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2000s The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th staging of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international association football world championship tournament. ...
NHL redirects here. ...
The 2004-05 NHL lockout resulted in the cancellation of what would have been the 88th season of the National Hockey League (NHL). ...
Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971 in Plano, Texas) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. ...
Le Tour de France (Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is the most famous and prestigious road bicycle race in the world. ...
Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969) (nicknamed The Prince of Port-of-Spain or simply The Prince) is a West Indian cricketer. ...
The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ...
Michael Schumacher (pronounced / /, born January 3, 1969, in Hürth Hermülheim, near Cologne[1], Germany), nicknamed Schumi[2] and Schu[3], is a former Formula One driver, and seven-time world champion. ...
Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ...
First international (also the worlds first) Scotland 4 - 1 England (27 March 1871) Largest win England 134 - 0 Romania (17 November 2001) Worst defeat Australia 76 - 0 England (6 June 1998) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 2003 The England national rugby union team (also...
For the World Cup that is contested in rugby league, see Rugby League World Cup. ...
The 2002 FIFA World Cup (Official name: 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan) was held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. ...
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish sports club best known for its football team which was ranked as The 20th Centurys Best Club by FIFA. The club, which went in place of the Spanish FA, was also one of the founding members of FIFA. They play...
Champions League Logo The UEFA Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition between Europes most successful clubs, regarded as the most prestigious club trophy in the sport. ...
Eldrick Tiger Woods (born December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California) is an American golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. ...
Greg Norman - one of the greatest ever golfers on the 18th tee at St Andrews. ...
Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ...
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the Australian national competition in the sport of Australian rules football. ...
1990s Major League Lacrosse is a professional field lacrosse league played in the United States. ...
NHL redirects here. ...
An athlete carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games or the Olympic Winter Games, are a winter multi-sport event held every four years. ...
Ken Doherty (born September 17, 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player. ...
A cyclist is a person who engages in cycling whether as a sport or rides a bicycle for recreation or transportation. ...
Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. ...
Miguel Ãngel Indurain Larraya (born July 16, 1964, Villava, Navarre) is a retired Spanish road bicycle racer. ...
Le Tour de France (Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is the most famous and prestigious road bicycle race in the world. ...
In football (soccer), the Bosman ruling is one that allows professional football players in the European Union to move freely to another club at the end of their term of contract with their present team. ...
The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. ...
First international British and Irish Lions 4 - 0 South Africa (30 July 1891) Largest win Uruguay 5 - 134 South Africa (11 June 2005) Worst defeat England 53 - 3 South Africa (23 November 2002) World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1995) Best result Champions, 1995 The Springboks, Bokke or amaBokoboko are...
First international Australia 3 - 22 New Zealand (15 August 1903) Largest win New Zealand 145 - 17 Japan (4 June 1995) Worst defeat Australia 28 - 7 New Zealand (28 August 1999) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1987 All Blacks is the name of New Zealands...
Associazione Calcio Milan is an Italian football club based in Milan, they play in red and black stripes, giving them the nickname Rossoneri (red-blacks). One of the most successful clubs in the world, they have won the prestigious UEFA Champions League six times (second only to Real Madrid), the...
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Roland Ratzenberger (July 4, 1960 – April 30, 1994) was an Austrian Formula One driver who died tragically during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the same race that took the life of three-time world champion Ayrton Senna, and seriously injured Rubens Barrichello (in practice). ...
The 1994 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on May 1, 1994 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy. ...
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Andr s Escobar (March 13, 1967–1994) was a Colombian football player, who was shot and killed for an own goal that he scored in the 1994 Football World Cup. ...
Qualifying countries The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 16th staging of the World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17. ...
Monica Seles (born 2 December 1973) is a Yugoslavian-born former World No. ...
A tennis net Tennis is a game played between either two players (Singles) or two teams of two players (Doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponents court. ...
First international Zambia 1 - 0 Tanzania (Malawi; 3 July 1964) Largest win Zambia 9 - 0 Kenya (Malawi; 13 November 1978) Worst defeat Congo DR 10 - 1 Zambia (Congo-Kinshasa; 22 November 1969) Belgium 9 - 0 Zambia (Brussels, Belgium; 3 June 1994) African Nations Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1974) Best...
Major league affiliations American League (1977-present) East Division (1977-present) Current uniform Ballpark Rogers Centre (1989-present) Major league titles World Series titles (2) 1992 • 1993 AL Pennants (2) 1992 • 1993 East Division titles (5) 1985 • 1989 • 1991 • 1992 1993 Wild card berths (0) None The Toronto Blue Jays...
