Comprehension 1.Say whether the following statements are true or false. Find the lines in the text that support your answer. 1. In fact‚ such sports as lacrosse‚ field hockey‚ bowling and horse racing were invented by the American Indians. 2. Many different sports were developed in Britain in the 19th century. 3. The headquarters of golf is located in Great Britain. 4. Two types of rugby football differ from each other only in the number of players. 5. Before 1865‚ brutality was a characteristic
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quantify but also incorrect to neglect due to the additional revenue potential the games had to offer to London and U.K as a whole. • Maximizing Game Attendance: Just maximizing ticket revenues alone was insufficient to the success of the London Olympics due to this being pegged “Everybody’s Games”. If bottom lines were realized with lack luster attendance at some of the non-popular sporting events then it would be deemed a failure. Having house full attendance at popular sporting events such as
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1968 Tlatelolco Massacre During the Gustavo Díaz Ordaz government‚ the people were repressed‚ offended‚ and abused. Also‚ President Diaz wanted an absolute government in which he could have complete power and authority over the country and Mexican citizens. On October 2nd‚ in the region of the Plaza de las Tres Culturas a thousand students were gathered to protest against the government ’s actions. Things started to slip through his iron fist and this turned into a nightmare of horror and grief
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The 2012 Olympics games were chosen to be held in London Stratford‚ Newham. The British Olympic Association had been trying to bring the Olympics to “London since 1997”. United Kingdom tried to bid the Olympics 3 times‚ each time failing. The bids were in 1992‚ in 1996 and 2000 for Manachester. The only reason why London made a bid is because the international Olympic Committee said that “London city” was the only city with a chance of winning it within England. Therefore the decision was made to
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The Olympics has always been a memorable sporting event to be a part of‚ whether you’re an athlete or a spectator. For those who are not familiar with the event‚ the Olympics is an event where multiple sports are played out by thousands of athletes from around the world of at least 200 countries. The event is held every 4 years in the summer. Today‚ the Olympics has expanded into various events for everyone to adapt such as from creating the winter games for winter games to the Paralympic games for
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helped shape the modern Olympic movement. There were new problems and new improvements that affected the Olympics. WIth the documents we’re given‚ we are able to analyze the factors that created these new problems and improvements. Through these years‚ we can see that the world has become more acceptable to women‚ people being pressured because of pride‚ people trying to work harder to earn more money‚ and people working harder for world peace. Within the many years of Olympics‚ women was able to gain
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Executive of the Olympic Authority Beginning July 22‚ 2005 David Higgins accepted the position of Chief Executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) ("David Higgins Appointed Head of Olympic Delivery Authority‚" 2005‚ para. 2). The ODA was in charge of building key Olympic venues‚ facilities and infrastructures for the 2012 London Olympics. Higgins was directly involved with the construction of the Olympic Park‚ the Athletes Village as well as other site related to the 2012 Olympics ("London Olympic
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Sponsorship By Serena Gao Beijing 2008 Olympiad is not only a stage of athletic sports‚ but also brings a wide stage to the enterprises which want to propagandize themselves by dint of the Olympic Games. The Beijing 2008 Sponsorship Program consists of three tiers of support‚ including the Beijing 2008 Partner‚ the Beijing 2008 Sponsor‚ and the Beijing 2008 Supplier. Up to 8th Jun 2008‚ the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) has signed
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The costs of the Olympics were really high.it was estimate of £2.4 million in 2005 to£9.3 billion now. The average overspend is 179%. The games will inspire people to exercise more. The London 2012 had more disadvantages. Some people might disagree to this statement as they might think they had more benefits than disadvantage. The Olympic Games have some benefits like the stadium we can use the stadium for other sports and will have a track or we could sell the stadium for example football group
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athletes participating; they were well organised‚ renewing faith in the Olympic Movement. The Olympic committee also spent $6 million Australian dollars in funding to combat the use of illicit drugs in sport‚ that previous Olympics have had so much trouble with in the past . The money was used to enhance drugs research into detecting the use of drugs‚ also to increase greater involvement from participating Olympic countries into drugs testing through urine and blood before and after
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