The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup originated in Canada after Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley of Preston decided that since the sport was so popular there should be a form of championship between the teams. Lord Stanley donated a silver bowl to the Ametuer Hockey Association of Canada for the prize of the championship. The cup was originally called the Dominion Challenge Trophy‚ but was soon renamed the Stanley Hockey Championship Cup in 1893 after its founder. That same year it was decided that the
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father died when he was 48 years old‚ his sister had contracted acute meningitis‚ and he suffered from a lack of money; this is a description of the early parts of Greg Mortenson’s life. Three Cups of Tea‚ the non-fiction story‚ shows how this ordinary person conveys important message to people around the world through building schools in Pakistan. Why did Greg Mortenson choose the school as the medium for his message? He believes that education will not only change Pakistani children’s view of life
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Carli Lloyd‚ professional soccer player of the United States Women’s Soccer Team (USWNT)‚ talks about her ups and downs of her journey to the top of women’s soccer. She starts with when she was little and how she started out playing on the local teams‚ then growing up to playing on club teams and her high school team. After graduating high school she went on to college a Rutgers and playing soccer their. She also played on the U-21 US team but was kicked off because her coach thought she was ready
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nominated to host the FIFA World Cup 2014. After primary celebrations and a growth in confidence of the population due to this victory the situation/ opinion/ mood about hosting this mega sports event within the country changed / the tenor/ attitude has dramatically the inhabitants/ population changed (Heinrich Böll Stiftung‚ 2012). Nowadays‚ headlines such as "2014‚ the World Cup Brazil has already lost" (Brazfoot‚ 2013)‚ "Fifa go home“ (Henning‚ 2013)‚ "We Don’t Need The World Cup’: Brazil Erupts In Protests
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Karanakov Ivan IV-3 The League Championship Tournament The UEFA Champions League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. The tournament consists of several stages. In the present format it begins in mid-July with three knockout qualifying rounds and play-off round. The 10 top surviving teams are joining 22 seeded teams in the group stage‚in which there are eight groups consisting of four teams each. The eight group
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Football Industry What is the sport that can unite everyone together no matter age‚ races and religion? The answer must be football. 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil successfully brought in 5M of people not only from Brazil but from all around the world. The football industry now is already out of control in term of the salary‚ the craziness of the football fans‚ betting on the match? The answer is yes. According to ESPN Sport News‚ the average salary for a footballer that play in the English Premier
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[pic] IMAGINE CUP 2012 AZURE CHALLENGE ROUND 1 APPLICATION SUMMARY TEMPLATE Azure Challenge Application Summary Template for Team: Nimbus Instructions This is the Azure Challenge Round 1 Application Summary Template. This is part of your Team’s Round 1 Entry Requirement. It is designed to guide you to include the required components of your Team’s project. Please use the questions in each section to align your submission with the judging requirements. Steps: • Insert your
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to recognize the problems they faced every day. The people were isolated‚ embattled‚ impoverished‚ malnourished and exploited. But what shocked Greg the most was that most people did not have the opportunity to receive an education. The memoir Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Relin describe Mortenson’s struggle to bring education and empowerment to the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan. While it was easy for Greg to identify the problems of life in the Middle East‚ the leaders and public
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The annual contest‚ which started in the year 2000‚ is a UNESCO/Goi Peace Foundation joint program since 2007. The United Nations has designated 2001-2010 as the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World. While every citizen is called upon to think about and act for peace in their everyday lives‚ peace education is encouraged at all levels of society to instill the values of peace and non-violence in children. Each year‚ the essay contest adopts
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understand both the culture and politics behind this sea of contrasting emotions brought about by a simple game of football between two old rivals. The aim of the research is to uncover the history of the rivalry between two biggest clubs in the world‚ FC Barcelona and Real Madrid FC in Spain‚ as it relates to the cultures of Spanish
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