Unknown Facts About Olympic Nations

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The Central American country of El Salvador has never won an Olympic medal.

The Indian men's national field hockey team was crowned as the Olympic champions for 1964. The winners were: Syed Ali, Charanjit Singh, Darshan Singh, Shankar Lakshman, Rajendran Christie, Prithipal Singh, Dharam Singh, Gurbux Singh, Udham Singh, Mohinder Lal, Jagjit Singh, Rajinder Singh, Joginder Singh, Haripal Kaushik, Harbinder Singh, Bandu Patil and Victor John Peter.

Said Ahmed Farouck was the best sprinter of Comoros Islands -an ex colony French in Africa- in the 1980s.

Cyprus -a small island in the Mediterranean Sea- has competed in the Winter Olympic Games 8 times ( Lake Placid-1980, Sarajevo-1984, Calgary-1988, Albertville-1992, Lillehammer-1994, Nagano-1998, Salt Lake City-2002 and Turin-2006).

New Zealand won two gold medals at the 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne (Australia).

Letitia Vriesde was the flag bearer of the Surinamese team at the opening ceremony at the Olympics in 2004. Like Anthony Conrad Nesty (Olympic champion), she was one of the most popular sportspeople in Suriname and the Caribbean. She was born on October 5, 1964 in Paramaribo, the capital city of Suriname,an ex Dutch colony in South America. From 1988 to 2004, she won several medals (Pan American Games, World Championships, Central American & Caribbean Games). Letitia won a silver medal in the 800m at the 1995 World Athletics Championship in Gothenburg (Sweden). Certainly, she is a heroine in her country.

Mathias Ntawulikura (Rwanda/ Africa) finished 8th in the 10,000m at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta,USA.

Armenia -former Soviet republic- has had great athletes in the past century: Grant Chaguinian (gymnastics/ Olympic gold medalist, 1952), Albert Azarian (gymnastics/ Olympic gold medalist, 1956, 1960 & 1964), Vladimir Enguibariun (boxing/ Olympic gold medalist, 1956), Armen Nazaryan (wrestling/ Olympic gold medalist, 1996) and Armen Mkchyan (wrestling/ Olympic silver medalist, 1996).

Saudi Arabia has never won a gold Olympic medal.

Angola -African country- sent 39 Olympic athletes to the 1992 Games in Barcelona (Spain). The Angolan contingent participated in seven disciplines: aquatics (3), athletics (6), boxing (1), judo (4), sailing (3), roller hockey (11) and basketball (11).The basketball national team finished 10th at the Barcelona Olympics. Angola -African champion- produced a major surprise in defeating China 79-69...

Austria has many Olympic champions: Herna Bauna (track & field), Gregor Hradetzky (kayak), Christopher Sieber (sailing), Hans Haas (weightlifting), Elisabeth Theurer (equestrian), Peter Seisanbacher (judo) and Franz Andrisek (weightlifting).

North Korea has not won an Olympic medal for volleyball since the 1972 Olympics.

Alleyne Francique finished 4th in the 400m (44.66s) at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. This sprinter is the best sportspeople of Grenada.

Lebanon competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,USA. Most Lebanese athletes qualified for the Games in athletics, boxing, cycling, fencing, wrestling, shooting, swimming and weightlifting. This Arab country also competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Yugoslavia.

The Nigerian men's national soccer team won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics in 1996. Nigeria defeated Argentina 3-2 in the Olympic final. The Olympic champions were: TeslimFatusi, Daniel Amokachi, Emmanuel Amunike, Tijani Babangida, Celestine Babayaro, Taribo West, Victor Ikpeda, Dosu Joseph, Nwankwo Kanu, Wilson Oruma, Mobi Oparaku, Sunday Oliseh, Jay-Jay Okocha, Garba Nawal, Uche Okechukwu, Kingsley Obiekwu and Abiodun Obafemi.

Bangladesh is an Olympic member since 1980. However, it did not go to the Olympic Games in the USSR.

