Portal:Deportes

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El deporte en la infancia . El fútbol , que se muestra arriba, es un deporte de equipo que también ofrece oportunidades para desarrollar la aptitud física y las habilidades de interacción social .

El deporte es una forma de actividad física o juego . A menudo , los deportes competitivos y organizados utilizan, mantienen o mejoran la capacidad y las habilidades físicas . También proporcionan diversión a los participantes y, en algunos casos, entretenimiento a los espectadores. Existen muchos deportes, con diferentes cantidades de participantes, algunos los practica una sola persona y otros los practican cientos. La mayoría de los deportes se llevan a cabo en equipos o compitiendo como individuos. Algunos deportes permiten un "empate" o "empate", en el que no hay un solo ganador; otros proporcionan métodos de desempate para asegurar un ganador. Se pueden organizar varios concursos en un formato de torneo , produciendo un campeón . Muchas ligas deportivas hacen un campeón anual organizando partidos en una temporada deportiva regular , seguida en algunos casos por playoffs .

El deporte se reconoce generalmente como un sistema de actividades basadas en el atletismo físico o la destreza física , y las principales competiciones admiten solo deportes que cumplen con esta definición. Algunas organizaciones, como el Consejo de Europa , excluyen la clasificación como deportes de las actividades sin ningún elemento físico. Sin embargo, varias actividades competitivas, pero no físicas, reclaman el reconocimiento como deportes mentales . El Comité Olímpico Internacional , que supervisa los Juegos Olímpicos , reconoce tanto el ajedrez como el bridge como deportes. SportAccord , la asociación de federaciones deportivas internacionales, reconoce cinco deportes no físicos: ajedrez, bridge, damas , Go y xiangqi . Sin embargo, limitan el número de juegos mentales que pueden admitirse como deportes. El deporte suele regirse por un conjunto de reglas o costumbres , que sirven para garantizar una competencia justa. La victoria puede determinarse por eventos físicos como marcar goles o cruzar una línea primero. También puede determinarse por jueces que puntúan elementos del rendimiento deportivo, incluidas medidas objetivas o subjetivas como el rendimiento técnico o la impresión artística. ( Artículo completo... )

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La final de la FA Cup de 1978 fue un partido de fútbol entre el Arsenal y el Ipswich Town que se disputó el 6 de mayo de 1978 en el antiguo estadio de Wembley , en Londres. Fue el partido final de la FA Cup 1977-78 , la 97.ª temporada de la competición eliminatoria de fútbol más antigua del mundo, la FA Cup . El Arsenal, cuatro veces campeón, disputaba su novena final, mientras que el Ipswich Town debutaba en Wembley y disputaba su primera final de la FA Cup. Cada equipo había superado cinco rondas para llegar a la final. El Ipswich había necesitado una repetición en la quinta ronda para superar al Bristol Rovers, mientras que el Arsenal ganó todas sus eliminatorias a la primera y llegó a la final como claro favorito.

El partido fue visto por una multitud de alrededor de 100.000 personas en el estadio y se transmitió en vivo por televisión y radio. El Ipswich dominó el partido, golpeando la madera tres veces (incluyendo dos de John Wark ) antes de que Roger Osborne anotara el único gol del partido con un disparo con la zurda, lo que le dio al Ipswich el triunfo por 1-0. Sigue siendo el único triunfo del Ipswich Town en la FA Cup hasta la fecha y no ha aparecido en la final desde entonces. El Arsenal regresó a Wembley la temporada siguiente y ganó la final de la FA Cup de 1979 contra el Manchester United . ( Artículo completo... )
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La 139.ª edición de la Boat Race se celebró el 27 de marzo de 1993. Se celebra anualmente y es una carrera de remo en paralelo entre las tripulaciones de las universidades de Oxford y Cambridge a lo largo del río Támesis . Cambridge, que utilizó " cuchillas de carnicero " por primera vez en la historia de la carrera, ganó por 3+1 ⁄ 2 longitudes en una victoria que fue descrita en The Times como "aplastantemente concluyente". El tiempo ganador de 17 minutos exactamente fue el cuarto tiempo más rápido en el evento. Al ganar el evento, Cambridge evitó que Oxford lograra diecisiete victorias en las últimas dieciocho carreras e igualara la puntuación general por primera vez desde la carrera de 1929.

