Shemuel Pagan

Shemuel Pagan (born April 23, 1988) is an American professional boxer in the lightweight division. He is trained by his father, Robert Pagan. He is currently training at Sadam Ali's gym in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Shemuel Pagan is a Puerto Rican American of strict Jewish faith.
At the age of 16, he once gave Zab Judah, former welterweight champion, a black eye in sparring. He did the same to Elio Rojas, a featherweight titlist who made it known he was taking Shemuel lightly in workouts.
Amateur record.
He holds an 89-19 career amateur record.
Accomplishments in Amateur Boxing, Titles Won by Years
Professional career.
On August 21, 2010, Shemuel made his professional debut as a lightweight at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The bout will take place on the undercard of Tomasz Adamek versus Michael Grant.


World University Squash Championships

The World University Squash Championship is the official international college competition in the game of squash conducted by the World Squash Federation (WSF), which was first held in 1996 in Maastricht in Netherlands.


Lyudmila Rudenko

Lyudmila Vladimirovna Rudenko (, ; 27 July 1904 – 4 March 1986) was a Soviet chess player and the second women's world chess champion, from 1950 until 1953.
She was awarded the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman International Master (WIM) in 1950, and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1976. She was the first woman awarded the International Master title. Rudenko was also USSR women's champion in 1952.
Early life and swimming career.
Rudenko was born in 1904 in Lubny, in the Poltava region of what is now Ukraine. At age 10, Rudenko was taught how to play chess by her father—although, at first, she was more interested in swimming. After secondary school, she moved to Odessa and took a degree in economics. Rudenko became the swimming champion of Odessa in the breaststroke. In 1925, she was swimming vice-champion of Ukraine (breaststroke). She started a career as an economic planner for the Soviet Union, and chess became a hobby.
Chess career.
Rudenko began playing tournament chess in 1925 after a move to Moscow. In 1928, she won the Moscow women's championship. She then moved to Leningrad, where she met and married scientist Lev Davidovich Goldstein; in 1931 they had a son. In Leningrad in 1929 she began training with chess master Peter Romanovsky. She won the Leningrad women's championship three times.
In World War II, Rudenko organized a train to evacuate children from the Siege of Leningrad. She described this as the most important accomplishment in her life.
Women's World Champion Vera Menchik died in 1944 during an air raid. After the war, in the winter of 1949–1950, the World Chess Federation FIDE held a tournament in Moscow to determine the new women's champion. Sixteen women from twelve countries competed, with the four Soviet players taking the top four spots. Rudenko, who was then 45 years old, won the tournament, a full point ahead of the field (scoring nine wins, one loss, and five draws). She held the Women's World Championship title until losing it to Elisaveta Bykova in 1953 in the next championship cycle. Her score was 6–8 (five wins, seven losses, and two draws).
Rudenko's post-war chess trainers were Alexander Tolush and Grigory Levenfish.
Legacy.
Rudenko was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in 2015. She was honored with a Google Doodle on the 114th anniversary of her birth, 27 July 2018.


Indian Association of Kickboxing Organisations

Indian Association of Kickboxing Organisations (IAKO) is the national federation of kickboxing in India. IAKO was formed in 1993 to control and promote kickboxing activities throughout the country. IAKO promotes amateur kickboxing and professional kickboxing (under the banner of IAKO Pro) in all the states, union territories and special armed forces across the country.
IAKO is the first among other martial arts federations recognised by School Games Federation of India (SGFI) since 2005 and is instrumental in introducing kickboxing in school games since 2006.
History of kickboxing in India.
IAKO was first headquartered at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, in 1993. IAKO is a government-registered body under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860. IAKO represented WAKO in India as its national federation and under WAKO rules conducted the first national kickboxing championship in 1994 at Cuttack, Odisha. Kickboxing has been introduced into school and university games through IAKO.
Indian athletes have participated in Asian Games, Asian Indoor games, World championships, and World Martial Arts Games under the banner of IAKO and Indian Olympic Association. IAKO has its states' bodies to advance the sport and many of the IAKO state bodies have been recognised by the respective state Olympic association.


Greyhound racing in New Zealand

Greyhound racing is a popular sport in New Zealand. There are ten clubs operating in New Zealand and they are affiliated to Greyhound Racing New Zealand (GRNZ). Racing in New Zealand is governed by the New Zealand Racing Board (NZRB) in accordance with the Racing Act 2003. Totalisator betting was not allowed until 1981.
Most have modern facilities including grandstand restaurants with Totalisator Agency Board (TAB) betting available.
History.
The current oval racing industry was born out of coursing which was seen at the time as a way to help control the population of hares. The first hares were brought to New Zealand in 1868 as hunting quarry but a gestation period of around 40 days resulted in problems for farmers and British greyhounds were imported to help control them. The New Zealand Federation of Coursing Clubs was formed in 1877 and the National Coursing Association was formed in 1908.
Experiments with artificial hares began in 1934 and the 'Tin Hare' (a metal arm system on a rail around an oval track) was first officially used for a race meeting at Christchurch in 1948. This is regarded as the birth of modern greyhound racing in New Zealand.
In 1954 the New Zealand Greyhound Racing Association was formed following the ban on coursing. In 1978 The modern oval form of racing was granted totalisator betting. Three years later in 1981 the industry was granted off-site totalisator betting and the TAB. In 2009 the NZGRA became the GRNZ which it is called today.
Stadiums and clubs.
There are ten racing clubs in New Zealand who are directly responsible for the management of racetracks. Around 700 dogs are bred each year for racing, and around 200–300 are imported from Australia.
General information.
Jacket colours<br>
Greyhound racing in New Zealand has a standard colour scheme similar to Greyhound racing in Australia with the exception of trap/box 6..
Criticism.
Following concern over the welfare of racing greyhounds the Greyhound Racing Association initiated an Independent Welfare Review during 2013. The review found no issues into the care of greyhounds in racing but found issues with population management (greyhounds not making the track and greyhounds after retirement). In 2017 a second report was commissioned, this time by the New Zealand Racing Board, led by former High Court Judge Rodney Hansen who made 20 recommendations to further advance the welfare of greyhounds. On Dec 20 2017, the New Zealand government's Minister for Racing Hon Winston Peters, said the reports findings were "disturbing and deeply disappointing", and "simply unacceptable". In December 2018 the New Zealand government considered a second petition from Aaron Cross and 129 others seeking a prohibition on racing. The government requested that the greyhound racing industry continued to implement the Hansen recommendations and invited the NZGRA to update them on their progress. In April 2021, the New Zealand government launched a further review in response to a claimed lack of progress implementing the recommendations of the 2017 Hansen review.


European Universities Handball Championships

European Universities Handball Championships were included on the EUSA Sports Program in 2006 and have been organised annually since.
The European Universities Handball Championships are coordinated by the European University Sports Association along with the 18 other sports on the program of the European universities championships.


Tunnel fin

A tunnel fin is a type of surfboard fin used on surfboards, especially heavy longboards and longboard guns. The weight and length of these boards make it easier to control the fore and aft angle of the tunnel. As the name suggests it is shaped like a tunnel. Tunnel fins were first used by Richard Deese and Bob Bolen (also known as the Greek) in California during the late sixties and continue to be developed by shapers today.
Background.
The Tunnel fin is based on the principle of the annular wing with the lowest drag and highest lift fin configuration possible. It has no drag inducing fin tips, this is important as it means that rail to rail turning movements are dragfree and effortless. Tunnel fins have the ability to enhance hydrodynamics by slightly twisting the water flow into a vortex as it passes through the tunnel, preventing random turbulence in its wake. The tunnel fin has a large amount of horizontal lift utilizing the hydrofoil principle providing better lift-to-drag ratio.
The horizontal area in the tunnel fin also acts as a means of transferring rider energy into forward thrust through board flex (similar to a dolphin tail). As the board pumps up and down it drives the 'fluke' at the tail. In other words, the speed of the tunnel finned board can be increased by weighting and unweighting (pumping). This is slightly different from the side to side movement used by thruster riders.
The ability of the tunnel to organize volumetric flow rate means that (in the case where a central fin is used in front of the tunnel) any turbulence coming off the trailing edge and base of the front fin is organized into a lower drag flow pattern.


Iron Dog

The Iron Dog or Iron Dog Race, originally known as the Iron Dog Gold Rush Classic and for a few years the Tesoro Iron Dog, is an off-road snowmobile race across Alaska, USA. It normally starts on a Sunday in mid-February. At , it is the longest high speed cross-country snowmachine race in the world. A record forty-two teams entered the 2008 event. the total purse was US$210,500, with $50,000 awarded to the winners.
Course.
The event began in 1984 as a race in Alaska from Big Lake near Wasilla to Nome. It was approximately doubled to at the 10th annual race in 1994. The race route now follows parts of the Iditarod Trail, the route of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. It starts at Big Lake and follows the main trail and its connecting trails until it hits to the Yukon River at Ruby. It follows the river to Kaltag before it heads to the Norton Sound on the Bering Sea at Unalakleet and it follows the coast to Nome. Then it returns along the same path in the reverse order to Ruby, where it diverges off its original path by following the Yukon River and its tributary the Tanana River until the competitors finish in Fairbanks. The route changes from time to time; total length has been 1,971 to 2,031 miles since 1993, extended to 2,031 miles in 2011. the fastest time since 1993 was 35 hours 39 minutes 56 seconds by Marc McKenna & Dusty VanMeter on a Ski-Doo in 2012, although this figure is dependent upon route length and conditions rather than being a straightforward record; fastest times have exceeded 71 hours. The most current record time was set in 2016 by Tyler Aklestad and Tyson Johnson on Ski-Doo snowmobiles with a time of 35 hours 35 minutes and 22 seconds.
Safety.
Races are typically run in temperatures well below freezing, and -20 °F (-30 °C) to -50 °F (-45 °C) air temperatures are common without taking wind chill into effect. Some drivers apply duct tape to their faces to protect against frostbite. The machines are equipped with tall windshields for protection from the cold.
Drivers compete in two-driver, two-sled teams for their safety since they travel through remote areas of Alaska. Teams are required to take three six-hour breaks between Nome and Tanana. They also take a 42-hour break in Nome to recuperate before they start making their return. Sleds are impounded during the break, ensuring that they rest since they are not able to work on their sleds. the race had never had a fatality, although there had been close calls.