In the 1990s, Croatia had famous basketball players: Stojan Vrunkovic, Toni Kukoc, Drazen Petrovic, Dino Rada and Franjo Arapovic.

Paraguay sent 10 sportspeople to the Olympic Games in the 1970s.

Taiwan sent 22 sportspersons to the Summer Olympics in 1972. It participated in 10 sports. Archery: Meei-Shya Shue. Track & field: Chin-Lung Chen, Ming-Chih Chen, Chung-Ping Lee, Wen-Ho Soo, Cheng Chi, Chiu-Hsia Lee, Chun Yu Lin and Yu-Chih Wu. Boxing: Chee-Yen Wang. Wrestling: Jine-Shiong Sheu. Judo: Ping-Ho Chang, Chi Hsiang Cheng, Jen-Wuh Juang and Jong She Wang. Weightlifting: Kue Sen Chen. Cycling: Ming Fa Shue. Sailing: Shiu-Hsiung Chen. Shooting:Tao Yuan Wu. Swimming: Tung-Hsiung Hsu, Yue-Yun Hsu and Yue Hwan Lie.

Mauritania competed at the Summer Olympics for the first time at the 1984 Games. This African country sent 4 wrestlers to the Olympics in Los Angeles,USA.

The Kingdom of Bhutan sent 3 sportswomen to the Olympics Games in 1992. They were: Karma Tshomo, Pem Tshering and Namgyal Lhama (archery).

Georgia -ex Soviet republic- is the birthplace of Viktor Saneiev, who won three gold medals at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics. In 1980, he won the silver medal in the triple jump at the Moscow Olympics. Like Joao Carlos de Oliveira (Brazil), Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain) and Mike Conley (United States), Viktor was one of the best triple jumpers of the 20th century.

Belarus won two silver medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Norway in 1994.

Talata Embalo was the flag bearer of the Bissau Guinean national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the United States. Embalo is the best weightlifter of Guinea-Bissau, an ex Portuguese colony in Africa.

Mongolia sent 4 sportswomen to the Olympics in West Germany in 1972.

Obadele Thompson is the greatest Barbadian athlete of the 21st century. From 2000 to 2004, he was one of the best sprinters in the world.

Date of birth: 30/3/ 1976

Place of birth: Saint Michel, Barbados (Caribbean country)

Education: University of Texas

Top performances:

1991: Carifta Games-1st 100m, 3rd 200m

1992:Carifta Games-1st 100m, 2nd 200m

1993: Pan American Junior Championship-3rd 100m, 2nd 200m; Carifta Games-1st 100m, 2nd 200m; Central American & Caribbean Senior Championship-1st 100m

1994:Carifta Games-1st 100m, 1st 200m; World Athletics Cup- 4th 100m

1995: Central American & Caribbean Senior Championship-1st 200m

1996: Olympic Games-12th 100m, 4th 200m

1997: World Athletics Cup- 6th 100m

1998: Central American & Caribbean Games-1st 100m; Commonwealth Games-3rd 100m; World Athletics Cup-1st 100m

1999: World Athletics Championship- 4th 100m, 4th 200m

2000: Olympic Games-3rd 100m, 4th 200m

2004: Olympic Games-7th 100m

 

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Five Interesting Facts About the Touchdown Passes of the Patriots Tom Brady

There are few teams in history that have had a quarterback as good as Tom Brady. He is incredibly accurate, has deceptive arm strength, and is about as cool under pressure as a player can be. Brady came out of the University of Michigan without a lot of high expectations. He got onto the field due to an injury to the player starting ahead of him and went on to make the most of that opportunity. Since then he has won multiple Super Bowls, conference championships, and individual awards.

With the high powered offense that the New England Patriots have run since Brady came into the league, he has been able to put up some great passing numbers. Here is a look at five little known facts surrounding his touchdown passes. All information is taken from his entire career through the end of the 2009 NFL season.

#1 The first touchdown pass that Tom Brady ever threw in the National Football League came in the second quarter of a 29-26 win over the San Diego Chargers in 2001. The pass went for 21 yards and was caught by Terry Glenn. This was the only time that Brady would ever throw a touchdown pass to Glenn.