La tripulación de Oxford contó con dos medallistas de oro olímpicos y hubo cambios en sus remeros y timonel en el período previo al evento. La carrera fue arbitrada por el ex azul de OxfordMark Evans , quien instigó polémicamente cambios en el procedimiento de inicio de la carrera. ( Artículo completo... )
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Chandler in 1940

Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler Sr. (July 14, 1898 – June 15, 1991) was an American politician from Kentucky. He represented Kentucky in the U.S. Senate and served as its 44th and 49th governor. Aside from his political positions, he also served as the second Commissioner of Baseball from 1945 to 1951 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982. His grandson, Ben Chandler, later served as congressman for Kentucky's Sixth District.

A multi-sport athlete during his college days at Transylvania College, Chandler briefly considered a career in professional baseball before deciding to pursue a law degree. After graduation, he entered politics and was elected as a Democrat to the Kentucky Senate in 1929. Two years later, he was elected lieutenant governor, serving under Governor Ruby Laffoon. Chandler and Laffoon disagreed on the issue of instituting a state sales tax and when Chandler, the presiding officer in the state senate, worked to block the legislation, Laffoon's allies in the General Assembly stripped him of many of his statutory powers. The tax then passed by a narrow margin. Knowing that Laffoon would try to select his own successor at the Democratic nominating convention, Chandler waited until Laffoon left the state—leaving Chandler as acting governor—and called the legislature into session to enact a mandatory primary election bill. The bill passed, and in the ensuing primary, Chandler defeated Laffoon's choice, Thomas Rhea. He then went on to defeat Republican King Swope by the largest margin of victory for a Kentucky gubernatorial race at that time. As governor, Chandler oversaw the repeal of the sales tax, replacing the lost revenue with new excise taxes and the state's first income tax. He also enacted a major reorganization of state government, realizing significant savings for the state. He used these savings to pay off the state debt and improve the state's education and transportation systems. (Full article...)
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During the 1996–97 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division, the third tier of the English football league system. It was the 65th season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 47th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. In the previous season, the team had gained promotion from the Third Division. Prior to the new season, Gillingham signed seven new players, paying a new club record transfer fee for Watford's Andy Hessenthaler. The team's form was poor in the first half of the season and at the end of 1996, Gillingham were in 21st position in the 24-team league table, putting them in danger of relegation back to the fourth tier. The club signed Ade Akinbiyi from Norwich City for another record fee in early January. In the second half of the season the team's performances improved and they finished the season in 11th position in the table.

Gillingham also competed in three knock-out competitions. The team reached the fourth round of the Football League Cup; in the third round they held Coventry City of the FA Premier League to a draw at home and won the replay. It was the first time Gillingham had beaten a team from the top division of English football since 1908. They also reached the third round of the FA Cup but were eliminated from the Football League Trophy in the first round. The team played 57 competitive matches, winning 25, drawing 12 and losing 20. Simon Ratcliffe made the most appearances during the season, playing 52 times. Iffy Onuora, who joined the club at the start of the season, was top goalscorer, with 21 goals in the Second Division and a total of 23 across all competitions. The highest attendance recorded at the club's home ground, Priestfield Stadium, was 10,603, for the League Cup match against Coventry City. (Full article...)
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The 2003–04 season was Arsenal Football Club's 12th season in the Premier League and their 78th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. It began on 1 July 2003 and concluded on 30 June 2004, with competitive matches played between August and May. The club ended the Premier League campaign as champions without a single defeat – a record of 26 wins and 12 draws. Arsenal fared less well in the cups, eliminated in the FA Cup and League Cup semi-finals to Manchester United and Middlesbrough respectively, and at the quarter-final stage of the UEFA Champions League to Chelsea.

