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| Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29, 1970) is a former World No. 1 professional American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is, with Rod Laver, Don Budge, Fred Perry, Roy Emerson, and Roger Federer, one of only six men to have won each of the Grand Slam singles title in history, and one of only three (with Laver and Federer) since the beginning of the Open Era. Andre_Agassi | |
| Berlin Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city and the eighth most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in northeastern Germany, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan area, comprising 5 million people from over 190 nations. Berlin | |
| Cue sports Cue sports (sometimes spelled cuesports), also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber . Historically, the umbrella term was billiards. Cue_sports | |
| Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a 10 high hoop (the goal) under organized rules. Basketball is one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in the world.Points are scored by throwing (shooting) the ball through the basket from above; the team with more points at the end of the game wins. Basketball | |
| Contract bridge Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game of skill and chance (the relative proportions depending on the variant played). It is played by four players who form two partnerships; the partners sit opposite each other at a table. Contract_bridge | |
| List of Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic medalists in biathlon from 1960 to 2006. The list of military patrol medal winners from 1924 is also included, as that event is now considered to be the inaugural biathlon event. List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_biathlon | |
| Chess Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two players. The current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older games of Indian and Persian origin. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments. Chess | |
| Coca-Cola Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines worldwide. The Coca-Cola Company claims that the beverage is sold in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke or (in European and American countries) as cola, pop, or in some parts of the U.S., Coca-Cola | |
| Coca-Cola Talk:Coca-Cola | |
| Chicago Chicago ( or Chicago | |
| Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc — called a discus — in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus. Although not part of the modern pentathlon, it was one of the events of the ancient pentathlon, which can be dated at least back to 708 BC. Discus_throw | |
| Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world. It is a football variant played on a rectangular grass or artificial turf field, with a goal in the centre of each of the short ends. Association_football | |
| Field hockey Field hockey is a team sport in which a team of players attempt to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking the ball with hockey sticks into the opposing team's goal. Its official name is simply hockey, and this is the common name for it in many countries. However, the name field hockey is used in countries where the word hockey is usually reserved for another form of hockey, such as ice hockey or street hockey. Field_hockey | |
| Figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level (senior), and at local, national, and international competitions. Figure_skating | |
| Germany Germany | |
| International Olympic Committee International_Olympic_Committee | |
| Kristi Yamaguchi Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi- Hedican (born July 12 1971) is an American figure skater and the 1992 Olympic Champion in women's singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. Kristi_Yamaguchi | |
| London London | |
| Lacrosse Lacrosse | |
| Foreign relations of the Republic of Macedonia Foreign_relations_of_the_Republic_of_Macedonia | |
| North America North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocean; South America lies to the southeast. North_America | |
| Nawal El Moutawakel Nawal_El_Moutawakel | |
| List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men) men's Olympic medalists in Track and Field from 1896 to 2008. List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_athletics_(men) | |
| List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women) women's Olympic medalists in athletics from 1928 to 2008. (There were no women's competitions at Olympic Games from 1896 to 1924.) List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_athletics_(women) | |
| List of Olympic medalists in baseball Olympic medalists in baseball from 1992 to 2008. List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_baseball | |
| List of Olympic medalists in basketball Basketball is a sport contested at the Summer Olympic Games. A men's basketball tournament was first held at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration; it has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1936. In the 1972 Olympics, the Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics#Gold Medal Match controversy final game between the United States and the Soviet Union was a controversial one, as the game was ended and replayed twice, before the Soviet Union won their first gold medal, which would have been won by the United States if the game wasn't replayed. List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_basketball | |
| Lists of Olympic medalists Olympic medalists since 1896, organized by each Olympic sport or discipline, and also by Olympiad. Lists_of_Olympic_medalists | |
| Orienteering Orienteering is a family of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain. Participants are given a map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find control points. Orienteering | |
| Olympic Games Olympic_Games | |
| Oceania Oceania Oceania | |
| Pankration Pankration ( or Pankration | |
| Pierre de Coubertin Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1 January 1863 pedagogue and historian who is best known as the founder of the International Olympic Committee. Pierre_de_Coubertin | |
| Sarajevo Sarajevo is the capital city and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 304,614 people in the four municipalities that make up the city proper, and an estimated urban area population of 421,289 people in the Sarajevo Canton . It is also the capital of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity, as well as the center of the Sarajevo Canton. Sarajevo | |
| Sport For a topical guide to this subject, see Outline of sports.Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determinant of the outcome (winning or losing), but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports (a common name for some card games and board games with little to no element of chance) and motor sports where mental acuity or equipment quality are major factors. Sport | |
| Singapore Singapore | |
| Summer Olympic Games Summer_Olympic_Games | |
| St. Louis, Missouri St._Louis,_Missouri | |
| Synchronised swimming Synchronized swimming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and figure skating, consisting of swimmers (either solos, duets, teams or trios) performing a synchronised routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music. Olympic and World Championship competition is not open to men, but other international and national competitions allow male competitors. Both USA Synchro and Synchro Canada allow men to compete with women. Synchronised_swimming | |
| Summer Olympic Games Talk:Summer_Olympic_Games | |
| Sonja Henie Sonja Henie (April 8, 1912 - October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and actress. She was a three-time Olympic Champion (1928, 1932, 1936), a ten-time World Champion (1927-1936) and a six-time European Champion (1931-1936). Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies figure skater. At the height of her acting career she was one of the highest paid movie stars in Hollywood. Sonja_Henie | |
| Americas Americas, or America, are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, comprising the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. America may be ambiguous in English, as it is more commonly used to refer to the United States of America. The Americas cover 8.3% of the Earth's total surface area (28.4% of its land area) and contain about 13.5% of the human population (about 900 million people). Americas | |
| Volleyball Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. This article focuses on competitive indoor volleyball; numerous other variations of volleyball have developed, most notably the Olympic spin-off sport beach volleyball.Play proceeds as followsrally by attempting to serve the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm), from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net and into the receiving team's court. Volleyball | |
| Vancouver Vancouver () is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in both British Columbia and Western Canada.Vancouver is bounded by the Strait of Georgia, Burrard Inlet, the Fraser River, the city of Burnaby, and the University Endowment Lands. Vancouver | |
| Winter Olympic Games Winter_Olympic_Games | |
| Wilma Rudolph Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 American athlete, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, she became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games, despite running on a sprained ankle at the time. Wilma_Rudolph | |
| Jimmy Shea James Edmound Shea, Jr. (born June 10, 1968) is a retired American skeleton racer who won the Gold medal in dramatic fashion at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Shea also was chosen by fellow athletes to recite the Athlete's Oath during the Opening Ceremonies and along with his father, Jim Shea Sr., Jimmy_Shea | |
| Bicycle Motocross Bicycle Motocross or BMX is a name of a cycling sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in Motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles. Bicycle_Motocross | |
| 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The motto chosen was Light The Fire Within.Salt Lake City became the most populous area ever to have hosted a Winter Olympics; at the time of the Olympics its metropolitan population was 1,516,227. 2002_Winter_Olympics | |
| Georg Hackl Georg Hackl (born September 9, 1966) is a German former luger who was three time Olympic and World Champion. He is known affectionately as Hackl-Schorsch or as the Speeding Weißwurst a reference to what he looks like in his white bodysuit coming down the luge at fast speeds.Hackl was born in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria. Georg_Hackl |
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