plotting mischief against Heracles.6 Originally‚ women and girls did not participate in the Olympic Games‚ although they did have their own festival dedicated to Hera. Eventually girls were allowed to compete in one event and it was known as the maidens‚ for grace and honor of the goddess Hera. The winners received olive crowns‚ just like the Olympic victors.7 Today women are included in almost nearly all Olympic
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Nigerian sports‚ though always exercised‚ was noted first in the 1950s. Nigeria had it’s first appearance in the Helsinki Olympic Games in 1952‚ and it’s first victory in 1954‚ when Emmanuel Ifeanjuna won a gold medal in the high jump at the Commonwealth games in Cardiff. In 1962‚ the Nationals Sports Council was set up‚ and in 1971‚ the National Sports Commission‚ and they had the following responsibilities (stated exactly as is): * To coordinate and integrate efforts to raise the standard
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created 16 years later and in 1899 it organised the first All England Championships. Olympic history Badminton made its debut as a demonstration sport at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It was not until the 1992 Games in Barcelona that it was officially included on the Olympic programme‚ with men’s and women’s singles and doubles events. The mixed doubles event made its debut in 1996 at the Atlanta Olympic Games. Since then‚ the number of events has remained unchanged. Although the creation
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international Olympic Committee (II)The International Paralympics Committee (III) The FIFA Congress (IV) British American Football Association (V)Northern Ireland Federation of Sub-Aqua Clubs (3) Draw a timeline for the Olympic Games. Ancient Olympic Games 776 BCE - Athens‚ Greece (1st Olympics) 490 BCE - Greece (1st Marathon) 4240BCE - Greece (Decline) 394 CE - Roman Empire (Olympics banned) 1612 - Cotswold‚ UK (Cotswold Olympics Games)
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On October 6‚ 1973 Egyptian and Syrian forces united to launch an attack against Israel on Yom Kippur‚ which is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. It was a surprise attack and led to heavy casualties. But the reason for the attack varied for each of the two countries and extended from many circumstances that preceded this surprise attack. The consequences for both Israel and Syria of the war were major as well. There were many factors that led up to the Yom Kippur War. The most major event
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rising movements for liberty and equality‚ technological and scientific progress and of course continuing conflicts between the USA and the USSR (“Cold war”) as well as confrontation in the Near East and Southern-East Asian countries (Vietnam). In 1972 the US president Nixon made the historically important visit to China where he met with Mao Zedong. It was a historical meeting as the US was always perceived by Chinese people as enemies‚ but at that time the first step was taken to formally normalize
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The Olympic games are the greatest sports event in the world. For many years‚ the Greeks used games for many reasons. The official ancient games were started in Greece. The first modern games in Athens‚ Greece‚ were held from April 6 through April 15 in the year of 1896. Since then‚ major world events plagued some of the Olympic games. There are a lot of examples of games being held in early Greece. There are also different stories on how they got started. One says that the guardians of Zeus held
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March 20‚ 2013 Wrestling in the Olympics Recently‚ the decision has been made to remove wrestling from the Olympics in the year 2020. This heavily debated decision was made because it is said that wrestling does not produce enough ticket sales and is not popular enough on the global scale. Therefore‚ it has been proposed that it be replaced with karate or rock climbing. With this major change in the Olympics‚ many people are going to suffer‚ such as returning Olympic placers or even nations that are
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Black September Black September is both the name of Jordan’s war on the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in the early seventies and the name of Palestinian terrorist movement created in revenge of the aftermath of Palestinian losses of the war in Jordan. Black September was a movement created by a break away Palestinian faction of Fatah. Fatah Is a Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the PLO. In Palestinian politics it is a more liberal group on the left wing of the
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Club" formed in 1877. In 1934‚ France‚ England‚ Scotland‚ and Holland formed the "International Badminton Federation" or IBF. The first tournament from IBF was called the "Thomas Cup" in 1948. In 1972‚ Badminton turned into a demenstration sport in the Munich Olympic Games. Badminton offically became an Olympic sport in Barcelona in 1992. It was finally recognized world wide its single and double matches. In 1996‚ a mixed double event in the badminton game in Atlanta was created. Badminton is a net
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