The main addition to the first team was goalkeeper Jens Lehmann for £1.5 million; striker José Antonio Reyes was later purchased in the winter transfer window. Arsenal retained their best players and successfully negotiated new contracts for captain Patrick Vieira and midfielder Robert Pires. The stability of the squad meant Arsenal were considered front-runners for the Premier League title, along with Manchester United, and Chelsea who were taken over by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. (Full article...)
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George Henry Stevens Trott (5 August 1866 – 9 November 1917) was an Australian cricketer who played 24 Test matches as an all-rounder between 1888 and 1898. Although Trott was a versatile batsman, spin bowler and outstanding fielder, "it is as a captain that he is best remembered, an understanding judge of human nature". After a period of some instability and ill discipline in Australian cricket, he was the first in a succession of assertive Australian captains that included Joe Darling, Monty Noble and Clem Hill, who restored the prestige of the Test team. Respected by teammates and opponents alike for his cricketing judgement, Trott was quick to pick up a weakness in opponents. A right-handed batsman, he was known for his sound defence and vigorous hitting. His slow leg-spin bowling was often able to deceive batsmen through subtle variations of pace and flight, but allowed opposition batsmen to score quickly.

Trott made his Test debut in 1888, on a tour of England, and would tour England another three times (in 1890, 1893 and 1896), scoring more than 1000 runs on each occasion. For the 1896 tour, Trott was elected captain by his teammates. Despite England winning the series two Tests to one and retaining The Ashes, Trott's ability as a captain was highly regarded. In the return series in Australia during the 1897–98 season, Trott's team was more successful, winning the five-Test series 4–1 and regaining The Ashes. At a time when the federation of the Australian colonies was under discussion, the victory saw Trott praised as a "national institution" and his team as having "done more for the federation of Australian hearts than all the big delegates put together". (Full article...)
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Gillingham Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent, England. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, the "Gills" play their home matches at Priestfield Stadium. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system, in the 2023–24 season.

The club was founded in 1893 as New Brompton Football Club and renamed to Gillingham Football Club in 1912. The club played in the Southern League before joining the Football League in 1920. After 18 unsuccessful seasons, Gillingham were voted out of the league in favour of Ipswich Town at the end of the 1937–38 season, and returned to the Southern League. The club was voted back into the Football League in 1950, when it was expanded from 88 to 92 clubs. Twice in the late 1980s Gillingham came close to winning promotion to the second tier of English football, but a decline then set in and in 1993 they narrowly avoided relegation to the Football Conference. Between 2000 and 2005, Gillingham were in the second tier of the English football league system for the only time in their history, achieving a club record highest league finish of eleventh place in 2002–03. (Full article...)
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The 2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship was a professional pool tournament for the discipline of ten-ball organised by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and CueSports International. It was the fifth WPA World Ten-ball Championship; the previous championship was held in 2015. After plans for an event in both 2016 and 2018 to be held in Manila fell through, a 2019 event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas as part of a three-year deal for the event to be played in the United States was agreed. The event was held concurrently with the Billiard Congress of America's National Ten-ball event from July 22 to 26. The event was sponsored by cue manufacturer Predator Group.

