October 2008 in sports, the Glossary

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1. 871 relations: AaB Fodbold, Aaron Rodgers, Aba, Nigeria, AC Bellinzona, AC Milan, AC Omonia, AC Sparta Prague, ACF Fiorentina, Adam Jones (American football), Adelaide United FC, Adriano Foglia, AFC Ajax, Akron Zips football, Al Ahly SC, Alba Berlin, Alexei Cherepanov, Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Aljona Savchenko, Alpine skiing, American football, Ana Ivanovic, Anadolu Efes S.K., Anaheim Ducks, Andrea Dovizioso, Andrea Fischbacher, Andrey Golubev, Andy Murray, Andy Priaulx, Angela Stanford, Anorthosis Famagusta FC, Anquan Boldin, Antwaan Randle El, APOEL FC, Arcadia, California, Argentina national football team, Arizona Cardinals, Arizona Wildcats men's basketball, Arka Gdynia (basketball), Arsenal F.C., AS Nancy Lorraine, AS Roma, AS Saint-Étienne, Association football, Aston Villa F.C., Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Atlético Madrid, Augusto Farfus, Australian cricket team in India in 2008–09, Auto racing, ... Expand index (821 more) »

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AaB Fodbold

AaB, (full name: Aalborg Boldspilklub) internationally referred to as Aalborg BK, or sometimes also known as AaB Aalborg, is a professional football team located in Aalborg.

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Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Charles Rodgers (born December 2, 1983) is an American football quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL).

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Aba, Nigeria

Aba is a city in southeastern Nigeria and the commercial centre of Abia State.

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AC Bellinzona

AC Bellinzona is a Swiss football club based in Bellinzona.

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AC Milan

(), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy.

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AC Omonia

Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia (Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Oμόνοια Λευκωσίας; Athlitikós Sýllogos Omónoia Lefkosías), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia (also transliterated as Omonoia), is a Cypriot professional multi-sport club, established on 4 June 1948 in Nicosia.

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AC Sparta Prague

Athletic Club Sparta Praha, commonly known as Sparta Prague and Sparta Praha, is a professional football club based in Prague.

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ACF Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina, is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany.

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Adam Bernard Jones (born September 30, 1983) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, most notably with the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League (NFL).

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Adelaide United FC

Adelaide United Football Club is a professional men's soccer club located in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

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Adriano Foglia

Adriano Foglia (born 25 April 1981), is a Brazilian-born Italian futsal player who plays for Corinthians as a Flank.

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AFC Ajax

Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax, also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or commonly Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the, the top tier in Dutch football.

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The Akron Zips football team is a college football program representing the University of Akron in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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Al Ahly SC

Al Ahly Sporting Club (النادي الأهلي للرياضة البدنية), commonly known as Al Ahly, is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo, Egypt.

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Alba Berlin

Alba Berlin is a professional basketball club that is based in Berlin, Germany.

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Alexei Cherepanov

Alexei Andreyevich Cherepanov (Алексей Андреевич Черепанов; 15 January 1989 – 13 October 2008) was a Russian professional ice hockey winger who played for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

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Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is one of the richest golf tournaments on the European Tour.

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Aljona Savchenko

Aljona Savchenko (Олена Валентинівна Савченко, Olena Valentynivna Savchenko; German Romanization: Aljona Sawtschenko, sometimes Aliona Savchenko; born 19 January 1984) is a retired Ukrainian-born German pair skater.

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Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing (cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings.

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American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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Ana Ivanovic

Ana Schweinsteiger (née Ivanović; born 6 November 1987) is a Serbian former world No. 1 tennis player.

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Anadolu Efes S.K.

Anadolu Efes Spor Kulübü, commonly referred to as Anadolu Efes or simply Efes, is a professional basketball team based in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Anaheim Ducks

The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California.

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Andrea Dovizioso

Andrea Dovizioso (born 23 March 1986) is an Italian former professional motorcycle racer.

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Andrea Fischbacher

Andrea Fischbacher (born 14 October 1985) is a retired alpine ski racer from Austria.

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Andrey Golubev

Andrey Golubev (Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Го́лубев; born July 22, 1987) is a Kazakhstani professional tennis player.

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Andy Murray

Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player.

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Andy Priaulx

Andrew Graham Priaulx, MBE (born 7 August 1974) is a British racing driver from Guernsey.

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Angela Stanford

Angela Gwen Stanford (born November 28, 1977) is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.

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Anorthosis Famagusta FC

Anorthosis Famagusta (translit), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club founded in 1911 in Varosha, Famagusta.

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Anquan Boldin

Anquan Kenmile Boldin Sr. (born October 3, 1980) is an American former football wide receiver who played for 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).

