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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that week‚ Lamaze won an individual Gold medal after facing difficult competition from Sweden’s Rolf-Goran Bengtsson. Just weeks after his Olympic triumph‚ Lamaze went on to win another very prestigious competition - the Є100‚ 000 Garand Prix of Barcelona. Once again riding Hickstead‚ Lamaze rode impeccably and won the Є100‚ 000 as well as a new car by the Spanish automobile company‚ SEAT. Ranked number one by Rolex‚ Lamaze had won four Equestrian Grand Prix events‚ the most by any rider in the world
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born in Argentina and Cristiano Ronaldo was born in Portugal. And it can not be said that both players play with their respective teams. Like everything they had differences and similarities‚ Lionel Messi he play in a team of Spain That is call Barcelona‚ one of the most important teams of Spain‚ he is to young but he was the best player in the 2006‚ he has to much abilities for play soccer‚ he is a good shooter. Cristiano Ronaldo play in a team of England that is call Manchester United‚ he was nominated
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Logan Gough Bagdanov AP Lit Period 1 16 February 2017 Short Story Prompt 2 In Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” and David [Foster] Wallace’s “Good People”‚ both authors make the character’s speak and act ambiguously and use symbols and motifs in the story to influence the character’s decision about having an abortion or not. For example‚ the American in “Hills Like White Elephants” repeatedly says to the girl “if you don’t want to you don’t have to” implying that he doesn’t want
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100 000 employees in around 80 countries worldwide‚ it considers itself to be the world leader in fresh dairy products and bottled water. The corporate history shows the enormous adaptation capacity of the company over time. Founded in 1919 in Barcelona and starting operations in France few years later‚ Danone moved to the United States during the Second World War to relocate to France only in 1958. In 1967‚ Danone merged with Gervais‚ a French producer of fresh cheese. Another branch of its origin
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He was born in October 1881 in Malaga-Spain. At a very young age‚ he started to already drawing with his father which was a drawing professor. Pablo Picasso decided to study in the school of fine-arts in Barcelona and in 1904 decided to leave Barcelona‚ to go and live in France. There‚ he meets Braque‚ with whom they invent Cubism. In 1925‚ he participates to his first surrealistic exposition in Paris. Throughout the Second World War‚ he returned to work in Paris until the war
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both of these countries are passionate about soccer. To start with‚ both countries have produced some very famous players. To illustrate‚ Ozil is a famous German who plays for Real Madrid‚ and Messi is a famous player from Argentina. He plays for Barcelona. In addition‚ both countries have taken part in the World Cup. Argentina has won the World Cup twice‚ and even hosted it once in 1978. Germany has won the World Cup three times‚ and hosted it twice‚ in 1974 and 2006. Another similarity between
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his first appearance in the Olympics. He was a member of the United States basketball team. Jordan helped earned the gold medal at the games. Later‚ in 1992‚ he also played on the “Dream Team” which participated in the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona‚ Spain. The team easily won the gold medal. Jordan is involved in a number of business ventures. In 2006‚ he bought a share of the Charlotte Bobcats. He joined the team’s executive ranks and became a managing member. He landed several endorsement
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Jose Rizal (1861-1896) Rizal was born on June 19‚ 1861‚ in Calamba‚ Laguna‚ the seventh child and the second son of the 11 children of Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso. Rizal’s parents were not only well-to-do‚ but also well educated‚ a rarity among Filipino families then. His father‚ a sugar planter and landholder‚ attended a Latin school in his native Binan town‚ also in Laguna‚ and a college in Manila. His mother‚ who had a good business sense managed some small enterprise‚ also studies at
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LOCAL MOVIES ARE WAY FAR BEHIND THAN FOREIGN MOVIES Nowadays‚ we can see in our entertainment industry that art pieces from other countries are much preferable. According to them‚ local movies are way far behind than foreign movies. In brief to this statement‚ movies that are made by Malaysian or produced by Malaysian is not quality enough to level with foreign movies and these movies are also less preferable compare to foreign movies. Movies from Hollywood and Bollywood are the highest preferable
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