The competition featured 64 participants, selected according to world and continental pool rankings as well as qualifying events. The tournament was played as a double-elimination bracket until 16 players remained, at which point it changed to a single-elimination format. Ko Ping-chung, representing Chinese Taipei, won the event, defeating German player Joshua Filler 10–7 in the final. Ko's brother Ko Pin-yi, who was the defending champion, lost to Filler 10–8 in the semi-final. The event featured a prize fund of $132,000, the winner receiving $30,000. (Full article...)
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Bourdon with Canada in 2005

Luc Bourdon (February 16, 1987 – May 29, 2008) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League from 2006 until 2008. After overcoming childhood arthritis, he was selected third overall in the 2003 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) draft and played for the Val-d'Or Foreurs, Moncton Wildcats, and Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, spending four seasons in the QMJHL. The Canucks drafted Bourdon with their first selection, 10th overall, in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, and he split his professional career with the Canucks and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Manitoba Moose. Noted as a strong defenceman who could contribute on offence, Bourdon represented Canada in three international tournaments, winning two gold medals at the IIHF World Junior Championship and a silver medal at the IIHF World U18 Championship.

Bourdon died at the age of 21 near his hometown of Shippagan, New Brunswick when his motorcycle collided with a tractor-trailer. (Full article...)
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During the 1894–95 English football season, New Brompton F.C. (since 1912 called Gillingham F.C.) competed in the Southern Football League Division Two. It was the first season in which the team took part in a league competition. The club had been formed a year earlier but in its inaugural season played only friendly matches and games in the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup and FA Amateur Cup. In 1894, New Brompton turned professional and joined the newly-formed Southern League. The team dominated Division Two of the new league, winning all but one of their matches, and gained promotion to Division One by winning an end-of-season "test match" against Swindon Town, who had finished bottom of the higher division.

New Brompton also entered the FA Cup, reaching the third qualifying round. The team played 15 competitive matches, winning 13, drawing none, and losing two. Arthur Rule was the team's top goalscorer; he scored 18 goals in the regular league season and 4 in the test match. Harry Buckland and Alf Meager made the most appearances, playing in every match. The highest attendance recorded at the club's home, the Athletic Ground, was approximately 8,000 for the visit of near-neighbours Chatham in the FA Cup. (Full article...)
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Hirst showing his ball grip in 1906

George Herbert Hirst (7 September 1871 – 10 May 1954) was a professional English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1891 and 1921, with a further appearance in 1929. One of the best all-rounders of his time, Hirst was a left arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed batsman. He played in 24 Test matches for England between 1897 and 1909, touring Australia twice. He completed the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in an English cricket season 14 times, the second most of any cricketer after his contemporary and team-mate Wilfred Rhodes. One of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 1901, Hirst scored 36,356 runs and took 2,742 wickets in first-class cricket. In Tests, he made 790 runs and captured 59 wickets.

Born in Kirkheaton, Hirst first achieved success for Yorkshire as a bowler who could bat a little. Over his first few seasons, his batting improved at the expense of his bowling until he was regarded mainly as a specialist batsman. Around 1900, his bowling re-emerged when he discovered a method to make the ball swing in the air after he released it. He was one of the first bowlers to control the swing of the ball, which batsmen found very difficult to counter, making Hirst's bowling far more successful from then on. (Full article...)
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During the 1984–85 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, the third tier of the English football league system. It was the 53rd season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 35th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. Gillingham started the Third Division season with five wins in the first seven games and were challenging for a place in the top three of the league table, which would result in promotion to the Second Division. The team's performances then declined, culminating in a 7–1 defeat to York City in November which left them in mid-table. They then won 12 out of 16 games to go back up to second place, before a poor run in March meant that they again dropped out of the promotion places. Gillingham finished the season fourth in the table, missing promotion by one place.

Gillingham also competed in three knock-out competitions, reaching the fourth round of the FA Cup and the second round of the Football League Cup but losing in the first round of the Associate Members' Cup. The team played 56 competitive matches, winning 30, drawing 9, and losing 17. Tony Cascarino was the club's leading goalscorer, scoring 20 goals in all competitions. Keith Oakes made the most appearances, playing 54 times. The highest attendance recorded at the club's home ground, Priestfield Stadium, was 8,881 for a League Cup game against Leeds United in September. (Full article...)
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Bohr in 1922

Niels Henrik David Bohr (Danish: [ˈne̝ls ˈpoɐ̯ˀ]; 7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962) was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research.