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Antwaan Randle El

Antwaan Randle El (born August 17, 1979) is an American football coach and former player who currently serves as the wide receivers coach for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).

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APOEL FC

APOEL FC (ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias, "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus.

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Arcadia, California

Arcadia is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located about northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley and at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains.

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The Argentina national football team (Selección de fútbol de Argentina), nicknamed La Albiceleste ('The White and Sky Blue'), represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina.

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Arizona Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

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Arizona Wildcats men's basketball

The Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.

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Arka Gdynia (basketball)

Suzuki Arka Gdynia is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Gdynia.

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Arsenal F.C.

The Arsenal Football Club, commonly known as simply Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Holloway, North London, England.

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AS Nancy Lorraine

Association Sportive Nancy Lorraine, known as AS Nancy Lorraine, and more commonly as Nancy, is a French football club founded in 1967 and based in Nancy, Grand Est.

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AS Roma

Associazione Sportiva Roma (Rome Sport Association; Italian pronunciation: ˈroːma) is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy.

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AS Saint-Étienne

Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire, abbreviated as A.S.S.E. and commonly known as Saint-Étienne, is a French professional football club based in Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club (commonly referred to as simply Villa) is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England.

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Atlanta Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta.

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Atlanta Motor Speedway

Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly known as the Atlanta International Raceway from 1960 to 1990) is a quad-oval intermediate speedway in Hampton, Georgia.

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Atlético Madrid

Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in Spanish-speaking countries and commonly referred to at the international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga.

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Augusto Farfus

Augusto Farfus Jr. (born 3 September 1983) is a Brazilian professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver.

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Australian cricket team in India in 2008–09

The Australian cricket team toured India from 27 September to 10 November 2008 and played four test matches, for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

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Auto racing

Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.

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Avicii Arena

Avicii Arena, originally known as Stockholm Globe Arena and previously as Ericsson Globe, but commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen, is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stockholm, Sweden.

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Away goals rule

The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground.

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Álvaro Quirós

Álvaro Quirós García (born 21 January 1983) is a Spanish professional golfer.

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Łukasz Czapla

Łukasz Czapla (born 8 December 1982) is a Polish sport shooter, a four-time world champion and former holder of the world record in 10 metre running target mixed.

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B. J. Upton

Melvin Emanuel "B.J." Upton Jr. (born August 21, 1984), is an American former professional baseball center fielder.

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Bad Newz Kennels

The Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation began in April 2007 with a search of property in Surry County, Virginia, owned by Michael Vick, who was at the time quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons football team, and the subsequent discovery of evidence of a dog fighting ring.

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Baloncesto Málaga

Club Baloncesto Málaga, S.A.D., for sponsorship reasons named Unicaja Málaga, is a Spanish professional basketball team that is based in Málaga, Spain.

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Baltimore Ravens

The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore.

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Basel

Basel, also known as Basle,Bâle; Basilea; Basileia; other Basilea.

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Bavaria

Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany.

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BC Žalgiris

Basketball Club Žalgiris (Krepšinio klubas Žalgiris) is a professional basketball club based in Kaunas, Lithuania.

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Beşiktaş J.K.

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü, abbreviated as BJK, is a Turkish professional sports club founded in 1903 that is based in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul.

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Ben Roethlisberger

Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger Sr. (born March 2, 1982), nicknamed "Big Ben", is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Benjamin Agosto

Benjamin Alexandro "Ben" Agosto (born January 15, 1982) is an American ice dancer.

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Big Brown (horse)

Big Brown (foaled April 10, 2005, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2008 Kentucky Derby and 2008 Preakness Stakes and was the 2008 Champion Three-Year-Old.

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Blue Bulls

The Blue Bulls (known for sponsorship reasons as the Vodacom Blue Bulls) is a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament and the United Rugby Championship.

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BMW in Formula One

BMW has been involved in Formula One in a number of capacities since the inauguration of the World Drivers' Championship in.

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Borussia Dortmund

Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund or by its initialism BVB, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Boston Bruins

The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston.

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Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston.

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Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston.

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Bowl Championship Series

The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was a selection system that created four or five bowl game match-ups involving eight or ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of American college football, including an opportunity for the top two teams to compete in the BCS National Championship Game.

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Bowl eligibility

Bowl eligibility in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level is the standard through which teams become available for selection to participate in postseason bowl games.

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Bowl-out

A bowl-out (sometimes termed a bowl-off) was used as a tiebreaker in various forms of limited overs cricket to decide a match that would otherwise end in a tie.

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Brad Lidge

Bradley Thomas Lidge (born December 23, 1976), nicknamed "Lights Out", is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

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Brain tumor

A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain.