For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ...
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Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ...
The FIFA World Cup Trophy, which has been awarded to the world champions since 1974. ...
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was designated by FIFA in 1984 to be held in Italy, making it the second country to host the event twice. ...
1980s The Memorial at Hillsborough. ...
Benjamin Sinclair Ben Johnson CM (born December 30, 1961) is a controversial former Canadian athlete, best known for his disqualification for doping use after winning the 100 m final in the 1988 Summer Olympics. ...
Stefanie Maria Graf (born June 14, 1969 in Mannheim, West Germany) is a former World No. ...
Grand Slam is a general sports term applied when achieving something special. ...
For the World Cup that is contested in rugby league, see Rugby League World Cup. ...
Michael Gerard Tyson, born on June 30, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is a professional boxer and former World Heavyweight Champion. ...
Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo DomÃnguez (left) versus Rafael OrtÃz Boxing, also called Western Boxing, prizefighting (when referring to professional boxing) or the sweet science (a common nickname among fans), is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their...
Peter Edward Pete Rose, Sr. ...
Tyrus Raymond Ty Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed the Georgia Peach, was a Hall of Fame baseball player. ...
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Serhei Bubka (Сергій Бубка) (born 4 December 1963 in Voroshilovgrad U.S.S.R., today Luhansk, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian (and former Soviet Union) pole vaulter. ...
It has been suggested that List of pole vaulters who reached 6 metres be merged into this article or section. ...
The Bradford City Disaster took place on May 11, 1985 when a flash fire occurred at the Valley Parade stadium of Bradford City F.C. during a football match against Lincoln City F.C.. On that day, Bradford City were celebrating winning of the Third Division Championship trophy. ...
The Heysel Stadium disaster occurred due to football hooliganism in which a retaining wall of the Heysel Stadium in Brussels collapsed on May 29, 1985 during a football match between Liverpool F.C. from England and Juventus FC from Italy. ...
The Breeders Cup World Thoroughbred Championships is an annual series of thoroughbred horse races sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. ...
Thoroughbred horse racing is the main form of horse-racing throughout the world. ...
Michel Platini (June 21, 1955, Jœuf, Département Meurthe-et-Moselle) is a former French football player, regarded as one of the most elegant midfielders of his generation and possibly the greatest French footballer of all time. ...
A hat-trick in sports is associated with succeeding at anything three times in three consecutive attempts. ...
The UEFA European Championship is the main national football competition of the UEFA nations. ...
The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. ...
Mary Slaney (born Mary Teresa Decker August 4, 1958) is an American Track and Field athlete, who holds seven American records in her sport. ...
Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ...
Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...
The 1981 Springbok Tour (still known by many in New Zealand as The Tour) was a controversial tour of New Zealand by the South African Springbok rugby team. ...
The 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team celebrates the goal that led them to victory over the USSR. The Miracle on Ice is the popular nickname for the mens ice hockey game in the 1980 Olympic Winter Games, in which a team of amateur and collegiate players from the...
United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ...
Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
1970s Sugar Ray Leonard (born May 17, 1956 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is an American former professional boxer. ...
Swimmers cross the waters of Kailua Kona Bay on the Big Island of Hawaii in the first leg of the Ironman Triathlon World Championship. ...
Johan Cruijff Johan Cruijff (born April 25, 1947 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football trainer/coach and former star player. ...
Qualifying countries The 1978 Football World Cup was held in Argentina between June 1 and 25, 1978. ...
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, KBE (born October 23, 1940 in Três Corações, Brazil), best known by his nickname Pelé, is a former Brazilian football player. ...
For the South African club, see Jomo Cosmos The New York Cosmos (1971-1985), known simply as the Cosmos for the 1977 and 1978 seasons, was a franchise in the North American Soccer League, based in New York City and its suburbs. ...
Santos Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football team from Santos, São Paulo state, Brazil. ...
Nadia Elena Comaneci (originally Comăneci ) (born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian gymnast, winner of five Olympic gold medals, and the first to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. ...
Cricket World Cup 2007 logo The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of one-day cricket in the world. ...
The Rumble in the Jungle The Rumble in The Jungle was a historic boxing event that took place on October 30, 1974, in the May 20 Stadium in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). ...
Gerhard Gerd Müller (born November 3, 1945 in Nördlingen) is a former West German football player. ...
Gerhard Gerd Müller (born November 3, 1945 in Nördlingen) is a former West German football player. ...