Bohr developed the Bohr model of the atom, in which he proposed that energy levels of electrons are discrete and that the electrons revolve in stable orbits around the atomic nucleus but can jump from one energy level (or orbit) to another. Although the Bohr model has been supplanted by other models, its underlying principles remain valid. He conceived the principle of complementarity: that items could be separately analysed in terms of contradictory properties, like behaving as a wave or a stream of particles. The notion of complementarity dominated Bohr's thinking in both science and philosophy. (Full article...)
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During the 1990–91 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Fourth Division, the fourth tier of the English football league system. It was the 59th season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 41st since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. Early in the season, Ron Hillyard, the club's long-serving goalkeeper, ended his playing career with a club record number of appearances. Gillingham's form was inconsistent in the first half of the season; after falling to 17th in the league table, the team began a lengthy unbeaten run and were 10th at the end of 1990. Around the end of March, Peter Beadle and David Crown, two of the team's regular starting forwards, were injured and both missed most of the remainder of the season. The team went 10 consecutive games without winning between the last game of March and the first of May and finished the season 15th in the Fourth Division.

Gillingham also competed in three knock-out competitions. The team were eliminated in the first round of both the FA Cup and Football League Cup. Gillingham progressed from the initial group stage of the Associate Members' Cup but lost in the first round proper. The team played a total of 52 competitive matches, winning 14, drawing 19 and losing 19. Steve Lovell was the team's top goalscorer, with 19 in the Fourth Division and 21 in all competitions. He also made the most appearances, playing in every match. The highest attendance recorded at the club's home ground, Priestfield Stadium, was 8,004, for a game against local rivals Maidstone United. (Full article...)
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Fender on a 1922 cigarette card

Percy George Herbert Fender (22 August 1892 – 15 June 1985) was an English cricketer who played 13 Tests for his country and was captain of Surrey between 1921 and 1931. An all-rounder, he was a middle-order batsman who bowled mainly leg spin, and completed the cricketer's double seven times. Noted as a belligerent batsman, in 1920 he hit the fastest recorded first-class century, reaching three figures in only 35 minutes, which remains a record as of 2024. On the basis of his Surrey captaincy, contemporaries judged him the best captain in England.

As early as 1914 Fender was named one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year. After war service in the Royal Flying Corps he re-established himself in the Surrey team and became captain in 1921. His captaincy inspired the team to challenge strongly for the County Championship over the course of several seasons, despite a shortage of effective bowlers. Alongside his forceful though sometimes controversial leadership, Fender was an effective performer with bat and ball, although he lacked support as a bowler. From 1921, he played occasionally in Tests for England but was never particularly successful. Despite press promptings, he was never appointed Test captain, and following a clash with the highly influential Lord Harris in 1924, his England career was effectively ended. Further disagreements between Fender and the Surrey committee over his approach and tactics led the county to replace him as captain in 1932 and to end his career in 1935. (Full article...)