#2 Tom Brady has thrown more touchdown passes against the Buffalo Bills, 33 in total, during his career than he has against any other team in the NFL.

#3 He is a second quarter kind of guy. Over the course of his career, he has thrown 47 touchdown passes in the first quarter, 47 in the third quarter, 53 in the fourth quarter, and one in overtime. He has topped all of those though with 77 career second quarter touchdowns.

#4 No player has caught more touchdown passes from Tom Brady than Randy Moss. He and Moss have hooked up for a touchdown 36 times during their time together. This is more than twice the amount of touchdown passes he has thrown to anyone else.

#5 During his career, Brady has thrown 19 touchdown pass of 50 yards or more in distance. Even though he has only played with him for two seasons, 2007 to 2009 with 2008 lost due to Brady's injury, more than one third of those 50 yard touchdown passes have been caught by Randy Moss (7).

How much do you know Baseball?

Baseball is America's most watched pasttime. How much do you know the game?  Baseball is an easy game to learn and is easier to find information.  Granted, I do not know all  there is of this great sport to know, but do  know enough to talk about baseball  for hours.

Baseball trivia questions are usually  the same, but the answers are constantly changing, with the records transferring annually. For example, Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron were considered to be one season homerun recorduntil  Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds came to the scene. The players are constantly changing, constantly better.

The thing that never changes is the love  of the game of baseball and the quest for the great information. Everyone wants to be the first person with a good stump  question for those friends of baseball trivia . I love to ask all of my  baseball fanatics , baseball trivia. It will always keep them on their toes, and it helps me to retain all of the statistics and facts fresh in my mind. Baseball has been a big part of my life ever since  I was six years old.

Good to learn about baseball is Cooperstown, Baseball Hall of Fame, and all of its greats at home. Cooperstown has baseball fans everywhere and it is good to learn more about the baseball trivia questions. Baseball has been here for more than 100 years and has a huge amount of history. It is really difficult to know all of this great American game information and takes a long time to accrue all the info and stats.

Football Trivia-how well do you know your facts about Football Teams?

Whether you're a football player, spectator or collector of football sports cards, you can enjoy challenging yourself to see how well do you know your facts about football teams.

1. which of the following football teams are not linked to the NFL?

a. New York Giants
b. Baltimore stars
(c). Carolina Panthers
d. Oklahoma Outlaws
e. Tennessee Titans

2. how many teams are there in the Canadian football league?

a. 10
b. 8
c. 18
d. 14

3. how many NFL football teams begin with the letter C.?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

4. What are the NFL football team had a linebacker who was the first (and so far only) player who was named Super Bowl MVP of the losing team?

a. Denver Broncos
b. Green Bay Packers
c. Dallas Cowboys
d. New Orleans Saints

5. how many football players from Hawaii are sent to the NFL in 2009?

a. 63
b. 36
c. 85
d. 75

6. What is the most number of games that the New York Jets quarterbacks start during each season?

a. 16
b. 14
c. 13
d. 12

7. which team in the NFL is one of the oldest franchises in all of professional football?

a. New York Jets
b. Philadelphia Eagles
c. Dallas Cowboys
d. Seattle Seahawks

8. In what year the Seattle Seahawks enter the NFL as an expansion team along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?

a. 1975
b. 1984
c. 1976
d. 1979

Answers to Trivia question # 1: b, d
Answers to Trivia question # 2: a
Answers to Trivia question # 3: c
Answers to Trivia question # 4: c
Answers to Trivia question # 5: d
Answers to Trivia question # 6: a
Answers to Trivia question # 7: b
Answers to Trivia question # 8: c

 

10 little known facts about New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick

In the assessment of NFL head coaches of the last ten years or so by the on field performance of their team, it is difficult to someone higher up the list than New England's own Bill Belichick.  Belichick got his first head coaching break with the Cleveland Browns, and things didn't go so well.  He has been the top man in New England, the team has seemingly a contender every season.  Here's a look at ten little-known facts about New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick.
1. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee.
2. He was head coach of the Cleveland Browns for five seasons, but in only one of them has his team put up a winning record.
3. his father played pro football for the Detroit Lions.
4. He studied at the Wesleyan University and while in College, he played tight end and the Centre of the football team while also excels in two other sports; lacrosse and squash.
5. The coach has a college degree in economics.
6. his first coaching job in the NFL was as an Assistant with the Baltimore Colts.
7. Bill Belichick has spent time as an Assistant or as head coach of the following franchises: Colts, Lions, Browns Broncos, Giants, Patriots and jets.
8. He was the last head coach of the old Cleveland Browns before they moved to Baltimore to the Colts.  Before the team moved that he was fired as head coach, he would be replaced by Ted Marchibroda, who had given him his first NFL job in the mid-1970s when, as head coach of the Colts he hired as his assistant Belichick.
9. number of people who have served as assistant coaches for Belichick and gone to his head coaches elsewhere include: Romeo Crennel (Cleveland Browns), Eric Mangini (New York Jets), Nick Saban (Miami Dolphins), Charlie Weis (Notre Dame), Kirk Ferentz (Iowa), Al Groh (Virginia), and Pat Hill (Fresno State).
10. Bill Belichick's father was an assistant coach for the United States Naval Academy football team for more than 30 years.
Bill Belichick changed the New England Patriots in a team that is deeply concerned about every year by the other teams in the League.  He not only instilled his trademark tough defense on the team, he has given them an infringement which it is difficult for other teams to compete with on the basis of game-by-game as well.  A private person, Belichick will always remain a somewhat mysterious picture in this era where we seem to have 24 hour access to sports figures life.  It doesn't matter how someone personally about Belichick already feels, you can't argue with the results that he and the Patriots have gotten on the field.

Six little known facts about New York Jets Quarterbacks

Joe Namath, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, is probably the most famous player ever to play quarterback of the New York Jets. The jets have other great players play the position of quarterback. Here's a look at six little known facts about the players that the position of quarterback of the New York Jets have played.

-Ken O'Brien was fired 62 times during the season 1985, which most bags that each jets quarterback has ever suffered through in one year.

-Mark Sanchez became the first rookie quarterback to win his first three start to a season in NFL history in 2009.

-In 1960, when the team was still known as the New York Titans quarterback, threw touchdown passes All Dorow more (26) than any other quarterback in the AFL.

Jets quarterback who ken O'Brien runs threw more touchdown against the Miami Dolphins (25) than he did against any other team in the whole of the National Football League.

-Glenn Foley ten threw touchdown passes as a member of the New York Jets, more than half of them went to receiver Keyshawn Johnson, he caught six of them.

-The Jets-record for most touchdowns thrown in a game by a quarterback is six and was done by two of the game of the all time greats. Joe Namath did the first time in a 44-34 win over the Baltimore Colts in 1972. Brett Favre then did it during his one and only season in New York in a 56-35 win over the Arizona Cardinals in 2008.

A look into the history of the New York jets quarterbacks can be very eye opening as they both successful and not so successful players play the position. Iqfb.com is also a great resource for other New York jets trivia. IQFB ... Get football Smart!

Football Trivia-how well do you know your facts about football teams?

Whether you're a football player, of the spectator, or the collector of football sports cards, you can enjoy challenging yourself to see how well do you know your facts about football teams.