Qualifying countries The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from June 13 to July 7. ...
Henry Louis Hank Aaron (born February 5, 1934) is a retired American baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. ...
George Herman Ruth, Jr. ...
In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run himself (along with a run scored by each runner who was already on base), with no errors by the defensive team on...
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Euronext: AJAX) also referred to as Ajax Amsterdam, AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax (pronounced Ah-yahx), is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. ...
Champions League Logo The UEFA Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition between Europes most successful clubs, regarded as the most prestigious club trophy in the sport. ...
Secretariat (March 30, 1970 - October 4, 1989) was an American thoroughbred race horse (Sire: Bold Ruler; Dam: Somethingroyal), born at Meadow Farms Stables in Caroline County, Virginia. ...
The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ...
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ...
Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937 in Level Cross, North Carolina) is a renowned former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver. ...
The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ...
NASCAR Nextel Cup logo NEXTEL Cup trophy, adopted in 2004 4-time champion Jeff Gordon poses with the Winston Cup trophy (used prior to 2004) The NASCAR Championship is the championship held in NASCARs top stock car racing series. ...
There have been two accidents leading to major loss of life at Ibrox Park in Glasgow, Scotland. ...
The 1971 Springboks tour was a six-week rugby union tour by the South African national team to Australia. ...
The official 2005 Lions logo The British and Irish Lions (formerly British Isles and then the British Lions; commonly the Lions) is a Rugby Union side comprising a pick of the best players from the British Isles international teams - ( England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales). ...
First international Australia 3 - 22 New Zealand (15 August 1903) Largest win New Zealand 145 - 17 Japan (4 June 1995) Worst defeat Australia 28 - 7 New Zealand (28 August 1999) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1987 All Blacks is the name of New Zealands...
The racehorse Nijinsky II (named after the dancer Vaslav Nijinsky) was a son of Northern Dancer and Flaming Page and a grandson of Nearco. ...
The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ...
1960s City East Rutherford, New Jersey Other nicknames Gang Green Team colors Green and White Head Coach Eric Mangini Owner Robert Wood Johnson IV General manager Mike Tannenbaum League/Conference affiliations American Football League (1960-1969) Eastern Division (1960-1969) National Football League (1970-present) American Football Conference (1970-present) AFC...
City Indianapolis, Indiana Team colors Speed Blue and White Head Coach Tony Dungy Owner Jim Irsay General manager Bill Polian Mascot Spike and Spirit Local radio Flagship stations: WFBQ (94. ...
The winning Super Bowl team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. ...
AFL logo The American Football League (AFL) was a professional league of American football that operated from 1960 to 1969. ...
Major league affiliations National League (1962–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Name New York Mets (1962–present) Ballpark Shea Stadium (1964–present) The Polo Grounds (1962–1963) Major league titles World Series titles (2) 1969 • 1986 NL Pennants (4) 1969 • 1973 • 1986 • 2000 East Division titles (5) 1969...
For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ...
Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) East Division (1969-present) Current uniform Ballpark Oriole Park at Camden Yards (1992-present) Major league titles World Series titles (3) 1983, 1970, 1966 AL Pennants (7) 1983, 1979, 1971, 1970 1969, 1966, 1944 East Division titles (8) 1997, 1983, 1979, 1974 1973...
Jean-Claude Killy (born August 30, 1943) is a French alpine skier and a triple Olympic champion. ...
The Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing consists of three diffent types of alpine skiing events. ...
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1968 Grenoble, France and opened on February 6. ...
The winning Super Bowl team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. ...
Celtic F.C. (pronounced seltic, not keltic) is perhaps the most famous Scottish football club. ...
Stein and his Lions The Lisbon Lions is the nickname given to the Glasgow Celtic team that won the European Cup at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon, Portugal on May 25, 1967, defeating Inter Milan 2-1. ...
Internazionale Milano Football Club is an Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, which plays in the Serie A. It is more commonly known as Inter, and often named Inter Milan in foreign countries. ...
Qualifying countries 1966 was a year of triumph for the host nation, England, which won the final beating West Germany 4-2. ...
Bret Hanover (1962-1992) was a Standardbred (pacer) born at Hanover Shoe Farms in Pennsylvania. ...
The Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers consists of the following horse races: Cane Pace Messenger Stakes Little Brown Jug The traditional order of the races was Cane Pace, Little Brown Jug, and Messenger. ...
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. ...
Craig Breedlove (born March 23, 1937) was a five-time world land speed record holder. ...