Uzbekistan at the 2007 Asian Winter Games

Uzbekistan participated in the 2007 Asian Winter Games held in Changchun, China from January 28, 2007 to February 4, 2007.
Medal summary.
Medal table.
Medals as of January 30, 2007


Nikolay Melnikov

Nikolai Andreyevich Melnikov (born January 24, 1948) is a former water polo player for the Soviet Union. He is Jewish, and was born in Moscow, Russia. He won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.


Italian Volleyball League

The Italian Male Volleyball League is structured in several levels of importance; the highest of them is "SuperLega" (former "Serie A1"). Since the early 1980s, many among the best volleyball players in the world play in Superlega and the overall level of competition is considerably high.
Structure.
As of 2016–17 season, the Italian volleyball championships are parted in this way:
SuperLega.
SuperLega is the highest level club competition in Italian professional male volleyball. It is organized by Federazione Italiana Pallavolo (FIPAV) and Lega Pallavolo Serie A. It was known as Serie A between 1946 and 1977, then as Serie A1 until 2014.
Since 1982, the championship consists of two phases:
Just in few occasions relegation playouts were disputed.
History.
Volleyball made its first appearance in Italy after the end of World War I. In 1929 a "Federazione Italiana Palla a Volo" (FIPV) was founded. During the 1930s several tournaments were organized by youth or workers movements within fascist associations like GIL and OND.
After the end of World War II and the overthrow of fascist regime, a new association, called "Federazione Italiana Pallavolo", were founded in 1946. Later that year the city of Genoa hosted the first official male championship.
Quickly volleyball became popular in northern regions like Piedmont, Lombardy and especially Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany: clubs based on Ravenna, Modena, Parma, Bologna and Florence regularly won all the championships for more than thirty years. By the 1970s outsider clubs from centre-south cities (Rome, Catania) were more competitive.
In the 1980s the growth of Italy men's national volleyball team led volleyball to a peak of a popularity. After a period in which Turin's CUS and Parma's Santal dominated, great entrepreneurial companies (like Fininvest in Milan, Montedison in Ravenna and Benetton in Treviso) decided to support and invest in volleyball, equipping strong teams which often won European and Intercontinental trophies.
During the 1990s and 2000s decades, Serie A1 was by far the best volleyball league in the world, due to the simultaneous presence of all Italian's golden generation members and even all the best foreign players from all over the world (Netherlands, Brazil, Cuba, Russia etc.). All along 1990s, Italian teams dominated all European club competitions and Serie A1 was called "the NBA of volleyball".
Situation.
Today Serie A1 is called Superlega, it's not the NBA of volleyball anymore, but it's still one of the most difficult and competitive leagues in the world. Italian volleyball is diffused all over the country but, as a consequence of the enormous popularity of other disciplines (football above all) in big cities, it finds its highest popularity in medium-to-large cities.
Champions.
1936–1941 (OND tournaments).
These tournaments were organized by the National Recreational Club (Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro).
Serie A2.
Serie A2 is the second highest level club competition in Italian professional male volleyball. It is organized by Federazione Italiana Pallavolo (FIPAV) and Lega Pallavolo Serie A. It was created in 1977 by splitting the previous Serie A in two tiers (Serie A1 and Serie A2).


Sluppen Bridge

Sluppenbrua (lit. Sluppen Bridge) is a road bridge across the Nidelva river in Trondheim, Norway. It is 82 meters long, and connects the Norwegian National Road 706 (riksvei 706) to the areas east of Nidelva.
Originally, Sluppenbrua was built as a railway bridge on the Trondhjem–Støren Line, which was opened in 1864. This bridge was around 200 m long og 30 m tall, made by timber standing on a foundations of rock. This bridge was torn down in 1884 when the new Dovre Line going by Nidareid was opened. The foundations were transferred for free to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration in 1927 with the intent to build a road bridge on the same spot.
The new road bridge was postponed, resulting in the first road bridge to be built being a provisional truss bridge built in wood by order of the German military. This bridge was opened in July 1942. The wood was not waterproofed, which meant that the bridge gradually decayed and had to be closed. A new bridge made of steel was opened in 1954. In 1977 the bridge was equipped with a separate path for pedestrians and cyclists. Today the bridge still stands on the same foundations from 1864.
There are plans for building a new bridge called Nydalsbrua in 2017, being placed just downstream of Sluppenbrua. The new bridge is planned to have four lanes. The plan is to make the new Nydalsbrua exclusively for cars, trucks etc., while Sluppenbrua is intended to be used only by pedestrians and cyclists.
River surfing.
Under Sluppenbrua lies the Sluppenbølgen (lit. "Sluppen Wave"), which is used for river surfing on surfboards or kayaks. The wave is said to work well for these purposes when the flow rate is around 140 cubic meters per second. Such a high flow rate is usually only seen when the snow melts during the spring, or when there is heavy rain, but also depends on how much water that is released from the power plants Øvre and Nedre Leirfoss kraftverk. Otherwise, it can be challenging to surf without holding a rope. The Sluppen wave is the only well known surfing spot in close proximity to Trondheim, but on days with heavy winds it is sometimes also possible to surf in the Trondheim Fjord.
The repair work of the Sluppen Bridge has affected the Sluppen Wave, and in 2018 the Trondheim Sports Council entered dialogue with the Public Roads Administration.


Jedok geom

Jedok geom or "Admiral sword" or "Commander sword" is a sword-skill introduced by the Chinese commander Li Rusong who fought during the Japanese invasions of Korea during the 16th century. Li Rusong was from Hebei province, China.
Technique.
The techniques required the use of both a sharp sword and a waist sword. Li used straight-bladed swords (jikdo) with a single edge for slashing and a double-edged sword (geom) for stabbing. The techniques, with 14 basic stances, were first published in the Muyesinbo, a martial arts manual from the Joseon Dynasty.


Boris Polak

Boris Polak (בוריס פולק; born July 15, 1954) is an Israeli former world champion and Olympic sport shooter.
Personal life.
Polak is Jewish and was born in Moldova, in 1954. He made "aliyah" (immigrated to Israel) with his family from Alma Ata, Kazakhstan in 1992. He lives in Ashkelon, Israel, and is married with two children. He has worked as a machinist and as a shooting coach.
Shooting career.
Polak started practicing shooting, and competing, in 1968, when he was 14 years old.
In 1980, after Polak came in 6th in the European Shooting Championships in Oslo in the AR (air rifle) 40M, the Soviet Union dropped him from its Olympic shooting team because some officials thought that at 26 years of age he was too old. He stopped shooting, and for the next seven years served as a border guard in the Red Army on a mountain top near China, attaining the rank of Colonel.
After moving to Israel, while he had not shot competitively for several years, in 1993 Polak won the bronze medal for Israel in the European Shooting Championships.
In 1994, he became a world champion, as he won gold medals at both the ISSF World Shooting Championships in Milan, Italy (in the AR 60, with a total score of 691.1, ahead of Anatoli Klimenko of Belarus) and the European Shooting Championships, set two world records, and won the gold medal in the Milan World Cup with a score of 695.2 in the AR60. Polak scored 591 in the standing and kneeling position, and 280 in the kneeling position.
Polak competed for Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics, in Atlanta, at the age of 42 the oldest member of the Israeli Olympic team, in Shooting. In the Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, he came in tied for 20th with 594 total points. In the Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, he came in tied for 22nd with 1,162 total points. And in the Men's Air Rifle, 10 metres, he came in tied for 33rd with a score of 581. When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5-8 (173 cm) tall, and weighed 174 lbs (79 kg).
In 1999, Polak won the Milan World Cup in the FR60PR, with a score of 701.7.


2002 European Curling Championships

The 2002 European Curling Championships were held in Grindelwald, Switzerland December 5–14.
Men's.
A tournament.
Playoffs.
Semifinals.
"December 13th, 20:00"
Bronze Medal Game.
"December 14th, 14:00"
Gold Medal Game.
"December 14th, 14:00"
Women's.
A tournament.
Playoffs.
Semifinals.
"December 13th, 16:00"
Bronze Medal Game.
"December 14th, 10:00"
Gold Medal Game.
"December 14th, 10:00"


Kilembe Mines FC

Kilembe Mines Football Club, abbreviated as Kilembe Mines FC, is a Ugandan football club located in Kilembe, Kasese in the Rwenzori Mountains. The club played in the Uganda National League throughout the 1970s.
History.
Kilembe Mines FC currently plays in the Kasese District League Division One which is part of the fourth tier of the Ugandan football league system. The club is affiliated to the Kasese District Football Association which is within Zone 11 Kitara region "(Tooro Sub Region)" of the FUFA administrative areas.
Kilembe Mines FC was supported financially by the Kilembe Mines Limited and became the first up-country club to play in Uganda’s top league, the National First Division League in 1969. In their first match in the top tier the club lost 14–0 away to Express FC at the Nakivubo Stadium. However, in the reverse fixture at Kilembe in the final match of the season the home side gained revenge by defeating Express 1–0 to hand the title to Prisons FC. The club competed nine seasons at the highest level until 1979 when they were relegated. Former Cranes internationals Mike “Computer” Kiganda, Hussein Matovu and Emmy Kalanzi were some of the club’s stars.
The decline of the football club was closely linked to the fortunes of the copper mined by the Kilembe Mines Company. Up until the early 1980s the copper sourced from the mines was one of Uganda’s leading foreign exchange earners. However, the mines fell victim to President Idi Amin’s “economic war” aimed at empowering indigenous Ugandans. The Canadian company that managed the mines was expelled as a consequence and at the same time copper prices on the world market plummeted. Copper mining eventually ceased in 1982 which meant that the company's football, boxing and athletics sections lost their generous support and sportsmen lost their jobs.
Despite inactive mines and dilapidated buildings in Kilembe, the football club still functions and in the 2006–07 season Kilembe Mines FC reached the semi-finals of the Western Zone Mini League (in Bushenyi) before going out 4–0 to Biharwe FC. If the club had won the Western Zone Mini League they would have been promoted to the Uganda Super League instead of Biharwe FC.
In 2013 it was reported that Kilembe Mines Ltd is set to resume production some 30 years after the mines were shut down. This arose after the government of Uganda handed down a concession to manage the former copper giant to a consortium of Chinese companies. This development may eventually result in the resurrection of Kilembe Mines FC as a soccer force in Uganda.