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Carreras de caballos
Crédito: Fir0002
Carreras de caballos sobre césped en las carreras Tambo Valley Races de 2006 en Swifts Creek, Victoria , Australia . Las carreras de caballos son el tercer deporte más popular para espectadores en Australia, detrás del fútbol australiano y la liga de rugby , con casi 2 millones de entradas a los 379 hipódromos de toda Australia en 2002-03.
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Laura Dekker
Photograph credit: Savyasachi, retouched by ukexpat
Laura Dekker (born 1995) is a New Zealand–born Dutch sailor who completed a solo circumnavigation of the globe in a 12.4-metre (41-foot) two-masted ketch from 2010 to 2012. Dekker was fourteen years old when she set off from Gibraltar rather than the Netherlands, because the Dutch shipping regulations did not permit anyone under the age of sixteen to skipper a boat of that size in Dutch waters. After crossing the Atlantic Ocean, she started her record-breaking attempt from Sint Maarten in the Caribbean, passing through the Panama Canal and traversing the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans before completing her circumnavigation back at Sint Maarten. This picture shows Dekker attending the 2011 Hiswa Boat Show in Amsterdam.
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Elena Runggaldier
Photograph credit: Ailura; edited by Chris Woodrich
Elena Runggaldier (born 10 July 1990) is an Italian ski jumper and Nordic-combined skier. She won a silver medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011, and has taken part in four FIS Ski Jumping World Cups and represented Italy in ski jumping in two Winter Olympic Games. This photograph shows Runggaldier in Hinzenbach, Austria, where she competed in the 2014–15 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup.
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2013 World Fencing Championships
Photograph: Marie-Lan Nguyen
Nikolay Kovalev (R) attacks Áron Szilágyi (L) in the semi-finals of the men's sabre event at the 2013 World Fencing Championships. Although Kovalev won, he lost in the final against Veniamin Reshetnikov.