1970 land speed record being set at Bonneville Salt Flats by Gary Gabelich Land Speed Records from 1898 The information below is for self-propelled wheeled vehicles travelling over open ground. ...
The official Bundesliga logo. ...
Rodney George Rod Laver (born August 9, 1938, in Rockhampton, Australia) is a former tennis player from Australia who was the World No. ...
A Grand Slam is a term in tennis used to denote winning all four of the following championship titles in the same year: Australian Open French Open Wimbledon U.S. Open These tournaments are therefore also known as the Grand Slam tournaments, and rank as the most important tennis tournaments...
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual event sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. ...
Silver 2004 The Paralympic Games are an official equivalent of the Olympics for athletes with physical disabilities. ...
The UEFA European Championship is the main football competition of the mens national football teams governed by the UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations Cup, changing to the name European Football Championship...
1950s The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ...
Champions League Logo The UEFA Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition between Europes most successful clubs, regarded as the most prestigious club trophy in the sport. ...
Hampden Park in Glasgow is Scotlands national football stadium. ...
For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ...
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German football club based in Frankfurt, Hessen. ...
Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ...
Major league affiliations National League (1890–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1,2,4,19,20,24,32,39,42,53 Name Los Angeles Dodgers (1958–present) Brooklyn Dodgers (1911-1912), (1932-1957) Brooklyn Robins (1914-1931) (Also referred to as Trolley Dodgers 1911-1931) Brooklyn...
A plaque at Old Trafford Football Ground commemorating the Munich air disaster The Munich air disaster occurred on February 6, 1958, when Flight BE609, a British European Airways Elizabethan class Airspeed Ambassador charter aircraft G-ALZU Lord Burghley, carrying players and backroom staff of Manchester United F.C., plus a...
Manchester United Football Club is a world famous English football club. ...
Juan Manuel Fangio (June 24, 1911 - July 17, 1995) was a legendary Argentine race car driver, considered by many to be the greatest racing driver in Formula One history, winning the world championship no less than five times for Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes Benz and Maserati. ...
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The UEFA Champions League (which used to be named and is often still called European Cup) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ...
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Pierre Levegh (December 22, 1905 - June 11, 1955) was a French sportsman, mainly remembered for a disaster that killed him and around 80 spectators during the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1955. ...
Start of the race, Levegh #20 car is in the center of the frame The 1955 Le Mans disaster occurred during the 24 Hours of Le Mans when a race car crashed and flew into the crowd, killing over 80 people. ...
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Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister CBE (born March 23, 1929) is a British former athlete best known as the first man to run the mile in less than four minutes. ...
The much vaunted and previously thought to be impossible 4 minute mile is an exceptional benchmark in the sport of running. ...
Maureen Catherine Connolly (Little Mo) (17 September 1934-21 June 1969) was an American professional tennis player She was born in San Diego, California, United States. ...
A Grand Slam is a term in tennis used to denote winning all four of the following championship titles in the same year: Australian Open French Open Wimbledon U.S. Open These tournaments are therefore also known as the Grand Slam tournaments, and rank as the most important tennis tournaments...
The Four Hills Tournament (Vierschanzentournee) is composed of four Ski Jumping World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1952. ...
Richard Dick Button (born July 18, 1929 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American former figure skater and current television analyst. ...
An athlete carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games or the Olympic Winter Games, are a winter multi-sport event held every four years. ...
Emil Zátopek (September 19, 1922 - November 22, 2000) was a Czech athlete and Olympic gold medalist in long distance running. ...
Modern-day marathon runners For other senses of this word, see Marathon (disambiguation). ...
Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. ...
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The Yomiuri Giants have won twenty Japan Series, more than any other team. ...
1940s NHL redirects here. ...
William Ronald (Bill) Durnan (born January 22, 1916 in Toronto, Ontario - October 31, 1972) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL). ...
Torino Football Club is one of the most popular Italian football clubs, based in Turin. ...
The Superga air disaster happened on Wednesday, May 4, 1949, when a plane carrying almost the entire Grande Torino squad (18 players), plus management, journalists and crew, crashed into the Superga hills near Turin, killing everyone on board. ...
Fanny Blankers-Koen speeding towards the gold medal in the final of the 80 m hurdles event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. ...
The Games of the XIV Olympiad were held in 1948 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. ...
London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Jack Roosevelt Jackie Robinson (January 31, 1919 - October 24, 1972),[1] was the first African American Major League Baseball player of the modern era in 1947. ...