Peak Performance (video game)

Peak Performance, known in Japan as , is a 1997 video game developed by Cave and published by Atlus and JVC Digital Studios for the PlayStation.
Reception.
The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. "Next Generation" said, "In the end, "PP"s racing weighs in at just above average. But with many unique options, including a 'create-your-own obstacle course,' "Peak Performance" should be enough to entice drivers looking for a 'different' racer as opposed to an improved version of 'more of the same.'" In Japan, "Famitsu" gave it a score of 27 out of 40.


Soviet Airborne Forces


Li Mingzhu

Li Mingzhu (; born on October 30, 1962) is a Chinese figure skater and World and Olympic figure skating coach. She coached Chen Lu to her World title and her first Olympic bronze medal. Currently, Li works at the East West Ice Palace in Artesia, California.
Her current and former students include Chen Lu, Caroline Zhang, Geng Bingwa, Zhang Kexin, and Li Zijun.


Belgian First Division B

The Belgian First Division B (officially known as Proximus League) is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian First Division A. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 2016, replacing the Belgian Second Division.
History.
The Belgian First Division B was created in 2016 as the successor of the Belgian Second Division following an overhaul of the Belgian football league system which saw the number of professional clubs reduced to 24 and the number of teams at the second level of the football pyramid to 8.
During Belgian Second Division era from 1973 to 2016, the second division winner and the play-off winner promote to the first division. From 2016 on, the second division winner is no longer guaranteed promotion. The league is divided in two periods of 15 games. The winners of a period compete each other in a final. If a team wins both periods, no final is played and it automatically rises to the highest level. In 2017, Lierse became champion of the league, but no promotion was allowed because they did not win a period. Antwerp and SV Roeselare played the final.
Competition format.
Until 2020.
From its inception in 2016 until 2020, the season consisted of two separate competitions in which all 8 teams played each other twice. The winners of both competitions faced each other in a two-legged playoff with the winner crowned champions and promoted to the Belgian First Division A.
For the remaining teams, until 2019, the top three teams (excluding the promoted team), played together with the teams finishing in the positions 7 through 15 of the Belgian First Division A in a playoff for a ticket into the UEFA Europa League. The remaining four teams played a relegation playoff, with the last team relegating into the Belgian First Amateur Division. From 2019, the top six teams all took part in the Europa League playoffs (including the promoted team), with only the bottom two teams playing the relegation playoff in which they play each other five times.
From 2020.
The 2020–21 will no longer see two separate competitions, but rather one quadruple round-robin league in which all teams play each other four times. At the end of the season, the top-ranked team will be crowned champions and promoted, while the second-placed team will play a two-legged promotion playoff against the 15th-place finisher from the Belgian First Division A. The team finishing in last place will be relegated to the Belgian National Division 1 (renamed from "Belgian First Amateur Division").


2008 GP2 Asia Series

The 2008 GP2 Asia Series season was the first GP2 Asia Series season. It started on 25 January and ended on 12 April. Romain Grosjean became the champion, with his team, ART Grand Prix, taking the teams' title despite his team-mate Stephen Jelley scoring no points. During this season, only two men were available to score pole positions - it's Romain Grosjean who scores all poles, except one at Sentul International Circuit which in qualifying was won by Vitaly Petrov. Romain Grosjean take four race victories, two in each other (feature and sprint race) in Dubai Autodrome, and two victories in feature races, at Bahrain International Circuit, and in second round of Dubai Autodrome, as Vitaly Petrov won the feature race in Malaysia after started from 17th on the grid. Kamui Kobayashi take two victories: in sprint races, at Round 3 in Sepang, and in Round 4 Sakhir. Sébastien Buemi wins only one time at feature race at Indonesia. Also, Marco Bonanomi and Fairuz Fauzy take one victory in the sprint races. Italian won in final race, as Malaysian wins in Sentul.
Championship standings.
Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 6 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race will also receive two points, and one point is given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.
Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.
Drivers' Championship.
Notes:
Teams' Championship.
Notes:


Kirk Webby

Kirk Webby (born 30 September 1970) is a New Zealand equestrian. He competed in show jumping at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Webby was a reserve for the New Zealand Olympic equestrian team and he and his horse were called up when Daniel Meech's horse Sorbas was ruled out due to injury.


Flag off

Flag Off or 'Flagged Off means official start or beginning of an event or undertaking. In this a piece of cloth, usually rectangular in size, and of distinctive color and design, is used as a symbol, standard, signal, or emblem and waved.
It is an idiomatic expression indicating the commencement of some event- usually involving travel or movement. Such an event is either an expedition, a race, or a rally. Mostly it is a checkered flag of black and white or a flag of single color (any color) with or without emblem or signage of the event printed on it. As a ceremonial beginning often involves waving of a flag by a dignitary to signify the formal commencement of an event, it's called flag off. In naval or maritime context, a maritime flag or a naval ensign may be waved to signify the start of an expedition. On the other hand, for stationary events, such as a sporting tournament, political summit, literary meet, etc. the equivalent expression used is kick-off.
Significance.
Even though the word 'Off' often stands for a negative meaning, 'Flag off' is used to mean that somebody gave the orders to start something like a 'race'. One of the most famous flag off was at the Formula 1 competition, when the first world championship race was held at Silverstone race track in England on May 13, 1950. A similar significant flag off event happened when the then Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off India's first ever point-to-point non-stop train, the Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto Express, from the Sealdah station in Kolkata on January 20, 2013.


