bowlers of his times and became the captain of Pakistan cricket team in 1981. He led Pakistan to numerous victories. Imran led the Pakistani team to its first victory against India on their home soil. His glorious victory was‚ indeed‚ to win World Cup victory at Melbourne in 1992 when he made the nation highly amused and proud of him during the holy month of Ramadan. Imran Khan was one of the few cricketers who captivated their fans by their charismatic and indomitable personality till the very end
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through philanthropic activities. The most common Carlsberg’s sponsorship we can see is sports events. Carlsberg was one of the major sponsors in Euro2008 and also the 2004 European Football Championship. They were also a sponsor of the 1990 FIFA World Cup. In terms of football‚ the most significant appearance of Carlsberg is through LIVERPOOL F.C jersey having sponsoring the club since 1992 until now. Relating to the earlier issue of targeting the young drinkers‚ this also applies because people
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Tendulkar - THE LITTLE MASTER BLASTER INTRODUCTION Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born on 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket. In 2002‚ just 12 years into his career‚ Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time‚ behind Donald Bradman
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Discrimination Discrimination‚ nowadays it is a word which common meaning is "the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people‚ especially on the grounds of race‚ age‚ or sex".1 However this word has a couple more meanings than the one mentioned at the beginning of this essay. I think that the proper formal meaning of this word is to recognize the differences between two or more things. I believe that this definition is the essential one for discrimination taking in account
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This year the U.S. Women’s Soccer team sued U.S. Soccer team for gender based wage discrimination. Although you would think there would be a simple solution to this problem‚ to give the women’s team equal pay‚ it has become much more complex than that. The U.S. Soccer Federation has many eyes looking at them to see what they will do about the case against them. This paper will give a brief history in gender based wage discrimination in athletics in general and then in soccer‚ give an overview of
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When the FIFA World Cup was held 4 years ago‚ I began to like the game of football. Football was very interesting to me and I started to learn to play football then. On that day‚ I dreamt of becoming a professional football player. Therefore‚ I started to go for football training and fully concentrated on practicing football to become a professional player. I was determined to make my dream come true. It is very difficult to become a professional player. Although football has been considered
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played in India way before Cricket was. The very first time Hockey was played in the Olympics‚ they won the gold medal without conceding a single defeat in any of their matches. Such was the glory of the hockey team. In 1983 India won the Cricket World Cup and instantly its charm reverberated throughout the country. It was in this decade that Indians were introduced to Televisions as a large-scale that helped the cause. It is not surprising that hockey’s loss was cricket’s gain. Majority of the crowd
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place up to 2030. China’s population is getting older‚ and the US population remains flat‚ with not enough working age people to pay taxes on entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare for retirees. • Brazil is hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the Summer Olympic Games in 2016. That doesn’t only have the country feeling proud of itself‚ it also
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Can Soccer Play a Role in Restoring the United States Economy? One thing about Soccer and its History is that its always gone hand-in-hand with Politics. Since the time Benito Mussolini used Soccer to promote the Italian Fascist Party to the infamous “Soccer War” between Honduras and El Salvador‚ soccer was involved. In the relationship between Soccer and Politics‚ players have used Soccer as a vehicle to show their disapproval of the government. One famous incident involved Holland’s great
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conventions driven and outspoken nation branding (or as he prefers‚ ‘policy advisor’) expert‚ by Germany’s Deutschland Magazine about the relationship between sports and nation branding and sportsmen and nation brands only weeks ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa is given below in brief. This presents an insight in to the nation branding as a whole and in to the Sports domain as a measure of enhancing the brand nation. Mr. Anholt‚ you are recognized the world over as the leading expert on a
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