The Baseball color line was the unwritten policy which excluded African American United States before 1947. ...
The College World Series is the tournament which determines the NCAA Division I collegiate baseball champion. ...
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the worlds premier mens professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. ...
Joseph-Henri-Maurice Rocket Richard PC, CC, OQ (born August 4, 1921 in Laval, Quebec, Canada, died May 27, 2000 in Montreal, Quebec) was a professional ice hockey player, and played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1942 to 1960. ...
NHL redirects here. ...
The University of Oxford (often called Oxford University), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...
The University of Cambridge, located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...
Boat Race Logo Exhausted crews at the finish of the 2002 Boat Race The Boat Race is a rowing race between the rowing clubs of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. ...
The Great Ouse at St Neots The River Great Ouse is a river in the east of England. ...
A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ...
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was a womens professional baseball league which existed from 1943 to 1954. ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
This is the current WikiProject: Ice Hockey Article Improvement Drive collaboration! The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ...
Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002), best known as Ted Williams, nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame and The Thumper, was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played 19 seasons, twice interrupted by military service as a Marine Corps pilot, with the...
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Red Pollard on Seabiscuit Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933—May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred race horse in the United States. ...
1930s The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 62 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of baseball-related...
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John Donald Budge (June 13, 1915 - January 26, 2000) was a champion tennis player who became famous as the first man to win in a single year the four tournaments that the Grand Slam of tennis comprises. ...
A Grand Slam is a term in tennis used to denote winning all four of the following championship titles in the same year: Australian Open French Open Wimbledon U.S. Open These tournaments are therefore also known as the Grand Slam tournaments, and rank as the most important tennis tournaments...
Joseph Louis Barrow (either May 13 or May 14 (sources differ), 1914 – April 12, 1981), better known in the boxing world as Joe Louis and nicknamed The Brown Bomber, was a native of LaFayette, Alabama who became the world heavyweight boxing champion. ...
Hitler redirects here. ...
James Cleveland Jesse Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was a popular American athlete and civic leader. ...
Koshien Stadium (in 1992) Baseball has been a popular sport in Japan for over a century since its introduction in 1872. ...
George Herman Ruth, Jr. ...
The Masters is one of four major championships in mens golf and the first to take place each year, being played the weekend following the first Monday in April. ...
Greg Norman - one of the greatest ever golfers on the 18th tee at St Andrews. ...
For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...
Bill Woodfull evades a Bodyline ball. ...
NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ...
A scrum Rugby union (often referred to as rugby, union or football) is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league. ...
RBS Six Nations trophy The Six Nations Championship (referred to as RBS 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons), known before 2000 as the Five Nations Championship, is an annual international rugby union competition held between six European sides; England, France (since 1910), Ireland, Italy (since 2000), Scotland and Wales. ...
The FIFA World Cup Trophy, which has been awarded to the world champions since 1974. ...
Qualifying countries The first FIFA World Cup was staged in 1930. ...
1920s Walter Reginald Hammond (June 19, 1903 - July 1, 1965), often known as Wally Hammond, was an English cricketer, who played for Gloucestershire and England, primarily as a batsman, in a career that straddled (and was disrupted by) the Second World War. ...
The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ...
For the rugby league series between Great Britain and Australia see Rugby League Ashes; for the Womens Ashes Test series for female players between England and Australia see Womens Ashes. ...
The Games of the IX Olympiad were held in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. ...
William Ralph Dean (January 22, 1907-March 1, 1980), popularly known as Dixie Dean, was an English football player, one of the most prolific centre forwards in English football history, who is best known for his exploits at Everton. ...
Everton Football Club is located in the city Liverpool in Merseyside, England. ...
From 1889 until 1992, this was the highest division overall of organized football in England. ...
The Ryder Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in an event officially called the Ryder Cup Matches by teams from Europe and the United States. ...
Greg Norman - one of the greatest ever golfers on the 18th tee at St Andrews. ...
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James Joseph Gene Tunney (May 25, 1897 – November 7, 1978) was the heavyweight boxing champion from 1926-28 who defeated Jack Dempsey in 1926 and 1927 in what became known as The Long Count Fight and retired undefeated after winning against Tom Heeney in 1928. ...
Ederle in 1926 Gertrude Caroline Ederle (October 23, 1906 – November 30, 2003) was an American competitive swimmer. ...
Map of the English Channel Satellite view of the English Channel The English Channel (French: La Manche (IPA: ), the sleeve) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. ...