2007 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 75th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France from 16–17 June 2007.
The LMP1 class saw the first competition between the new diesel engined Peugeot 908 HDi FAP prototype and the diesel Audi R10 TDI, the Le Mans winner; the Audi once again achieved an overall victory. There was heavy attrition in the LMP2 class, in which only two competitors finished the race. In the GT1 class, Aston Martin achieved its first win over the Corvette since returning to the event in . The GT2 class was a battle between Ferrari and Porsche, won by Porsche. The race was attended by over 250,000 spectators.
Track changes.
Between the and 2007 races, the Circuit de la Sarthe was upgraded, most obviously by the reprofiling of the Tertre Rouge corner. The new corner was moved inward, to create a long flowing curve instead of the single point apex it had been previously, shortening the lap distance by 21 meters to a revised 13.629 km. A new pedestrian tunnel – below the Mulsanne Straight, immediately after Tertre Rouge – was also built. The work had been planned to be carried out before the 2006 event, but it was delayed because of budgetary concerns.
Nine new garages were built at the end of the pit lane, replacing the four temporary garages that had been built a few years earlier. The additional garages allowed the ACO to increase the number of entries it could grant from 50 to 55. The paddock behind the garages was also re-organized with more facilities added for spectators, including more shops, new landscaping, and the Audi Tower monument.
The public roads from the Indianapolis corner to the Porsche Curves were re-surfaced. Run-off areas at the Dunlop Chicane, Tertre Rouge, Indianapolis, and Ford Chicanes were also partially asphalted in order to avoid gravel being brought back onto the circuit by cars which had gone off course. This also increased safety by allowing the cars to slow themselves more efficiently using their brakes and tyres on tarmac.
Rule changes.
Several months before the event, the ACO announced rule changes for all Le Mans-based series (American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, and Japan Le Mans Challenge), effective in 2007 for all four classes:
The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) initially decided to not abide by the LMP2 restrictor change for the American Le Mans Series, although that decision was reversed following Le Mans. SERO decided not to fully conform to the new ACO regulations in the Japan Le Mans Challenge until 2008.
The ACO also announced rule changes specific to Le Mans:
It was also decided that the race would start at 3:00 pm local time, one hour earlier than the normal 4:00 pm, to allow French spectators more time to vote in the 17 June French legislative election.
Entries.
Automatic invitations.
Teams earned automatic invitations to the event from the ACO for winning certain races and championships in their respective classes. Teams were limited to no more than two entries. If a team had already earned its two entries, additional invitations were extended to the next best-performing competitor. Cars running outside of the ACO's rules were also skipped and the invitation given to the next competitor.
On 13 December 2006, the ACO released its official list of automatic entries from the multiple Le Mans backed series and races. On 22 December, the ACO announced that it would add four more automatic entries, this time chosen from the 2006 FIA GT Championship season's team champions and runners-up in each class, as part of an agreement between the ACO and FIA GT's SRO organisation.
All other teams had to apply to the ACO for an invitation. The ACO then decided on the remainder of the entry list based on each team's recent performances, as well as its originality in chassis and engine design.
List of automatic entries.
On 19 January 2007, the ACO announced that 24 of the 28 teams had accepted their automatic entries before the deadline. Penske Racing turned down both of its invitations, and Ray Mallock, Ltd. rejected its second entry because of a lack of funding. Vitaphone Racing Team rejected its invitation because its Maserati MC12 did not comply with the ACO's GT1 rules, although the team later attempted to gain entry in another class through application.
Official entry list.
On 27 February 2007, the ACO published the official entry list, which included the full 55 entries and 8 reserves.
Although drivers were not listed, Tom Kristensen's injury in the opening round of the 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season made his participation in the race questionable. As the driver with the most wins at Le Mans, he was intended to be part of Audi's factory team. Fellow Audi DTM driver Mattias Ekström was nominated as his possible replacement by Audi. However, on 11 June 2007 Kristensen was cleared by doctors to race, leaving Ekström's services unneeded.
Reserve entries.
A total of eight reserve entries were listed by the ACO in its initial published list. Reserves were added to the entry list when a competitor already on the list withdrew. The ACO determined the order in which reserve entries were considered for addition to the entry list.
Two cars officially withdrew from the entry list in April, with their places taken by the following reserve entries:
JMB Racing also withdrew its entry from the reserve list due to its drivers reaching an agreement with AF Corse to run in its entry instead.
Test session.
The official test session for Le Mans was held on 3 June, and was the only practice session that was not part of qualifying timing. A total of eight hours of track time was allowed for teams to find their set-ups and for rookie drivers to get in their required ten laps to learn the circuit.
The sessions were led by Sébastien Bourdais, with his Peugeot 908 HDi FAP setting a lap time of 3:26.707, a second and a half ahead of two trailing Audis. Pescarolo Sport had the fastest gasoline-powered car in fourth. In the LMP2 class, the pair of Barazi-Epsilon entries led with identical times of 3:39.016; ASM Team Racing for Portugal trailed the pair in class.
In GT1, the No. 63 Corvette recorded the fastest time of the day with a 3:49.207, followed by the No. 007 Aston Martin and the second factory Corvette. GT2 was dominated by Porsche, with the top three positions being taken by the new 997s. IMSA Performance Matmut led with a 4:01.598, while Autorlando and Flying Lizard followed behind. The Risi Competizione entry was the fastest Ferrari, in fourth place.
Although there were various small incidents, three major accidents led to a red flag for the session. The No. 13 Courage Compétition entry, driven by Guillaume Moreau, went off at the Porsche Curves during the second hour. The car could not return to the test session due a bent chassis caused by the heavy impact. The second red flag involved the No. 24 Noël del Bello entry going off the track at the same location in the hands of Vitaly Petrov, becoming briefly airborne after contact with the concrete wall. In the final incident, almost in the last hour of the session, the No. 10 Arena Motorsports Zytek also went off at the Porsche Curves, and briefly caught fire.
The damage to the Arena Zytek led to the car being withdrawn during scrutineering a week and a half later, just before the actual race. The team decided that it was not able to repair the damage in time for the car to pass scrutineering.
Qualifying.
Qualifying was held on 13–14 June, with two two-hour sessions each night; one run at dusk, the other in darkness. New drivers were again required to run a set number of laps to learn the circuit and be allowed to race: three in daylight and three at night. The best overall time from all four sessions determined the starting grid.
Wednesday.
The first qualifying session began under the threat of rain, so most of the teams tried to set a good lap time before the conditions deteriorated. The Audis and Peugeots swapped the overall pole position several times, and at the end of the session the No. 1 Audi was fastest overall with a time of 3.28.301. The No. 33 Barazi-Epsilon Zytek led LMP2, after an earlier misfiring problem had been repaired. Oreca's Saleens were the fastest two GT1 cars, while Ferrari and Porsche were close to one another in GT2. The session was red flagged about halfway through because of an accident in which the No. 53 JLOC Lamborghini Murciélago, driven by Marco Apicella, hit the wall at the first Mulsanne chicane. The No. 25 Ray Mallock Ltd. Lola and No. 81 LNT Panoz were the only cars not to set a lap time before the session briefly returned to green as rain began. The ACO extended the session by fifteen minutes to compensate for the earlier red flag.
The second session started several minutes late due to the damp conditions from the earlier rain. A red flag briefly came out for the No. 5 Swiss Spirit Lola a few minutes after the session began due to the car being stopped at the side of the track. Although the track was drying, it was not until the last half hour that teams were able to improve on their first session times. The No. 2 Audi and No. 8 Peugeot swapped the pole position multiple times before the session ended with the No. 8 Peugeot claiming the top position on the final lap of the session with a time of 3:26.344. In GT1 the No. 008 Larbre Aston Martin took the class lead on the final lap with a 3:50.761. The LMP2 and GT2 classes saw very little improvement; the class leading teams remained the same.
It was later announced by the ACO that JLOC Isao Noritake would be allowed to use another Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT chassis, borrowed from the French DAMS team, but Marco Apicella was not allowed to drive in the race due to the head injuries he sustained in his accident during qualifying, leaving the team with two drivers.
Thursday.
The first session on Thursday began in heavy rain. Although some cars attempted to carry out wet weather testing, the conditions forced all the teams back to their garages. Once the rain began to slacken off cars returned to the track, but the rain continued throughout the entire session. No one was able to improve on their qualifying times from the previous day.
The rain continued throughout the second session, so most teams concentrated on their wet weather setups in preparation for a wet race. About halfway through the session the No. 7 Peugeot in the hands of Marc Gené missed the turn at Arnage and hit a tire barrier. The car was unable to return to the pits and was taken behind the wall by the marshals. This was soon followed by the No. 73 Luc Alphand Corvette missing the same turn as well, but it continued on without significant damage. The No. 70 PSI Corvette had a minor accident in the last five minutes of the session, bringing out the only red flag of the day and ending all of qualifying.
Audi led the wet sessions with a 4:01.257 time for the No. 1 car, followed by the No. 3 Audi and No. 8 Peugeot within a second. No. 33 Barazi-Epsilon again led the times for the second day in LMP2, while the No. 54 Oreca Saleen continued to show strong pace with the fastest time in GT1. The No. 93 Autorlando Sport Porsche was the fastest GT2 class entry in the rain.
Qualifying times.
Class leaders and the fastest lap time on each day are in bold. No cars set a faster time on the second day.
Race.
Start.
The race began at 3:00 pm local time (GMT+2), with the track still damp following a wet morning warm-up. Sébastien Bourdais's Peugeot 908 HDi FAP led the field into the Dunlop Chicane, which he overshot, handing the lead to the No. 2 Audi R10 TDI. The three Audis took over the lead during the opening hour, before pit stops began.
The rebuilt Lamborghini of JLOC Isao Noritake was the first retirement of the race when the gearbox failed on the Mulsanne during its second lap of the race. Shortly after the first hour of the race had been completed, heavy rain resulted in the safety car being brought out again.
Soon after the field was released, the safety car was once again required after an accident in which Mike Rockenfeller spun his No. 3 Audi R10 TDI on the exit from Tertre Rouge, hitting the safety barriers on the Mulsannes Straight backwards. While crews fixed the barrier, Rockenfeller attempted to repair his Audi, but he was finally forced to retire. This caution period also saw an early retirement for the No. 64 Corvette when a part of its drivetrain broke while following the safety car. Oliver Gavin attempted to return to the pits using battery power but was stopped by the marshals, forcing him to abandon the car. The race eventually continued after nearly an hour under caution.
Night.
As dusk began to fall on the drying track, the No. 8 Peugeot suffered from rear wheel hub failures which required two lengthy visits to the garage. This allowed the No. 1 Audi to take over second place. Jacques Villeneuve's No. 7 Peugeot also lost time, which dropped it to two laps behind the No. 2 Audi. The No. 1 Audi had its own brief moment when the No. 63 Corvette clipped the Audi's rear end. The Corvette was forced to take evasive action through the Dunlop Chicane's gravel trap, and the Audi required replacement rear bodywork on its next pit stop.
A third safety car period was caused by the Creation Autosportif entry, which ran into the tire barriers at the Porsche Curves and needed to be extracted. The Creation returned to the pits but eventually retired. The Kruse Motorsport entry also suffered problems when it briefly stopped at the pit entrance during the caution period, blocking other cars attempting to make their own pit stops. The Kruse entry eventually succeeded in getting to its garage.
As the night continued and the race neared its halfway point, many cars suffered mechanical failures, putting them out of the race. They included a large number of the LMP2 class cars such as Team ASM and Ray Mallock Ltd., both of which had led the class at one point. In GT1, the two factory Aston Martins led the lone remaining factory Corvette by one lap, while the No. 97 Risi Competizione Ferrari had a two-lap lead in the GT2 class.
Morning.
In the early hours, fluids were spilled on the track by the leader in GT2, the Risi Competizione Ferrari. This caused numerous competitors to spin, and required the Ferrari to undergo major front-end repairs, resulting in the car falling several laps behind.
 The biggest problem of the morning though occurred shortly before the completion of the 17th hour, when the race-leading No. 2 Audi of Rinaldo Capello lost the left rear wheel at high speed at the Indianapolis corner. Unable to control the car he went straight on into a tire barrier. Although Capello attempted to get the car back to the pits, it was too badly damaged to be drivable. Television footage had recorded the No. 2 Audi being dropped off its airjacks before the left rear wheel was attached on the prior pit stop, but Audi claimed that this was likely not the cause of the wheel coming off at speed.
With two Audis out, this left the lone No. 1 Audi to take over the race lead, with the two Peugeots four and six laps behind respectively. Just before to the No. 2 Audi's accident, the GT1-leading Aston Martin had also come off the track, damaging its front splitter. The necessary repairs led to the car spending eight minutes in the garage, dropping it to fourth in class. The lone factory Corvette gained a place to take over second in class. Scuderia Ecosse's Ferrari briefly took over the GT2 lead after Risi's problems, but it too broke down on the track, handing the lead to the IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche. Binnie Motorsport's entry had a sizable lead in its class, having not suffered the many problems its LMP2 competitors had.
Finish.
After having held off for most of the race, the rain began to fall once more during the final three hours. This caused numerous incidents, including the No. 93 Autorlando Porsche missing a Mulsanne chicane and plowing through a temporary tire barrier. The No. 7 Peugeot made an unscheduled garage stop and retired one lap after re-entering the race, claiming oil pressure problems.
The rain eventually became heavier, making the conditions treacherous and bringing the safety car back out. This put a temporary stop to the battle between Aston Martin and Corvette for first and second place in the GT1 class. The second place Corvette had been quicker in the wet conditions, but it was not allowed to further close on the Aston Martin during the safety period. After problems for both of the Barazi-Epsilon LMP2s, Binnie Motorsports brought its class leading LMP2 car to the garage to ensure that the car was prepared for the weather and could hold on to the lead until the finish.
After over an hour behind the safety car, the field was released to race one last time with only twelve minutes remaining. With no close contests between the competitors, the field continued to run at less than racing pace, in preparation for the finish. The No. 8 Peugeot of Sébastien Bourdais briefly went into the pits, before returning to the track. To ensure that the Peugeot finished the race, and did not break down before crossing the finishing line behind the winner, Bourdais stopped at the Ford Chicanes on the final lap. Once the No. 1 Audi had gone past to take the checkered flag, Bourdais restarted the Peugeot and finished as well. The No. 16 Pescarolo finished the race in third, the highest placed petrol car.
The No. 009 Aston Martin took the GT1 class win by a single lap over the Corvette, earning Aston Martin its first victory since its overall win in . The No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche was the GT2 winner, with a six lap margin of victory. Only two cars finished in the LMP2 class. The No. 31 Binnie Motorsports Lola took the victory in spite of finishing 18th overall. Of the 54 starters, only 29 cars finished the race. The GT1 class cars proved themselves to be the most reliable, losing only two competitors over the 24 hours.
Official results.
Class winners are marked in bold. Cars finishing the race but not completing 75% of the winner's distance are listed as Not Classified (NC).


