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.
The word San comes from the Khoekhoe language. It is not clear what it means; probably it refers to people without cattle or people who forage for their food. It is generally applied to the hunting and gathering peoples of southern Africa who are descended from the original humans in this region of Africa.