The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held over two weeks between mid May and early June in Paris, France, and is the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar. ...
A tennis net Tennis is a game played between either two players (Singles) or two teams of two players (Doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponents court. ...
An athlete carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games or the Olympic Winter Games, are a winter multi-sport event held every four years. ...
The Summer Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event held every four years, organised by the International Olympic Committee. ...
Paavo Nurmi (June 13, 1897 – October 2, 1973) was a Finnish runner. ...
A womens 400 metre hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ...
First international Australia 3 - 22 New Zealand (15 August 1903) Largest win New Zealand 145 - 17 Japan (4 June 1995) Worst defeat Australia 28 - 7 New Zealand (28 August 1999) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1987 All Blacks is the name of New Zealands...
The Australian cricket team on board the R.M.S. Strathaird en-route to England in 1948. ...
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Tyrus Raymond Ty Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed the Georgia Peach, was a Hall of Fame baseball player. ...
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Freestyle is one of the official swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. However, it is technically not a style, as there are very few regulations about the way freestyle has to be swum. ...
Bluenose was a Canadian schooner from Nova Scotia, a celebrated racing ship and a symbol of the province. ...
The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ...
The Negro National League was one of the several Negro Leagues which were established during the period in the United States in which organized baseball was segregated. ...
George Herman Ruth, Jr. ...
Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 44, 49 Name New York Yankees (1913–present) New York Highlanders (1903-1912) Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) (Also referred to as Americans...
A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ...
Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) Central Division (1994-present) East Division (1969-1993) Major league titles World Series titles (2) 1948 • 1920 AL Pennants (5) 1997 • 1995 • 1954 • 1948 1920 Central Division titles (6) [1] 2001 • 1999 • 1998 • 1997 1996 • 1995 Wild card berths (0) None [1] - In...
Ray Chapman Ray Chapman (January 15, 1891–August 17, 1920) was a shortstop for the American League Cleveland team, known as the Naps from 1912–1914 and Indians from 1915–1920. ...
Carl William Mays (November 12, 1891 - April 4, 1971) was one of the better right-handed pitchers in Major League Baseball from 1916-1926, but he is best remembered for throwing the pitch that struck Ray Chapman in the head on August 16, 1920, making Chapman the only on-field...
Races at Lonchamp - Édouard Manet, 1867 The Prix de LArc de Triomphe is a flat thoroughbred horse race of a 2400 metres (about 1 mile 4 furlongs) raced on turf for 3 year olds and up, Colts, horses, Fillies and mares (exclude geldings). ...
1910s 1919 Chicago White Sox team photo The Black Sox Scandal refers to a number of events that took place around and during the play of the 1919 World Series. ...
Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1 • 4 • 8 • 9 • 27 Name Boston Red Sox (1907–present) See Nicknames before Red Sox for disputed nicknames Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (1901-1911) Major league titles World Series...
The 1918 World Series featured the Boston Red Sox, who defeated the Chicago Cubs four games to two. ...
George Herman Ruth, Jr. ...
NHL redirects here. ...
Logo for the 2006 PGA The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament, conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA TOUR. The PGA Championship is one of the four Major Championships in mens golf, and it is the golf seasons final major...
Combatants Allied Powers: France Italy Russia Serbia United Kingdom United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul von Hindenburg Reinhard...
George Herman Ruth, Jr. ...
Christmas or Christmas Day is a holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity. ...
Emily Davison Emily Wilding Davison (October 11, 1872 Blackheath – June 8, 1913 Epsom) is remembered as the woman who died by throwing herself under the hoofs of Anmer, King George Vs horse on June 4, 1913 at the Epsom Derby in support of the British suffragette movement. ...
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 - 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, as a result of his creating it from the British branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ...
Epsom Derby, Théodore Géricault, 1821. ...
The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ...
Indianapolis 500, 1994 An Indianapolis 500 racecar depicted on the Indiana state quarter The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, is an American automobile race, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. ...
A scrum Rugby union (often referred to as rugby, union or football) is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league. ...
The Six Nations Championship (referred to as RBS 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons), (2000-) formerly known as the Five Nations Championship, is an annual international rugby union competition held between six European sides; England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. ...
1900s ICC logo The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the governing body for international Test match and One-day International cricket. ...
For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...
The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ...
Sir Norman Brookes, KBE (November 14, 1877 – September 28, 1968) was an Australian tennis champion and president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia. ...
Wimbledon logo The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly referred to as simply Wimbledon, is the oldest and arguably most prestigious event in the sport of tennis. ...