Arab table tennis championship

The Arab Table tennis Clubs Championship is a sport competition for table tennis clubs, currently held annually and organized by the Arab table tennis Association. it played for the first time in 1989.
History.
The Arab Table tennis Clubs Championship is a sport competition for table tennis clubs, currently held annually and organized by the Arab table tennis Association. it played for the first time in 1989.


Fie Christine Skarsoe

Fie Christine Skarsoe (born 18 December 1976, Aarhus) is a Danish-born equestrian athlete competing for Luxembourg. She competed at the European Championships in 2005 under the Danish flag and in 2015 and 2019 under the flag of Luxembourg.
Biography.
Fie started riding at an age of nine in Denmark and competed successfully in the youth division. She competed at the European Championships for Young Riders in 1996. In 2006 she moved to Luxembourg where she met her husband. In 2015 she obtained her dual citizenship and competed that same year for Luxembourg at the European Championships in Aachen.
Personal life.
Fie Christine Skarsoe is married to her Luxembourgish husband Kent Gruber, which is a national show-jumper. She is fluent in Danish, English and German.


Two Seater and Retro Glider Aerobatic Cup Zbraslavice

Two Seater and Retro Glider Aerobatic Cup Zbraslavice is a special combined aerobatic competition, held at Zbraslavice Airport in the Czech Republic. The very first competition took place in August 2013 and the second is planned to May 2014.
The objective of the competition is to compete in two special categories of glider aerobatics. Less experienced pilots (however this is not a condition) fly with two-seater training gliders – ASK21, DG Flugzeugbau DG-1000 or L-13AC – an aerobatics version of LET L-13 Blaník. In a 'retro' category, more experienced pilot fly with vintage gliders, such as LF107 Lunak and Lo-100, that are at least 50 years old. It is an open competition, pilots from all over the world can compete here.
First venue took place in Zbraslavice in August 2013, with 12 competitors in two seater category, and 5 solo pilots in vintage category. Those in vintage category have flown with LF 107 Lunak, or Lo 100 respectively. The winner of two seater category is David Beneš, in Retro category Milos Ramert with Lo 100. Second season of this competition took place in June 2014, after original dates had to be cancelled due to bad weather.
Third season of this competition is due to take place on June 11–14, 2015.


Argentina national beach handball team

The Argentina national beach handball team is the national team of Argentina. It is governed by the Argentinean Handball Confederation and takes part in international beach handball competitions.
External links.
https://www.instagram.com/beachhandball.arg/


Tripple X III

Tripple X III (Namelus R x Calve B Z) is a horse formerly ridden by Canadian Tiffany Foster and British Ben Maher. Most famously he and Maher were on the gold medal winning team at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Foster also rode him to the team gold at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto on home soil.
Life.
Triple X III, also called "Hugo" around the barn, was bred by Ben Maher at his farm in the United Kingdom. Although described as being "ugly" as a young horse, the feeling Hugo gave when being ridden couldn't be ignored, and Maher decided to keep the stallion. Maher rode Hugo for the formative years in his career, taking him all the way to the 5* level and competed him at the 2012 London Olympics in which the British team won the gold medal and the pair finished 9th individually, as well. Maher and Hugo also won major Grand Prixs at London Olympia, Hickstead, and LGCT of Valencia. In 2014, Maher was ready to sell Hugo, and Andy Ziegler of Artisan Farms LLC stepped up to buy the stallion.
Originally intended to only be a short-term partnership, Foster, Ziegler's rider, meshed so well with Hugo that they decided to keep the horse in her string. Jumping more than 100 international classes, Hugo and Foster had an excellent career together. In 2015, they helped the Canadian team to the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and competed in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro where the team was 4th overall and Hugo and Foster finished 26th individually.
In July 2019, Foster and Artisan Farms LLC announced that Hugo would be retired at the age of 17. According to Foster, Hugo was in good health despite some minor injuries, however they did not see the risk of injury being worth bringing him back to the competition ring. Hugo had a retirement ceremony at the CSIO Hickstead show, a venue where he won the Grand Prix in 2013 with Maher. Hugo is still ridden regularly and splits time between Foster's Belgian farm during the summer and Maher's farm in England during the winter while Foster competes in Florida.
Hugo was known to be easygoing and easy to work with, and enjoyed paddock time. He did not like other horses coming near him. He was also especially known for his striking, light colored eyes. He is not currently available for breeding


V.League (Japan)


Camilla Fangel

Camilla Fangel (born 29 February 1992) is a female Danish handball player who plays for Ringkøbing Håndbold.
References.


Freda White

Evelyn Freda White (10 November 1909 – 14 August 1995) was a New Zealand show-jumper and racehorse trainer. She was born in Napier, New Zealand, in 1909.


2020 Formula Nordic

The 2020 Formula Nordic season was the eighth season of the single-seater championship, and the second independent of the STCC branding, following the formation of the series' own association in the wake of the STCC promoter's bankruptcy in 2018.
Formula Nordic continued to use the previous Formula Renault 1.6 chassis and engines, as it used to go under the name of Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic before Renault Sport dropped its support for the 3.5 and 1.6 classes in late 2015.
The season began on 19 July at Falkenbergs Motorbana and concluded on 10 October at Ring Knutstorp after six rounds, with Joel Granfors taking both Nordic Cup and JSM titles.
Race calendar and results.
The season started on the 19 July at Falkenbergs Motorbana and concluded on 10 October at Ring Knutstorp after six rounds, often supported by the Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia and the TCR Scandinavia, the successor to the STCC, as well as various GT series. Like the previous season, the use of reversed grid races for the final race of the weekend, where the top 6 were inverted, was continued. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting travel restrictions put in place, this was the first season since 2016 that Rudskogen would not feature on the calendar.
Championship standings.
Points are awarded to the top 5 fastest qualifying times.
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers, no points are offered for fastest lap.
Two championships are held, the Junior Svenskt Mästerskap (JSM) for drivers under 26 years old holding a Swedish driver license, and the Formula Nordic Cup, the latter serving as the overall championship.


Sabine Klingbeil

Sabine Klingbeil (born July 1947) is an East German former long track speed skater, who was active in the 1960s.
When she was just 17 years old, Klingbeil represented her nation at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1965, finishing 25th overall. She also competed at other international competitions.
Between 1965 and 1970 she competed at nineteen national championships (different disciplines per year), winning a total of two silver and six bronze medals.


Philadelphia Phoenix (AUDL)

The Philadelphia Phoenix is a professional ultimate team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and member of the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL), the premier professional ultimate league in North America, with 22 teams across the United States and Canada. In 2013 the franchise adopted the Phoenix name under the ownership of Jorge Harris. From 2013 to 2019 the team competed in the East Division. As of the 2020 season the Phoenix will compete in the newly formed Atlantic Division with Atlanta Hustle, DC Breeze, Pittsburgh Thunderbirds, Raleigh Flyers and Tampa Bay Cannons. The Phoenix home field is the South Philadelphia Supersite, located in Philadelphia, PA.


Quarterback Princess

Quarterback Princess is a 1983 American made-for-television fact-based sports drama film by 20th Century Fox that chronicles the courage and determination of a teenage girl who struggles against sexism and fights to play on her high school football team. It was filmed primarily in McMinnville, Oregon. Because of legal issues, various signs were modified to say "Minnville."
Plot summary.
Tami Maida wants to play quarterback for the high school football team. However, because she is a girl, everyone from the coach to her next door neighbor is against her. Tami goes out to prove that not only can she play football but she can win the state championship.
Not only does Tami succeed, she also becomes the homecoming princess.


ESF Co-Ed Slowpitch European Super Cup

The ESF Co-Ed Slowpitch European Super Cup (CSPESC) is a club championship tournament between national club champions for co-ed Slowpitch Softball teams in Europe, governed by the European Softball Federation.


Matthew Lister

Matthew Lister is a British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2008 to 2015, predominately in the C2 class with Rhys Davies.
He won two bronze medals in the C2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 2011 and 2013.
Lister came out as gay in 2012. In 2016, he announced his retirement from competitive sport. He currently writes a fitness column for "Attitude" magazine, and occasionally works as an model, including advertising campaigns in 2017 for Rowse Honey and Moss Brothers suits. In October 2019, he appeared in the UK version of TV reality show "RuPaul's Drag Race" as a member of the "Brit Crew". He is also an LGBT ambassador for the British Athletes Commission.


