The International Olympic Committee recognised in 1999 that bridge and chess should be seen as mind sports. 'There is nothing in the Sport England charter that limits sports to physical activities and the health benefit of playing bridge is well documented,' Mr Clayton said.
The origin of the Mendez family can be traced back to the Visigoth people, who were a Germanic tribe that eventually settled in what is now Spain. As far as I can ascertain, the Mendez line started in the principality of Asturias, in the far North-Western part of Spain.
Eva Mendes. Eva de la Caridad Mendez (born March 5, 1974)[1] is an American actress, model and businesswoman. She began acting in the late 1990s, and after a series of roles in B movies such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) and Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000), she made a career-changing appearance in Training Day (2001).