Boxing stared in 1700 AC‚ in Greece. In that year‚ people thought that was a game of Gods‚ so was practiced in the Olympic Games. But the fights are different before‚ In Greece‚ boxers did not use gloves‚ only leather‚ and the fights were so explosive and aggressive‚ that sometimes they kill each other. In XX century‚ was when women started to boxing‚ spite nowadays this sport is for women and men‚ in the Olympic Games women are not allow. The first champion women was Elizabeth Wlkinson‚ but some
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Field hockey: steps to success. Human Kinetics Publishers‚ Inc. * Bransford‚ J * British Olympic Association‚ Hockey. http://www.olympics.org.uk/sportFeatures.aspx?gt=S&sp=HO. Retrieved November 25‚ 2010. * Bryant‚ C‚ A. (1970). Hockey for schools. London: Pehlam Books Ltd. * Cadman‚ J. (1985). Hockey: the skills of the game. Wiltshire: The Crowood Press Ltd. * Campbell‚ D. (2005‚ January 16). Ugly games kit turns girls off PE. The Observer‚ p.3. * England hockey: education in schools * Grass
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Paralympics The Paralympic Games is a big sporting event for athletes with disabilities. It takes place just after the Olympics‚ every four years. The athletes compete in 20 different sports and are split into six different categories of disability which are; amputee‚ celebral palsy‚intellectual disability‚ les autres‚ vision impaired and wheelchair. Around 4‚000 athletes take part in the Paralympics from around the world. The London 2012 Paralympic Games will run from Wednesday 29 August to Sunday
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“A coach is someone who tells you what you don’t want to hear‚ who has you see what you don’t want to see‚ so you can be who you have always known you could be” (Tom Landry). In order for athletes to achieve their highest goal‚ they need to have an effective coach who will help them become the best athlete they can be. An effective coach will be successful while working to achieve the goals they intended. A powerful coach takes their love for the sport and puts it into their athletes. Athletes will
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History of Volleyball On February 9‚ 1895‚ in Holyoke‚ Massachusetts‚ William G. Morgan‚ a YMCA P.E. director‚ made a game called Mignonette as a fun game to pass time by ‚ to be mostly be played inside but could be played outside‚ by any number of players. The game took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball. Another indoor sport‚ basketball was becoming popular in the area due to the fact that it had been invented just ten mile away for Springfield Massachusetts‚ four years before
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has been behind many of these attacks. They were also said to be behind a tweet prejudicially referring to the African immigrants of Greece. Forwarding this tweet‚ triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was kicked off Greece’s Olympic team a little before the London Olympic Games. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras considers immigrants a “disease” and wants to remove all immigrants that do not belong in the country. Javied Aslam‚ one of the many assaulted immigrants in Greece said “These are fascist gangs
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its first “Green Store” in Beijing before 2008 Olympic Games [1]. The Green Store was a new concept which indicates application of environmentally friendly processes during building and operating the market. Establishing a green store will not only provide sustainability through waste reduction but also decrease costs of the company. Furthermore‚ green store will be a good way of advertisement for attracting potential customers during Olympic Games. Monaco believes that it will increase their sales
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Saina Nehwal (born March 17‚ 1990) is an Indian Khel Ratna winning badminton player currently ranked number 2 in the world by Badminton World Federation‚.[4] Saina is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships. Saina Nehwal made history on June 21‚ 2009‚ becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament‚ by clinching the Indonesia Open with a stunning victory over higher-ranked Chinese Wang
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world‚ at that time it was the team of Canadian professionals. Eventually‚ in 1972 happened the event‚ that is not forgotten even nowadays‚ the titans of hockey clashed in the legendary “Summit Series”! It was decided to arrange a tournament of eight games - the first four in Canada and the rest in Russia. The Canadian team was coached by Harry Sinden and included the best NHL players at that time. In contrary‚ there was a not so fortunate replacement on the Soviet’s side: Tarasov and Chernyshev as the
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George Wright‚ “Sport and Globalisation‚” Olympic Review‚ October/ November‚ 1999. George Wright‚ “Globalisation and Sport‚” Debate‚ New Political Economy‚ July‚ 1999. This contribution aims to assess the relationship between sport and globali-zation. Capitalism has always been global‚ while national economies have been situated in the global accumulation process. But since the late 1960s‚ capitalism has been restructured to a point where today it has become more globalized than ever
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