David Mouriz

David Mouriz Dopico (born December 31, 1982) is a Spanish professional wheelchair basketball player. A 2.5 point player, he was a member of the Spain men's national team that finished fifth at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, and third at the 2013 European Championships. He has played professionally in Spain's top division for Aldasa Amfiv de Vigo, FCBarcelona and Bilbao BSR.
Personal.
Mouriz was born in Ferrol, Galicia on December 31, 1982, and he continued to reside in Galacia in 2012 and 2013.
Wheelchair basketball.
Costas is a professional 2.5 point wheelchair basketball player.
National team.
The official selection for the 2012 Games team was made in late June 2012 by the Spanish Federation of Sports for the Physically Disabled. It came after a wheelchair basketball tournament in Worcester. Mouriz was one of two Galacians chosen for the squad, and one of twelve Galacians on the whole Spain team. He arrived in Madrid for a national team training camp held at the High Performance Centre, Madrid ahead of the London Paralympics. He departed for London with the rest of the team to prepare for the Games on August 17. He and the rest of the team moved into the Paralympic Village on August 25. The London Games were his first.
Coached by Oscar Trigo, it was the first time the Spanish national team had qualified for the Paralympics in 16 years. His team finished fifth overall. He played in the game against Germany, where he scored three points. He averaged about 10 to 15 minutes of court time per game.
Competing for Spain at the 2013 IWBF European Championships, Mouriz won a bronze medal after defeating Sweden. He was third on the team in total scoring in the bronze medal game against Sweden with 9 points, while getting 2 rebounds and 3 assists.
Club.
Mouriz first played club wheelchair basketball for Aldasa Amfiv de Vigo tambien es campeon en masturbarse in Spain's top level domestic wheelchair basketball competition. While he spent most of his playing career with Vigo, Mouriz and national team teammate Bernabe Costas de Miranda both left the team for two seasons to play for FCBarcelona before returning to Vigo. He was with the team during the 2011/2012 season. Following the London Games, he took a break from the sport for a few weeks. When that ended, he had a scheduled meeting with management for Vigo to discuss his future with the team. They were concerned that his Paralympic Games experience make him more monetarily valuable and require an increase in pay to keep him with the team that they might not have been able to afford.
For the 2012/2013, Mouriz ended up playing club wheelchair basketball for Bilbao BSR. He transferred to the team because he had a good relationship with national team teammate Asier Garcia Pereiro who plays for Bilbao and the coach, Javier Sandomingo. He trained away from his new Bilbao teammates before the official start of the season. In a match for Bilbao against Getafe during the 2013 season, he set the pace for game while scoring 20 points for his team. In a game against Mideba Extremadura, he scored 26 points. In a game against ONCE, he scored 8 points in his team's loss.


Turkish Futsal League

The Turkish Futsal League (TFF Efes Pilsen Futsal Ligi) is the premier futsal competition in Turkey.
Organized by Turkish Football Federation.
The tournament consists of several regional tournaments, the top four teams play the Final Four to determine the champion.


Bernard Hellring

Bernard "Buzzy" Hellring was a creator of Ultimate Frisbee.
Along with Joel Silver, Hellring created ultimate in the parking lot of Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey.
Hellring died in 1971, in an auto accident at Princeton University.
He was elected posthumously into the Ultimate Hall of Fame.
After his death, funds were raised to fulfill his dream of producing the high school newspaper he edited as an in-house daily, through purchase of a large Heidelberg printing press. This press was sold sometime in the late 1990s as traditional printing arts were replaced by computer-based technologies in the school's curricula.


William W. Ashurst

William Wallace Ashurst (October 30, 1893 – February 18, 1952) was a brigadier general in the United States Marine Corps, who served as a last commander of the North China Marine Detachment. He was captured by Japanese forces on December 8, 1941, and was held in captivity for the rest of the war.
Early years.
Ashurst was born on October 30, 1893, in Green Ridge, Missouri. Ashurst attended the Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve on May 21, 1917. He was assigned to the Marine Corps Rifle Range in Winthrop, Maryland, before he embarked for France. Ashurst also received the regular Marine Corps commission in September of the same year.
During World War I, he fought with the 5th Marine Regiment, 2nd Division within American Expeditionary Force. In June 1918, Ashurst was wounded, while leading an attack on a German machine gun post during the Battle of Belleau Wood. For his service during the battle, Ashurst was decorated for gallantry in action with the Silver Star He was also awarded the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 with Gilt Star by the government of France.
Interwar period.
Ashurst returned to the United States in April 1920 and was assigned to Marine Barracks Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He also attended the advanced course at Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in June 1935 and served on the various marine post. In 1939, Ashurst served as a battalion commander in the 6th Marine Regiment stationed in San Diego, California. In this capacity, his direct superior was Samuel L. Howard, also prisoner of war from the Battle of Corregidor.
World War II.
In December 1941, then-Colonel Ashurst served as commander of the North China Marine Corps Detachment and also as a commander of the Guard Unit at the United States Embassy in Beijing, China.
When Japan attacked the United States, Ashurst and the Marines and U.S. Navy personnel under his command were captured on December 8, 1941, by Japanese forces and interned in a prisoner of war camp in Shanghai until June 1945.
For his actions during the internment in Shanghai, Ashurst was awarded the Legion of Merit. He was subsequently promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
Death.
Ashurst died on February 18, 1952, aged 58. Ashurst is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
Decorations.
Here is the ribbon bar of Brigadier General William W. Ashurst, USMC:


European Youth Table Tennis Championships

The European Youth Table Tennis Championships are held among cadets (under 15) and juniors (under 18). The first edition of the tournament was held in 1955 in Stuttgart and since then is held yearly in most cases.
Currently, the championships include team, doubles and singles events for both genders and age classes as well as a mixed doubles event. There are also consolation events for players defeated in the qualifying stages and in the first round of the singles events.
The final ranking of the junior boys' and girls' team events determines the qualification for the same year's World Junior Championships.


Japan Open (table tennis)

The Japan Open is an annual table tennis tournament in Japan, run by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It is currently part of the ITTF World Tour.
History.
The tournament was first held in 1989, and has featured on the ITTF World Tour's schedule every year since the Tour's inception in 1996.
Sweden's Jan-Ove Waldner and Germany's Timo Boll jointly hold the record for most men's singles tournament wins, with three each, while Wang Nan of China holds the record for most women's singles tournament wins, with four.
In August 2016, it was announced by the ITTF that Tokyo has been chosen as one of six cities to host a "World Tour Platinum" event in 2017. These events will replace the Super Series as the top tier of the ITTF World Tour.


Pongyi thaing

Pongyi thaing ( ) is a Burmese martial art created by the monk Oopali in the 9th century. Based on the Hindu-Buddhist principle of non-violence and non-aggression, its objective is not to cause maximum harm but simply to defend oneself. The word "pongyi" means monk and thaing is an umbrella term for Burmese martial arts.
Pongyi thaing is an integrated system of developing the body, mind and spirit to achieve harmony with oneself, with others and with nature. Style are generally determined by the level of emotional control during confrontation. Levels of emotional discipline determine the nature of action and reaction.


Franklin Green

Franklin Crawford "Frank" Green (born May 5, 1933) is an American former sport shooter who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won 2 gold medals in the 1963 Pan-Am Games in pistol shooting. He was the 1968 US free-pistol champion. He was National Rifle Association national pistol champion in 1968. He held several patents and manufactured the Green Free-Pistol manufactured under the name Electroarms.
Green was born in Chicago, Illinois.


Barnaby Conrad III

Barnaby Conrad III (born 1952) is an American author, artist, and editor.
Early years.
Conrad was born in San Francisco in 1952, the son of author Barnaby Conrad, Jr and architect Dale (Cowgill) Crichton. His father was an amateur bullfighter, and published the bestselling book "Matador" the same year that Conrad III was born. It is said that Conrad III barely escaped being named after his father's friend Juan Belmonte.
Education.
Conrad graduated from the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, then studied painting and illustration at Yale University, under Lester Johnson and Maurice Sendak.
Early career.
After graduating Yale with a B.A. in Fine Arts in 1975, Conrad worked as a journalist and magazine editor. His first published story was about his experiences running with the bulls in Pamplona, which he sold to the "San Francisco Examiner" for $100. Much of his work was for art magazines: he was one of the founding editors of "Art World" in the 1970s, and a senior editor of "Horizon" from 1979-80. In 1982, Conrad moved to Paris and became an adventure travel writer. He wrote articles about riding trains across India, skiing in the Alps, and hot air ballooning over Germany, for magazines such as "Condé Nast Traveler", and "Forbes Life", for which he served as editor-at-large.
Book author.
Conrad's first book credit was as an illustrator of his father's children's book, "Zorro - A Fox in the City", in 1971. He co-authored a book of interviews with photographers in 1977, then didn't write any more books until "Absinthe: History In a Bottle", in 1988, his first book as a solo author. As of 2011, Conrad has authored over 11 non-fiction books, and hundreds of magazine articles for over 30 publications. "The Martini: An Illustrated History of an American Classic" (1995) has sold over 160,000 hardcover copies. He has taught other aspiring authors at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference, which was founded by his father.
Publishing.
In 2009, Conrad joined independent book publisher Council Oak Books, where he founded a new imprint, "Kanbar & Conrad Books", with inventor-philanthropist Maurice Kanbar. The inaugural book of the imprint was "The Second Life of John Wilkes Booth", by Conrad's father, Barnaby Conrad.
Painting.
Though Conrad painted throughout his career, he didn't return to showing his works professionally until later in life. He exhibited in 20 group shows in San Francisco, and held his first solo show in New York City, in 2009, at his wife's gallery, M. Sutherland Fine Arts. It focused on aquatic animals from his hobby, fly fishing.
Personal life.
Conrad married art gallery owner Martha Sutherland on May 24, 2003.