1. which of the following football teams are not linked to the NFL?

a. New York Giants
b. Baltimore stars
c. Carolina Panthers
d. Oklahoma Outlaws
e. Tennessee Titans

2. how many teams are there in the Canadian football league?

a. 10
b. 8
c. 18
d. 14

3. how many NFL football teams begin with the letter c.?

a. 2
b.3
c. 4
d.5

4. what NFL football team had a linebacker who was the first (and so far only) player who was named Super Bowl MVP of the losing team?

a. Denver Broncos
b. Green Bay Packers
c. Dallas Cowboys
d. New Orleans Saints

5. how many footballers from Hawaii are sent to the NFL in 2009?

a. 63
b. 36
c. 85
d. 75

6. What is the most number of games that the New York Jets quarterbacks start during each season?

a. 16
b. 14
c. 13
d. 12

7. which team in the NFL is one of the oldest franchises in all of professional football?

a. New York Jets
b. Philadelphia Eagles
c. Dallas Cowboys
d. Seattle Seahawks

8. what year the Seattle Seahawks enter in the NFL expansion team along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?

a. 1975
b. 1984
c. 1976
d. 1979

Answers to trivia question # 1: b, d
Answers to trivia question # 2: a
Answers to trivia question # 3: c
Answers to trivia question # 4: c
Answers to trivia question # 5: d
Answers to trivia question # 6: a
Answers to trivia question # 7: b
Answers to trivia question # 8: c

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The first football

It is generally accepted that the first officially organized League competition, the world was in the year 1888 (English) football.After this, it consisted of 12 clubs, all were based on the North and in the English Midlands. [1] [2] the Football League Championship for the first winners were the Preston North End.

In 1992 the megabucks case (now called Sky TV), groups, broke away from the top of the form with your own League called the emergency measures provided for IN THE FA Premier League.

Today, the original name of football is 3 departments; Championship, Division 1 and 2 of the solution.

In such a way that England today has a total of 4 professional football leagues move up with groups (promotion) or down (relegation) through their leagues, tax information, depending on the end of each period.

The first Football Association Cup (FA Cup)

The first FA Cup final was played in England in 1872 member of the Royal Engineers and Wanderers between 2 000 spectators in front of Wanderers ran out. [1] [2] 1-0 winners in part because of the Royal Engineers,--who were your Favorites player in the first half of the match through injury, lost and only play back with 10 men because the substitutes are not allowed then was."The Challenge Cup", since it was originally known, was Mr. c. w. Alcock Sunderland, which proposed, prior to the year that the "challenge for the Cup should be established in the context of the Organization for security and cooperation in Europe;" brainchild"The Association" is thus the Football Association FA Cup.

The oldest Football club in the world

Has always been the oldest football club in many arguments in the world.The following is some information to consider even though ...

The world's oldest, continuously documented by the "football" Club is a Football Club Dublin University, Ireland, which was founded in 1854. [1] [2] However, the Club now plays Rugby Union, not the Association Football. [1] [2] for this reason, it is not officially recognized as the world's oldest football club.

Sheffield Football Club-Sheffield FC-English in 1857, is posted to the English FA and FIFA is the oldest, continuously documented football club playing in the world of Football and the deposit facility will remain unchanged by the Association of the Northern Premier League. [2] [3] They Division 1 South of England. [1] [2] in such a way as to ensure that they are generally recognized as the oldest football club in the world now.

But not to the "Club" documents in Edinburgh, Scotland 1824 and 1841. [1] [2] several documents continue to exist today that refer to the "Foot Ball Club" and its rules.It worked quite like golf club, where members selected from the group membership to play each other. [1] [2] the Club has now been reconstituted and play the "Foot Ball Club of Edinburgh" as amateur capacity.

The first international football match

The first international football match was played between Scotland and England in Glasgow, Scotland, 30th November 1872 4 000 spectators in front of the result was-fought ... 0-0 draw. [1] [2], and 110 games are played in 1872, and when the test apparatus was scattered on the West coast of Scotland won the 1999, 41, 42, 43, 44, which had ended England 45 and 24 games.

The first Trainer Dugout

Embedded in the enclosure side of the pitch of a covered (Dugout) at the end of the first ever recorded was at the beginning of the 1920s at Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen, Scotland. [1] [2] When Donald Coleman, had it built a trainer to protect yourself, but he took his detailed notes on the traders during the matches, was his practice, and was partially embedded in it so as not to prevent the game views into the groups Visiting viewers. [3] [4] were so impressed by the fact that the idea soon spread throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the rest of the world.

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