________________________________________________________________________ Introduction Malaysia with its big ambition has finally immerge as the first country in the South East Asia to have a Formula 1 track‚ second in Asia‚ after Japan. First the Worldcup‚ next the Olympic and Formula 1 is currently the third most watched live sporting event in the world. In fact‚ Formula 1 brings in much needed revenues to the countries. The most recent development has brought about the US for the Formula 1 races‚ and they has completed
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YMCA has always promoted rural sports and indigenous sports and has taken sports activities to the remotest of places. First Indian Olympic Team trained at the YMCA Ever since the restarting of the world Olympics in the last century‚ India was conspicuous by its absence in the games. When plans were being made for the Paris meeting in 1924‚ the World Olympics Committee decided to invite India to participate‚ and the invitation was addressed to the YMCAs of India. So it came about that the Madras
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world‚ and is recognized as a truly international‚ widely played‚ popular sport. In 1895‚ William G. Morgan‚ an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke‚ Mass. Morgan created the game of volleyball‚ at that time called mintonette. In 1896‚ the first official game of Volleyball was played at Springfield College. In the year 1900‚ Volleyball was popular enough that a new ball was customized for the sport. Five years later‚ Volleyball also spread to Cuba. This international
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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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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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The History of Volleyball In 1895‚ a man named William Morgan wanted to create a new game requiring less physical contact than basketball. He decided to blend elements of basketball‚ tennis‚ handball‚ and baseball resulting in the game of Volleyball (at the time called mintonette). Morgan took a tennis net and raised it 6 ½ feet; he required the players to hit the ball back and forth over it‚ keeping it from hitting the ground. During a demonstration‚ someone stated that the players seemed to
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Berlin: In 1933 Adolf Hitler took power in Germany. Persecution of Jewish athletes began controversial talk. Everyone was in debate to boycott the Olympics in 1936. By the end of 1934 the line was finally drawn. President of the athletic union led efforts to the boycott. He brought the facts to the table and pointed out that Germany was breaking the rules forbidding discrimination based on race and religion. Boycott efforts also traveled to France‚ Great Britain‚ Sweden‚ and the Netherlands. At the
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popular events at the Olympics. It was not until the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 when hurdles were introduced to the world. The original Olympics began long before in Greece‚ however‚ Roman Emperor Theodosius I had banned the Games 1‚500 years earlier as an attempt to abolish what he thought were pagan practices. The modern Olympics arose in Athens and presented hurdling events‚ thanks to the French baron‚ Pierre de Coubertin‚ who than became the first International Olympic Committee president
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modern Olympic games and exploring the discrimination women faced throughout the last century. There are several brave women who have made particular contributions to women’s marathon running and they are highlighted in this paper. Finally I will look at current women marathoners and the future of women’s participation in the marathon. Ancient History of Women’s Running In the ancient Olympics women were forbidden to compete and faced possible execution for being a spectator at the games. In
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Law of the Olympic Games Law 451D – Sec. 001 (4-Credit Seminar) Spring 2010 Administrative Information Professor Joseph Weiler Instructor: Ken Cavalier E-mail: weiler@law.ubc.ca E-mail: kcavalier@telus.net Phone: 604 – 822 – 4246 Phone: 604 – 581 – 0261 Office: Curtis 221 Instructor: Arun Mohan Instructor: Brian Schecter E-mail: arunmohan1@hotmail.com E-mail: puddlesbri@aol.com Phone: 604 – 375 – 3901 Class Schedule:
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