Long track motorcycle racing

The Long track (more commonly known as the longtrack, or German Sandbahn) is a motorcycle sport version of speedway, but taking place on tracks ranging from 425 to 1000 metres in length at much higher speeds. There are also subtle differences between the machinery in that a longtrack bike is slightly larger and has a two-speed gearbox. Races (or heats) usually consist of six riders although occasionally they have eight.
The sport is popular in Germany, perhaps even more so than speedway. This means that the majority of tracks are to be found in that country, although tracks can also be found in France, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Finland and Norway. Long track meetings are also held in Australia (for both Solos and Sidecars with both state and national championships), New Zealand and the United States with the higher profile Australian and New Zealand Long track Grand Prix's often attracting the top riders from Europe. Due to the lack of genuine Long Track speedways in those countries outside of Europe, meetings generally take place at ½ Mile Harness Racing or Showground venues.
The similarities with speedway means that many riders from that discipline also take part in longtrack. Whilst there are no leagues in longtrack, there are many lucrative open meetings which offer a means of additional income. Longtrack is also closely related to grasstrack and most riders compete in both disciplines.
Competitions.
The International Motorcycling Federation (FIM), the World's motorcycle racing authority run a World Longtrack series as well as a World Championships. Although both events are named Long Track, they often are competed for on Grass.
The Individual Long Track World Championship competitors must qualify through a series of Qualifiers. Riders must be selected by their nations motorcycling authority. Riders then must compete in Qualifying rounds and hotly contested Semi Finals before reaching the World Longtrack series proper.
The Team Long Track World Championship involves each team consisting of 3 riders racing each other for points. The top team at the end is the winner. Germany have won first place in all of the past championships.


Nordic Invitational

The Nordic Cup is a darts tournament that has been held since 1980. It is the Nordic Championships, and the winners are Nordic Champions.
It is an invitational, the participating countries are: Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland. Teams consist of 8 men (2 teams of 4 players, A and B teams) & 4 woman players (1 team).
Matches are played as Men's Team Event, Men's Pairs & Men's Singles - Ladies Team event, Ladies Pairs & Ladies Singles. Points are awarded to each nation depending on individual and team performances, with overall gold going to the nation with most points.
From 1981 till 1996 it was played every year. From 1996 and till today it is only played every second year


Eric Friedler

Eric Friedler (born September 8, 1954) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Biography.
Friedler grew up in Chicago and attended Evanston Township High School. From 1972 to 1976 he was at the University of Michigan, where he played on the varsity tennis team. He was an All-American collegiate player in 1975 and a two-time Big Ten Doubles Champion. Following graduation he competed professionally on tour, until 1980.
During his career he competed in all four Grand Slam tournaments, in either singles or doubles. Most of his doubles appearances were with Jerry Karzen, including his only main draw entry at Wimbledon in 1977. He was runner-up in the doubles at a Grand Prix tournament in Lafayette in 1979, with Victor Amaya. In singles his best result was a semi-final in Atlanta in 1979, when managed wins over Ferdi Taygan, Rick Meyer and David Schneider. In 1980 he had an upset win in Cincinnati over Peter Fleming, who was the defending champion.
After leaving professional tennis he completed a J.D. degree at the University of Chicago Law School.
In 1993, at the age of 38, he was a member of the American team which competed in the Maccabiah Games.
He now runs a construction company in Chicago.


Trish Kissiar-Knight

Trish Kissiar-Knight is a former head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders volleyball team. Knight replaced Nancy Todd who resigned on December 1, 2008. After Kissiar-Knight's departure, Don Flora became the new head coach on January 7, 2011.


Strovolos River Trail

The Strovolos River trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians in Cyprus.
It is 15 km in length and runs along the Pedieos River, beginning at The English School, Nicosia in Nicosia and passing through Archangelos.
Forms part of the Pedieos Linear Park, it runs along the Pedieos River and passes through the 2 Nicosia district municipalities of Strovolos and Lakatamia and it is in the process of being expanded to join with the City of Nicosia municipality. Entrances at Kasou Street, Rodou Street and Tenedou Street in Strovolos. Begins at co-ordinates 35.151175, 33.346923 in Strovolos, near the CYTA building in Strovolos Avenue.


European Games (quidditch)

The IQA European Games (EG) are the biennial games for the sport of quidditch held in Europe where national governing bodies send national teams to compete. The European Games were created in response to the IQA World Cup, the biennial tournament wherein nations from across the world compete in a similar style to the FIFA World Cup. Both Games alternate years so in the off years regional tournaments such as the European Games or the Asian Quidditch Cup can occur. These games are the highest level of championships in quidditch aside from Global Games. The 2015 champions were Team France, narrowly beating Team UK.
History.
The 2015 European Games were the inaugural championships of this tournament. Bid on by European cities, the organizational body Quidditch Europe decided on Sarteano, Italy to host the games. Sarteano proceeded to host an aggressive advertising campaign across the country as well as locally which included the sale of specially made artisanal crafts, wine and cheese. The 2019 edition was held in Bamberg, Germany.
Format.
The twelve teams competing in the 2015 games were separated into two groups of six teams. The group stage began on 25 July 2015 and ended the morning of the 26th. The groups themselves were split into pots based on EQC rankings and seasonal performance matched up. The top four teams from each group qualified for the bracket stage, where brackets were determined using the following criteria: games won, head-to-head, QPD and SWIM catches. Finally, the tournament ended with semi-finals, a third place final and the gold medal match.