Held in Budapest, Hungary, from 5 to 12 August, the 2013 Championships saw 827 fencers from 101 countries compete. Russia won the most medals (11), followed by Italy (6) and Ukraine (4).
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Scrum (rugby)
Credit: PierreSelim
A rugby football scrum.
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Balance beam
Credit: Fernando Frazão
The balance beam is a rectangular artistic gymnastics apparatus, as well as the event performed using the apparatus. Pictured is Daniele Hypólito in the final of the women's artistic gymnastics competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, where Brazil finished in 8th place.
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Mariano Rivera
Photo: Keith Allison
Panamanian baseball pitcher Mariano Rivera has spent his entire 16-year Major League Baseball career with the New York Yankees. An 11-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion, Rivera has accumulated 559 saves, the second-most in MLB history, and he holds Major League postseason records for saves and earned run average, among other records.
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Lauren Mitchell
Photo: Steven Rasmussen; edit: Keraunoscopia
Australian artistic gymnast Lauren Mitchell (b. 1991) performing a layout step-out on the balance beam during the 41st World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London, United Kingdom, on 14 October 2009; at the Championships, Mitchell won two silver medals, one for the balance beam and another for floor exercises. Since her first medal in 2007, Mitchell has placed in the World Championships, World Cup, and Commonwealth Games, and competed in two Olympic Games.
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Curling
Credit: Ralf Roletschek
Martin Sesaker representing Norway in curling at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics.
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Cross-country skiing
Credit: Che
Priit Narusk in the qualification for the Tour de Ski cross-country skiing competition in Prague.
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Kiril Lazarov
Photo: Armin Kübelbeck
Kiril Lazarov (b. 10 May 1980) is a Macedonian handball player active since 1991. He currently plays for HBC Nantes and is also the captain of the North Macedonia men's national handball team.
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Muhammad Ali
Photograph: Ira Rosenberg; restoration: Chris Woodrich
Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) was an American former professional boxer, generally considered among the greatest heavyweights in the history of the sport. A controversial and polarizing figure during his early career, Ali is now highly regarded for the skills he displayed in the ring plus the values he exemplified outside of it: religious freedom, racial justice and the triumph of principle over expedience. Ali remains the only three-time lineal world heavyweight champion, having won the title in 1964, 1974, and 1978.
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Boxing
Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo/Wayne Short; editing by Shawnc
Boxing is a sport where two participants of similar weight attack each other with their fists in a series of one to three-minute intervals called "rounds". Modern boxing began in 1867 with the Marquess of Queensberry rules. Currently, there are two distinct branches of boxing: Professional and Olympic, which have different rules, but are similar in execution.
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Lake Placid, New York
Restoration: Lise Broer
A late 1930s Federal Art Project poster advertising the bobsled track in Lake Placid, New York, United States, which had been used in the 1932 Winter Olympics. The village is located in the Adirondack Mountains and is known as a tourist destination for winter sports, mountain climbing, and golf. It is one of the three places to have twice hosted the Winter Olympic Games and the first location in North America to host two Olympic games.
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Motocross
Credit: Fir0002
Motocross is form of motorcycle or ATV racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The tracks are often quite large, natural, terrains with very few man made jumps, unlike Supercross, a sport that was originally derived from Motocross and is executed on a smaller track with many more extreme man made obstacles.
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Ty Cobb
Photo: National Photo Company; restoration: Lise Broer; crop: jjron
Ty Cobb (1886–1961), shown here sliding into third base on August 16, 1924, was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. He spent twenty-two seasons with the Detroit Tigers, including six as the team's player-manager, and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. During this time Cobb set ninety MLB records, though his abilities were sometimes overshadowed by his surly temperament and aggressive playing style. In 1936 Cobb was made an inaugural member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, and in 1999 editors at the Sporting News ranked him third on their list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players".
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Goalkeeper (football)
Photo credit: Nick Wiebe
Congo national football team goalkeeper Destin Onka (right) prevents Austrian forward Rubin Okotie (left) from scoring a goal at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. In association football, the goalkeeper is the only player who is permitted to touch the ball with his hands or arms in open play.
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Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Credit: Richard Mushet
Grand Prix motorcycle racing 125 cc champion Gábor Talmácsi in a road race during the 2007 season.
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BASE jumping
Photograph credit: Kontizas Dimitrios
BASE jumping is the recreational sport of jumping from fixed objects, using a parachute to descend safely to the ground. The acronym stands for four categories of fixed objects from which the jumps can be made: buildings, antennae, spans, and earth (cliffs). In this photograph, a BASE jumper launches himself from the top of the Sapphire Tower in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Surfing
Photo credit: Mila Zinkova
A surfer off the coast of Santa Cruz, California, is performing a "cutback", or very sharp turn. Santa Cruz and the surrounding Northern California coastline is a popular surfing destination; however, the year-round low temperature of the Pacific Ocean in that region (averaging 57 °F or 14 °C) necessitates the use of wetsuits.
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Zack Greinke
Photo: Keith Allison
Zack Greinke is a pitcher for the Major League Baseball team Milwaukee Brewers. He began his career with the Kansas City Royals (as pictured here), during which time he won the American League Cy Young Award, given to the league's best pitcher. In December 2010, Greinke asked to be traded, saying he was not motivated to play for a rebuilding team.
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Swedish Rally
Photo credit: Christopher Batt
Juuso Pykälistö, driving a Peugeot 206 WRC at the 2003 Swedish Rally, lands a high-speed "yump" on two wheels in the snow. This rally competition is part of the World Rally Championship and was the first rally to be held on snow.
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Line-out
Photograph: Pierre Selim
A line-out at a rugby union match between Stade Toulousain and Lyon OU. When a player puts the ball out of the field of play, the opposing team is awarded a line-out; in the case of a penalty kick, the team that was awarded the penalty throws into the resulting line-out. A line-out is also awarded if a player in possession of the ball crosses or touches the touch-line while still in possession of the ball.
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Handball-Bundesliga (women)
Credit: Kuebi
Mara Friton in a handball match in the German Handball-Bundesliga.

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Jim Thorpe en 1916

James Francis " Jim " Thorpe ( Sac y Fox (Sauk) : Wa-Tho-Huk , traducido como "Sendero Brillante"; 28 de mayo de 1888 - 28 de marzo de 1953) fue un atleta estadounidense de ascendencia mixta nativa americana y caucásica. Considerado uno de los atletas más versátiles de los deportes modernos, ganó medallas de oro olímpicas en el pentatlón y el decatlón de 1912, jugó fútbol americano universitario y profesional, y también jugó béisbol y baloncesto profesional. Perdió sus títulos olímpicos después de que se descubriera que le pagaron por jugar dos temporadas de béisbol semiprofesional antes de competir en los Juegos Olímpicos, violando así las reglas del amateurismo . En 1983, 30 años después de su muerte, el Comité Olímpico Internacional (COI) le restauró sus medallas olímpicas.

