football player. ...


 

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