Sarah Coyte

Sarah Jane Cady (née Coyte; born 30 March 1991) is an Australian cricketer from Camden, New South Wales. A right-arm medium fast bowler, Coyte has taken a total of 100 wickets for the national women's team across Tests, ODIs and T20Is. She currently plays for the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).
In addition to her bowling prowess, Coyte has proven to be a handy lower-order batter and notable performer in tournament finals. She has won two world championships with Australia, seven WNCL championships with New South Wales and South Australia, and one WBBL championship with the Sydney Sixers. Her successful cricket career was established and maintained despite an ongoing battle with anorexia nervosa and other mental health issues which prompted a premature, albeit temporary, retirement from the game in 2017.
Domestic career.
Women's National Cricket League.
New South Wales.
On 7 November 2009, Coyte made her WNCL debut playing for New South Wales in a 15-run win against Queensland, managing impressive bowling figures of 4/25 from six overs and helping to defend a total of 198. She finished the 2009–10 season with twelve wickets at an average of 15.16, having played all eleven matches including the 59-run win against Victoria in the final.
Coyte went on to be involved in five more successful campaigns with New South Wales in as many seasons. Her highlights included:
South Australia.
During August 2015, Coyte announced she would leave New South Wales to play for South Australia. In the 2015–16 final, she took 1/24 from ten overs as South Australia claimed their first national title with a 54-run win. The victory brought an end to New South Wales' streak of ten-consecutive championships which Coyte helped to build.
Across the 2016–17 season, Coyte took nine wickets at an average of 24.88, although South Australia finished in fourth place and failed to qualify for the final. In March 2017, she announced her retirement from domestic cricket at the age of 25, citing a need to seek better balance in her life to combat mental health issues.
ACT Meteors.
Coyte returned to the WNCL for the 2019–20 season, signing with the ACT Meteors in May 2019. She earned her first Player of the Match award with the team on 6 February 2020 against Tasmania, taking 2/30 from eight overs and then scoring 48 not out to help chase down a target of 199 with three wickets and 21 balls to spare. The Meteors finished the tournament in fifth place. She did not sign with a WNCL team ahead of the 2020–21 season, opting to focus solely on Twenty20 cricket.
Women's Big Bash League.
Adelaide Strikers: First stint.
On 17 July 2015, the Adelaide Strikers announced they had signed Coyte for the inaugural Women's Big Bash League season. She earned her first Player of the Match award in the WBBL on 1 January 2016 at Adelaide Oval against the Perth Scorchers, scoring 52 not out from 38 balls to help chase down a target of 137 with six wickets and nine balls to spare. On 10 January, she delivered a dominant all-round performance against the Melbourne Stars at the Junction Oval, scoring 72 off 55 balls before taking 3/12 in a 50-run victory. Although the Strikers only finished in seventh place, Coyte had a strong individual campaign as the team's leading wicket-taker with 14 and scoring 243 runs.
The Strikers struggled throughout WBBL|02, winning just three games and finishing in last place on the ladder. Coyte experienced a slide in her own form, managing seven wickets at an average of 38.85 while contributing 26 runs from ten innings at a strike rate of 61.90. At the conclusion of the season, she announced her retirement from domestic cricket at the age of 25, citing a need to seek better balance in her life to combat mental health issues.
Sydney Sixers.
Ahead of WBBL|03, Coyte turned down an offer to join the Hobart Hurricanes. During the 2017–18 Australian summer, she occasionally played in local games for Penrith which motivated Sydney Sixers coach Ben Sawyer to approach her about a temporary comeback to top-level domestic cricket. With South African pair Marizanne Kapp and Dane van Niekerk unavailable for the last few weeks of the WBBL season due to national team commitments, the Sixers signed Coyte as a marquee replacement player.
On 27 January 2018, in her return to the league, Coyte took match-best figures of 2/14 from four overs during a seven-wicket win against the Adelaide Strikers at Hurstville Oval. The following day, playing against the Strikers at Hurstville Oval once more, she was named Player of the Match for her bowling figures of 3/18 from four overs which helped the Sixers to another seven-wicket victory and clinch the minor premiership. In the final at Adelaide Oval on 4 February, she produced "exemplary bowling" to take 3/17 in the first innings which led to the Perth Scorchers being bowled out for just 99. The Sixers chased the target down with nine wickets in hand and 30 balls remaining to win the championship, while Coyte was named Player of the Final.
Reflecting upon a whirlwind resurgence, which included ten wickets in four matches at an average of 8.10, Coyte commented that her true personal victory came when she "walked out (onto the ground) at Hurstville" a week earlier. In a blog post for "AthletesVoice", Coyte noted she hadn't committed to playing cricket full-time again: "I hope these last couple of weeks haven't added pressure with people asking me about coming back. That wasn't the intention... I wouldn't completely shut it down as an option but I wouldn't want to get everyone's hopes up either. I don't know what my state of mind is on this. It constantly changes. I ride the wave every single day."
Adelaide Strikers: Return.
On 14 June 2018, the Adelaide Strikers announced they had once again signed Coyte as a member of their squad. Speaking about her new two-season contract with the Strikers, she said: "I've been working really hard to find balance in my life over the last year or so and I feel I'm in a great place both physically and mentally. Now there is no pressure on me for national selection, I'm able to train and play well because I want to, not because I feel I have to."
Coyte enjoyed a highly productive WBBL|05 campaign, taking 19 wickets and helping the Strikers to reach their first championship final. She pulled off her first Player of the Match award of the season on 26 October 2019 in a low-scoring encounter with the Hobart Hurricanes at Allan Border Field. Her late-innings cameo of 24 from 13 balls proved critical in what would be a narrow three-run victory. She earned her second Player of the Match award of the season on 30 November, taking 3/9 off four overs in an eight-wicket win over the Sydney Sixers at Hurstville Oval. Coyte managed bowling figures of 1/27 from four overs in the WBBL|05 final on 8 December against the Brisbane Heat at Allan Border Field. The Strikers ended up losing the match by six wickets to finish the tournament as runners-up.
Although the Strikers failed to qualify for the 2020–21 finals series, Coyte earned acclaim for her individual WBBL|06 exploits. Finishing with 18 wickets (the equal-most during the regular season) at an economy rate of 6.51, she excelled in the high-pressure death bowling role and was subsequently selected in the Team of the Tournament.
International career.
Debut in all three formats.
On 30 December 2010, Coyte made her international debut in a Twenty20 against New Zealand at Saxton Oval. She took two wickets for 18 runs off four overs in the first innings as well effecting two run outs. Then, batting down the order at eight, she scored 14 not out in the second innings to help Australia win with just two balls remaining. Her outstanding debut was punctuated with Player of the Match honours.
On 5 January 2011, Coyte played her first One Day International in a match against England at the WACA. A rain-affected encounter, she scored ten not out and took 1/44 off 7.3 overs with Australia winning by 33 runs (via the Duckworth–Lewis method). Like her maiden T20I appearance, Coyte's ODI debut coincided with that of future Australian team captain Meg Lanning.
On 22 January 2011, Coyte made her Test debut in a match against England at Bankstown Oval. Her only wicket of the game came in the second innings, dismissing Heather Knight via lbw for 19. Coyte also recorded the unenviable feat of making a golden duck in her first Test batting innings, though it ultimately proved trivial as Australia went on to win the match by seven wickets.
2012 World Twenty20.
On 23 June 2011, Coyte took career-best T20I bowling figures of 4/5 from four overs during an eight-wicket victory against India at the Toby Howe Cricket Ground. Then, on 7 July 2011, she took career-best ODI bowling figures of 4/39 from ten overs during a quadrangular series final at Sir Paul Getty's Ground. Despite her efforts, England still managed to win by 34 runs. She finished with twelve wickets across Australia's four matches in the series, which also involved New Zealand and India, at an average of just 13.00.
Coyte was selected as a member of Australia's squad for the 2012 World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. However, she was unable to "keep any food down" while on tour and was sent home before the first match of the tournament. At the time, Coyte told Cricket Australia her illness was simply a case of "Delhi belly". Years later, she revealed she was actually suffering from anorexia nervosa.
2013 Cricket World Cup.
In the second ODI of the 2012–13 Rose Bowl series on 14 December, Coyte scored her only international half-century and finished on an unbeaten 51 from 54 deliveries to help Australia chase down New Zealand's total of 288 with four wickets in hand.
Coyte reiterated her batting competency in a super-six match at the 2013 Cricket World Cup against England on 8 February, top-scoring for Australia with 44 off 81 balls. The 82-run stand she put on with Lisa Sthalekar helped the team recover from an early collapse to post a total of 147. In the second innings, Coyte took the wicket of Laura Marsh to break a similarly significant 57-run partnership. Australia eventually bowled England out for 145 to win by two runs. They went on to claim the world championship with a 114-run defeat of the West Indies in the tournament's final.
2014 World Twenty20.
In the 2014 World Twenty20 final, Coyte took 3/16 from four overs, which included claiming the top-order wickets of Charlotte Edwards and Sarah Taylor, to help restrict England to a first innings total of just 8/105. Australia chased down the target with six wickets and 29 balls to spare and would "coast" to their third-consecutive T20 world championship, while Coyte was named Player of the Match.
In the only Test of the 2015 Women's Ashes series, Coyte claimed career-best match figures of 4/45 from 30.1 overs in a 161-run victory. Her economical bowling was paired with key breakthrough wickets, dismissing opener Heather Knight cheaply twice and removing Katherine Brunt for 39 (the top score for England in the first innings). Australia went on to regain the Ashes during the T20I portion of the series through a 20-run win on 28 August at the County Ground in Hove, with Coyte taking 1/12 off four overs.
International retirement.
Coyte was selected as a member of Australia's squad for the 2016 World Twenty20, in which the team finished as runners-up, but she did not play a match throughout the tournament. In March 2017, Coyte announced her retirement from all forms of international cricket at the age of 25, citing a need to seek better balance in her life to combat mental health issues.
Personal life.
Coyte has a twin brother, Adam, who was a member of the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League. Her older brother, Scott Coyte, was also a member of the Thunder as well as making ten Sheffield Shield appearances with New South Wales.
In February 2019, Coyte married her fiancé Bec Cady. The couple became foster parents of an eight-year-old boy in July 2019. Despite legally taking on her wife's surname, Coyte is still more commonly referred to by her maiden name throughout the cricket community and in the media.
Since her late-teens, Coyte has suffered from anorexia nervosa. Her battle with the disorder manifested in severe weight loss while she also struggled with anxiety, depression and an obsessive training regimen. At one stage of her cricket career, she vomited after every meal for eight months. Whilst touring the United Kingdom in 2015, Coyte resorted to excessive alcohol intake: "I'm not proud of it but I was pretty much drunk every night trying to deal with it." During a tour of India, she slept three-to-four hours a night and consumed nothing more than Red Bull, protein bars, and the occasional serve of steamed vegetables.
Coyte lives in Spring Farm and, in addition to playing cricket, works as a personal trainer at a gym in Campbelltown. She has also worked full-time as a School Learning Support Officer at the Reiby Juvenile Justice Detention Centre.


Rolf Steinhausen

Rolf Steinhausen (born 27 July 1943 in Nümbrecht) is a German former motorcycle racer, winner of two Sidecar World Championships.
Career.
Steinhausen made his debut in motorcycle racing in 1961. After a few incidents, in 1964 moved on to the sidecar class, driven also by his friendship with the four-time World Sidecar Champion Max Deubel. Deubel recognized Steinhausen's talent and gave him one of his sidecars.
Having started with the sidecar powered by BMW in 1972 Steinhausen decided to use the engines of König, four-cylinder two-stroke of powerboat origin. The new engines allowed the German to build a sidecar lower and with better aerodynamics. In that year the German also made his debut in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Championship, where he came tenth in partnership with Werner Kapp, achieving a best result of fourth place at the Austrian GP.
The following season Steinhausen was 6th in the World (alternating passengers, Karl Scheurer and Erich Schmitz), getting his first podium finish (third in the Sidecar TT). For the '74 season, the German made a new chassis with the specialist Dieter Busch. With the new sidecar Steinhausen won his first GP (one of Belgium) and was fourth in the World (alternating two passengers this year too: Scheurer and Josef Huber).
The 1975 saw Steinhausen (paired with Huber) graduate to Champion of the World, thanks to three wins ( Austria, TT and Belgium). That '75 was also the first title for a two-stroke sidecar. In 1976 Steinhausen is reconfirmed champion (winning again the same three GP as the previous year) and the 500cc Sidecar TT.
The '77 season saw Steinhausen favorite for the title, but he did not do it, for various engine problems. From the French GP Steinhausen changed to a new engine from Yamaha and a new passenger (Wolfgang Kalauch), which ended the season in 4th place with a win in Czechoslovakia. Remembered for the Belgian Grand Prix, where the German marked the lap record at 200.520 km/h.
Despite winning his third Sidecar TT, he had an anonymous 1978, finishing in 14th place in the world championship, the 1979 season saw Steinhausen fighting for the title of the category B2A, finishing in 2nd place behind the Swiss Rolf Biland. That '79 title was one of the last competitive seasons for Steinhausen, whose career ended in late 1989, having won two German sidecar titles (1986 and 1987).
Retirement.
After retiring Steinhausen has become an entrepreneur, running a trucking firm. He is father of current sidecar racer Jörg Steinhausen.


Alexander Huzman

Alexander Huzman (born 10 April 1962 in Zhytomyr, Soviet Union) is an Israeli (formerly Soviet) chess Grandmaster and trainer.
He played in several Ukrainian championships. In 1985, he took 6th in Uzhgorod. In 1986, he tied for 4-5th in Kyiv. In 1987, he took 6th in Mykolaiv. In 1989, he tied for 8-9th in Kherson. In 1990, he tied for 5-7th in Simferopol.
Huzman, who is Jewish, moved to Israel in 1992.
He represented Israel five times in Chess Olympiads.
In 1999, he tied for 5-6th with Boris Avrukh in Tel Aviv (Boris Gelfand, Ilia Smirin, and Lev Psakhis won). In 2000, he tied for 1st-2nd with Avrukh in Biel Open (Avrukh won a final blitz game). In 2003 during the European Clubs Cup in Crete, he scored an upset win over Garry Kasparov after Kasparov made a rare blunder. In 2004, he took 6th in Beer Sheva Rapid (Viktor Korchnoi won). In 2005, he took 3rd in Montreal (Victor Mikhalevski won).
Huzman has trained Canadian Grandmaster Mark Bluvshtein, with success, and seconded top player Boris Gelfand.


West Coast Pro Basketball League

The West Coast Professional Basketball League, often abbreviated to the WCBL, was an American professional men's spring basketball minor league featuring teams from the West Coast of the United States. It operated from 2007 to 2013.