DSC Hockey Stadium
DSC Hockey Stadium is a description of a new multi-use stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates that has been open since Apri1 2009 and has a capacity of 5,000 spectators. It is part of the new mixed-use sports city currently being constructed in Dubai, Dubai Sports City. It was host the 2009 men's and women's Hockey Asia Cup, but the tournament was moved to Malaysia.
2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award Date 17 December 2017 Location Echo Arena, Liverpool Country United Kingdom Presented by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Hosted by Gary Lineker Clare Balding Gabby Logan Winner Mo Farah Website www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/ Television / radio coverage Network BBC One BBC One HD BBC Radio 5 Live ← 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award 2018 →
Pyongyang Gymnasium
Pyongyang Gymnasium, also known as Pyongyang Indoor Stadium, is an indoor sporting arena located in Pyongyang, North Korea. The capacity of the arena is for 20,100 people and was opened in 1973. It is used to host indoor sporting events, such as basketball and volleyball, as well as concerts.
Adidas Telstar 18
Telstar 18 The Adidas Telstar 18. Type Ball Inception 2017 (2017) Manufacturer Adidas (Speed Sports) Available Yes Current supplier Sialkot, Pakistan (official World Cup match balls) Speed Sports Last production year 2018
Sydney Roosters
In 2018, the Roosters finished in 1st place, claiming their 20th minor premiership. They beat the Sharks 21 - 12 in week one of the finals earning the week off. They then broke their preliminary final hoodoo beating rivals Rabbitohs 12 - 4 in what was the last sports match ever played at the Sydney Football Stadium. They managed to keep the Rabbitohs tryless and the crowd was the highest ever recorded in a sporting match at the Sydney Football Stadium with 44,380 people attending the match. They played the Storm in the Grand Final and won 21 - 6 to claim their 14th premiership.
List of FIFA World Cup finals
The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition established in 1930. It is contested by the men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has taken place every four years, except in 1942 and 1946, when the competition was cancelled due to World War II. The most recent World Cup, hosted by Russia in 2018, was won by France, who beat Croatia 4 -- 2 in regulation time.
Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
The Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium (Simplified Chinese: 南京奥林匹克体育中心体育馆) is an indoor arena in Nanjing, China. The arena used mainly for indoor sports such as basketball and figure skating. The facility has a capacity of 13,000 people and was opened in 2005. It is located near Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre.
Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year
The inaugural winner of the award was the American golfer Tiger Woods who finished the 1999 season with eight wins, a feat not achieved since 1974, including the PGA Championship. He went on to become the most dominant player of his era, earning a second Laureus Award the following year, and five further nominations between 2002 and 2008. The 2003 winner of the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year was the American road cyclist Lance Armstrong. He had been nominated the previous year, and earned further nominations in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Following Armstrong's 2013 admission of doping, all his Laureus awards and nominations were rescinded. Tennis players dominate the winners list, with nine awards, while athletes have won four times, Formula One drivers three times, and golfers twice. Excluding Armstrong, the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year has been won by just seven individuals since its inception. The 2018 winner of the Laureus Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year was the Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, who now has the most wins with five.
2018 NBA draft
2018 NBA draft General information Date (s) June 21, 2018 Time 7: 00 pm (EDT) Location Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York Network (s) (US) ESPN, Yahoo Sports First selection Deandre Ayton, Phoenix Suns ← 2017 NBA draft 2019 →
Deloitte
In 1845, William Welch Deloitte opened an office in London, United Kingdom. Deloitte was the first person to be appointed an independent auditor of a public company, namely the Great Western Railway. He went on to open an office in New York in 1880.
BUL M-5
The BUL M-5 is a M1911 clone pistol made by Israeli firearms manufacturer BUL Transmark. M-5s are made in "carry" models for personal defense and "competition" models for sporting use (particularly IPSC competitions).
2018 Asia Cup Final
The 2018 Asia Cup Final was the final of the 2018 Asia Cup, a One Day International cricket tournament, and was played between India and Bangladesh on 28 September 2018 in Dubai. India were the defending champions, and retained their title by beating Bangladesh by three wickets in the final over.
2018 Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (Korean: 제 23 회동계올림픽, translit. Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpik) and commonly known as PyeongChang 2018, was an international winter multi-sport event that was held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, Gangwon Province, South Korea, with the opening rounds for certain events held on 8 February 2018, the eve of the opening ceremony.
Djokovic–Federer rivalry
The Djokovic -- Federer rivalry is a tennis rivalry between two professional tennis players, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. They have faced each other 45 times with Djokovic leading 23 -- 22. This includes a record 15 Grand Slam matches, four of which were finals, plus a record ten semifinals. Both players have beaten the other in each of the four Grand Slam tournaments. Federer dominated during their early slam matches, but Djokovic now has a 9 -- 6 lead in Grand Slam matches, including eight wins in the last ten meetings. A notable aspect of the rivalry is their ability to beat each other on any given day, including Grand Slam play, making it one of the most competitive and evenly matched rivalries in the Open Era. To date Federer is the only man to have beaten Djokovic in all four majors, and likewise Djokovic is the only man to have beaten Federer in all four majors. Both men accomplished this after having beaten each other at Wimbledon. Both players are generally considered to be the two greatest hard court players in the open era.
Willow Tearooms
The Willow Tearooms are tearooms at 217 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland, designed by internationally renowned architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, which opened for business in October 1903. They quickly gained enormous popularity, and are the most famous of the many Glasgow tearooms that opened in the late 19th and early 20th century. The building was fully restored largely to Mackintosh's original designs between 2014 and 2018. It was re-opened as working tea rooms in July 2018 and trades under the name "Mackintosh at The Willow". This follows a trademark dispute with the former operator of The Willow Tearooms which was resolved in 2017. This name is now used at tea room premises in Buchanan Street and a department store in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson (August 25, 1927 -- September 28, 2003) was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first person of color to win a Grand Slam title (the French Open). The following year she won both Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals (precursor of the U.S. Open), then won both again in 1958, and was voted Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years. In all, she won 11 Grand Slam tournaments, including six doubles titles, and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame. ``She is one of the greatest players who ever lived, ''said Robert Ryland, a tennis contemporary and former coach of Venus and Serena Williams.`` Martina could n't touch her. I think she'd beat the Williams sisters.'' In the early 1960s she also became the first black player to compete on the women's professional golf tour.
I Just Can't Stop It
I Just Ca n't Stop It is the debut album by UK 2 tone band The Beat. The album was released in 1980 via Go Feet Records in the UK. It was released the same year in the US on Sire Records under the band name ``The English Beat ''.
Wicker Man (roller coaster)
Wicker Man is a wooden roller coaster located at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, United Kingdom. Following a weather delay, the ride opened to the public on 20 March 2018 and held its public opening ceremony on 24 March 2018. Manufactured by Great Coasters International at a cost of £16,000,000, Wicker Man set several milestones among wooden coasters including the first to be built at Alton Towers, the first to incorporate fire, and the first in the United Kingdom in over 21 years. Initially codenamed ``Secret Weapon 8 '', a traditional format for naming major projects at Alton Towers, its official name was revealed in January 2018.
Liaocheng Sports Park Stadium
Liaocheng Sports Park Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Liaocheng, China. It is used mostly for football matches and it opened in 2013.
Palaverde
PalaVerde is an indoor sporting arena located in Villorba near Treviso, Italy. Opened in September 1983 it has been used mainly for basketball and volleyball.
Who beat the man named as a sports person of the year in 2018, in the U.S. Open?
who was named as a sports person of the year 2018
Roger Federer
who beat #1 in the us open
Novak Djokovic