Georges Boillot winning the 1912 French Grand Prix in Dieppe, France Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. ...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...
First international Australia 3 - 22 New Zealand (15 August 1903) Largest win New Zealand 145 - 17 Japan (4 June 1995) Worst defeat Australia 28 - 7 New Zealand (28 August 1999) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1987 All Blacks is the name of New Zealands...
A scrum Rugby union (often referred to as rugby, union or football) is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league. ...
1970 land speed record being set at Bonneville Salt Flats by Gary Gabelich Land Speed Records from 1898 The information below is for self-propelled wheeled vehicles travelling over open ground. ...
Le Tour de France (Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is the most famous and prestigious road bicycle race in the world. ...
For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ...
The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football game, usually played on January 1 at the stadium of the same name in Pasadena, California. ...
A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ...
UM also has campuses in Dearborn and Flint. ...
Stanford redirects here. ...
American League The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ...
The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, or simply the National League, is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. ...
The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ...
The Cuban League was one of the earliest and longest lasting professional baseball leagues outside of the United States, operating in Cuba from 1878 to 1961. ...
1890s Futbol Club Barcelona, popularly known as Barça, is a sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...
Joan Gamper (also known as Joan Kamper, Hans Gamper and Hans Kamper) was a Swiss-born football pioneer, player and club president. ...
The Cincinnati Masters is an annual tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is today the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city. ...
Serie A is the top division of the Italian Football League, the highest football league in Italy. ...
Handball player leaps towards the goal prior to throwing the ball, while the goalkeeper extends himself trying to stop it. ...
The Victorian Football League (formerly known as the Victorian Football Association or VFA) is widely regarded as Australias 4th most competitive Australian rules football league after the AFL, SANFL and the WAFL. It features 13 teams from throughout Victoria and Tasmania. ...
Juventus F.C. (Latin for Youth) is one of Italys oldest and most successful football clubs, based in Turin. ...
The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ...
The United States Open Golf Tournament is an annual mens golf tournament staged by the United States Golf Association each June. ...
Greg Norman - one of the greatest ever golfers on the 18th tee at St Andrews. ...
Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms, or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net. ...
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the rugby union governing body in England. ...
Rugby league is a team sport played by two teams of 17 players, with 13 on the field at any one time and 4 on the bench (reserves). ...
Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, autosport or motorsport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ...
This article is about the Brazilian footballer and referee. ...
Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
Rugby football, often just referred to as rugby, refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in England. ...
This is the current WikiProject: Ice Hockey Article Improvement Drive collaboration! The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ...
Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ...
The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held over two weeks between mid May and early June in Paris, France, and is the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar. ...
A tennis net Tennis is a game played between either two players (Singles) or two teams of two players (Doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponents court. ...
The Players League, also known as The Brotherhood, was an attempt to establish a third major baseball league in 1890. ...
1880s Preston North End Football Club (AIM: PNE) is a professional English football team. ...
The Double is a term in football, meaning to win a countrys top division and its main cup competition in the same season. ...
The Football League (often referred to as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) is a league competition for English football clubs (though three Welsh clubs also take part) containing three divisions (the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League Two) that occupy the second, third and...
Celtic Football Club (pronounced seltik, in IPA) AIM: CCP is a Scottish football club, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the highest form of competition in Scotland. ...
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Woolwich is a suburb in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River Thames, though the tiny exclave of North Woolwich (which is now part of the London Borough of Newham) is on the north side of the river. ...
Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in north London. ...
A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ...
For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ...
The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, or simply the National League, is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. ...
The American Association (AA) was a baseball major league from 1882 to 1891. ...
A luge is small one- or two-person sled on which one sleighs supine and feet-first. ...
A scrum Rugby union (often referred to as rugby, union or football) is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league. ...
The Six Nations Championship (referred to as RBS 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons), (2000-) formerly known as the Five Nations Championship, is an annual international rugby union competition held between six European sides; England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. ...
The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ...
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ...
The Ashes is a regular international cricket contest between England and Australia, played every two years, so named after the trophy, which is a small wooden urn, said to contain the burnt bails from an 1882 game between the countries at The Oval. ...
For the U.S. Secretary of the Navy, see John L. Sullivan (U.S. Navy). ...
This is a chronological list of world heavyweight boxing champions, as recognized by the following organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963, The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983, and The World Boxing...
1870s The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, or simply the National League, is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. ...
Preston North End Football Club are a professional English football team. ...
Preston is a city and local government district in North West England. ...