Thorpe creció en la nación Sac and Fox en Oklahoma . Asistió a la Carlisle Indian Industrial School , donde atrajo la atención de Pop Warner . En 1911 jugó como corredor , back defensivo , pateador y pateador de despeje para Carlisle, anotando 25 touchdowns y liderando al equipo a un campeonato universitario, y fue galardonado con los honores All-American tanto en 1911 como en 1912. Thorpe con el equipo de béisbol New York Giants en 1913, también jugaría para los Cincinnati Reds y los Boston Braves (ahora Atlanta Braves), y en las ligas menores antes de dejar el deporte en 1922. Continuó jugando al fútbol americano durante este tiempo, jugando profesionalmente para los Canton Bulldogs , a los que llevó a varios títulos. Practicó deportes profesionales hasta los 41 años, el final de su carrera deportiva coincidió con el inicio de la Gran Depresión . Thorpe luchó para ganarse la vida después de eso, trabajando en varios trabajos ocasionales. Thorpe sufría de alcoholismo y vivió sus últimos años con mala salud y en la pobreza.

En una encuesta realizada por ABC Sports entre aficionados al deporte , Thorpe fue elegido el mejor deportista del siglo XX. ( Artículo completo... )

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El equipo de fútbol Maryland Terrapins en 2010

El equipo de fútbol americano Maryland Terrapins representa a la Universidad de Maryland, College Park en el deporte del fútbol americano . Los Terrapins compiten en la Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) de la National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) y la Atlantic Division de la Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Desde 1950, los Terrapins han jugado sus partidos como locales en el Byrd Stadium en College Park, Maryland . Los colores oficiales del equipo, rojo, blanco, negro y dorado, se han utilizado en alguna combinación desde la década de 1920 y se toman de la bandera del estado, y el apodo de los "Terrapins" (a menudo abreviado como "Terps") fue adoptado en 1933 en honor a una especie de tortuga nativa del estado. Maryland comparte rivalidades históricas con Virginia y Virginia Occidental .

Los logros del programa incluyen un campeonato nacional reconocido por la NCAA , nueve campeonatos de la ACC , dos campeonatos de la Conferencia Sur , once All-Americans por consenso , varios miembros del Salón de la Fama y veinticuatro apariciones en juegos de bowl . Maryland posee la tercera mayor cantidad de campeonatos de la ACC con nueve. Muchos ex jugadores y entrenadores de los Terrapins han seguido carreras en el fútbol profesional, incluidas 15 selecciones de primera ronda del Draft de la NFL .

El primer equipo de fútbol americano oficialmente reconocido se formó en 1892 y, a excepción de una breve pausa en 1895, Maryland ha competido en fútbol americano universitario cada temporada desde entonces. Harry C. "Curley" Byrd , un estudiante-atleta de Maryland, se convirtió en entrenador principal de fútbol americano en 1911 y ocupó ese puesto durante dos décadas antes de convertirse en presidente de la universidad. Los Terrapins tuvieron un éxito constante en el campo de juego entre 1947 y 1955. Luego, Maryland sufrió un período de mediocridad, hasta 1972, cuando el programa volvió a alcanzar prominencia nacional bajo los entrenadores Jerry Claiborne y Bobby Ross . El programa de fútbol americano atravesó otro período de rendimiento mediocre que comenzó en 1986 y duró hasta 2001, cuando Ralph Friedgen fue contratado como entrenador principal y diseñó un cambio de rumbo en el primer año que culminó en un campeonato de la conferencia. En los años siguientes, los Terrapins hicieron apariciones regulares en postemporada, pero no pudieron igualar el éxito de la primera temporada de Friedgen. ( Artículo completo... )

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