The Cuban League was one of the earliest and longest lasting professional baseball leagues outside of the United States, operating in Cuba from 1878 to 1961. ...
For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ...
Wimbledon logo The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly referred to as simply Wimbledon, is the oldest and arguably most prestigious event in the sport of tennis. ...
Refers to a set of physical activities comprising sports and games. ...
For other articles with similar names, see Lacrosse (disambiguation). ...
The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, or simply the National League, is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. ...
Churchill Downs racetrack, 1998 The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ...
The Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies, staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky. ...
A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ...
The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ...
Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
Note: for the full results of all FA Cup finals, see FA Cup Final The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ...
First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in...
First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Scotland 11 - 0 Ireland (Glasgow, Scotland; 23 February 1901) Worst defeat Uruguay 7 - 0 Scotland (Basel, Switzerland; 19 June 1954) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1954) Best result Round 1, all European Championship Appearances 2 (First...
The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP), or simply the National Association (NA), was founded in 1871 and lasted through the 1875 season. ...
Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union, a founder member of the International Rugby Board in 1886 with fellow Celtic nations Ireland and Wales. ...
First international (also the worlds first) Scotland 4 - 1 England (27 March 1871) Largest win England 134 - 0 Romania (17 November 2001) Worst defeat Australia 76 - 0 England (6 June 1998) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 2003 The England national rugby union team (also...
A scrum Rugby union (often referred to as rugby, union or football) is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league. ...
1860s The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. ...
The Marquis of Queensbury rules are a code of popularly accepted rules in the sport of boxing. ...
The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...
The Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn (Atlantic or the Brooklyn Atlantics) was baseballs first champion and its first dynasty. ...
For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ...
Darren Gough bowling In the sport of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball towards the batsman. ...
For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...
The Travers Stakes, held at Saratoga Race Course near Saratoga Springs, New York, is the oldest major thoroughbred horse race in the United States. ...
The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England (and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). ...
Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...
Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
Ski jumping is a winter sport in which skiers go down a hill with a take-off ramp (the jump), attempting to go as far as possible. ...
Notts County Football Club are a football club based in Nottingham, England and are the oldest professional football team in the world. ...
The 1976 cup won by Van Der Hum. ...
2005 Open Champion Tiger Woods holding the Claret Jug. ...
2005 Open Champion Tiger Woods holding the Claret Jug. ...
1850s The Queens Plate is North Americas oldest thoroughbred horse race, run at a distance of 1 1/4 miles for 3-year-old thoroughbed horses, foaled in Canada, run annually in July at Woodbine Racetrack, Etobicoke (Toronto), Ontario. ...
The Big Men Fly - high marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the most important skill in Aussie Rules Footy Australian football, also known as Australian rules football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy...
The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ...
Sheffield F.C. was one of the worlds first football clubs and is the oldest still-existing club to now play football (soccer), having been founded in 1857. ...
The National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) was founded in 1857 by sixteen baseball clubs located in the New York metropolitan area. ...
Montreal Lacrosse Club was a lacrosse club in the Canadian city of Montreal, Quebec. ...
For other articles with similar names, see Lacrosse (disambiguation). ...
The New York Knicks (or New York Knickerbockers) are a National Basketball Association team based in New York, New York. ...
Dublin University Football Club is Trinity College, Dublins Rugby Union club. ...
A scrum Rugby union (often referred to as rugby, union or football) is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league. ...
The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ...
The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) is a sporting club based in Melbourne, Australia. ...
There are other articles with similar names; see MCG (disambiguation). ...
The Yale-Harvard Boat Race or Harvard-Yale Regatta is an annual rowing race between Yale and Harvard universities. ...
Lake Winnipesaukee at Sunset Lake Winnipesaukee is the largest lake in New Hampshire. ...
This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
The Americas Cup trophy The Americas Cup (originally the 100 Guineas Cup, then the America Cup ) is the most famous and most prestigious competition in the sport of yachting, and the oldest active trophy in international sports, predating the FA Cup by two decades and the Modern Olympics...
The Isle of Wight is an English island and county, off the southern English coast, to the south of the county of Hampshire. ...
Map of the English Channel Satellite view of the English Channel The English Channel (French: La Manche (IPA: ), the sleeve) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. ...
The University of Oxford (often called Oxford University), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...
Pre-1850s - Pre-1850s in sports - The ancient Games. Military training. English sport prospers with aristocratic gaming and suffers under Puritan power. Professional competition develops in cricket, boxing, and horse racing.
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