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Brandon Jacobs

Brandon Christopher Jacobs (born July 6, 1982) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the New York Giants.

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Brøndby IF

Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF, is a Danish football club based in the Copenhagen suburb of Brøndbyvester. Brøndby IF denotes the professional football section of Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, which was founded on 3 December 1964 by a merger of the football clubs Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening (founded on 10 October 1928) and Brøndbyvester Idrætsforening (founded on 1 February 1909).

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Breeders' Cup Classic

The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade I Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds and older run at a distance of on dirt.

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Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile

The Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile is a Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up.

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Breeders' Cup Distaff

The Breeders' Cup Distaff is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, three years old and up.

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Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint

The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint is a 7-furlong (1408 m) Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred fillies and mares three years old and up.

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Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf

The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for fillies and mares, three years old and up.

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Breeders' Cup Juvenile

The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings raced on dirt.

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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies

The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies is a -mile thoroughbred horse race on dirt (although the distance has varied, depending on the configuration of the host track) for two-year-old fillies run annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships in early November.

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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf

The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf is a one-mile turf stakes race for thoroughbred fillies two years old.

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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf

The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses, run on a grass course at a distance of one mile.

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Breeders' Cup Mile

The Breeders' Cup Mile is a Grade 1 Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up, run on a grass course.

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Breeders' Cup Sprint

The Breeders' Cup Sprint is an American Weight for Age Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older.

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Breeders' Cup Turf

The Breeders' Cup Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for three-year-olds and up.

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Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint

The Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint is a Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up.

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Brett Myers

Brett Allen Myers (born August 17, 1980) is an American singer and former professional baseball pitcher.

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Brian Lara

Brian Charles Lara, (born 2 May 1969) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.

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BSC Young Boys

BSC Young Boys (YB by short abbreviation) are a Swiss professional sports club based in Bern, Switzerland.

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Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area.

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Burt Hooton

Burt Carlton Hooton (born February 7, 1950), nicknamed "Happy", is an American former right-handed starting pitcher and former coach in Major League Baseball.

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C.S. Marítimo

Club Sport Marítimo MH M, commonly known as Marítimo (locally) or Marítimo da Madeira, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in the city of Funchal, on the island of Madeira.

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Calgary Flames

The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary.

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Cam Cameron

Malcolm "Cam" Cameron (born February 6, 1961) is an American football coach.

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Cameron Beckman

Cameron Reid Beckman (born February 15, 1970) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions.

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Camp Randall Stadium

Camp Randall Stadium is an outdoor stadium in Madison, Wisconsin, located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin.

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Canadian football, or simply football (in Canada), is a sport in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete on a field long and wide, attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's end zone.

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Canberra Stadium

Canberra Stadium, commercially known as GIO Stadium Canberra, is a facility primarily used for rugby league and rugby union games, located adjacent to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, the capital of Australia.

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Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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Candace Parker

Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986), nicknamed "Ace", is an American former professional basketball player.

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The Canterbury Rugby Football Union (also referred to as "Canterbury" or "CRFU") is the governing body for rugby union in a portion of the Canterbury region of New Zealand.

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Carl Edwards

Carl Michael Edwards Jr. (born August 15, 1979) is an American former professional stock car racing driver.

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Carlos Ruiz (baseball)

Carlos Joaquín Ruiz (born January 22, 1979), nicknamed "Chooch", is a Panamanian former professional baseball catcher.

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Carolina Panthers

The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Caroline Wozniacki

Caroline Wozniacki (born 11 July 1990) is a Danish professional tennis player.

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Casey Stoner

Casey Joel Stoner (born 16 October 1985) is an Australian retired professional motorcycle racer, and a two-time MotoGP World Champion, in and.

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Castelló Masters

The Castelló Masters was a European Tour golf tournament that was played annually from 2008 through 2011.

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CC Sabathia

Carsten Charles Sabathia Jr. (born July 21, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, and New York Yankees.

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Celtic F.C.

The Celtic Football Club, commonly known as Celtic, is a professional football club in Glasgow, Scotland.

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CFR Cluj

Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1907 as Kolozsvári Vasutas Sport Club, when Transylvania was part of Austria-Hungary, and the current name CFR is the acronym for Căile Ferate Române (i.e.

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Charl Schwartzel

Charl Adriaan Schwartzel (born 31 August 1984) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays in the LIV Golf Invitational Series and has previously played on the PGA Tour, European Tour and the Sunshine Tour.

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Charlotte Motor Speedway

Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly known as Lowe's Motor Speedway from 1999 to 2009 due to sponsorship reasons) is a quad-oval intermediate speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

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Chase Utley

Chase Cameron Utley (born December 17, 1978), nicknamed "the Man" and "Silver Fox", is an American former professional baseball second baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 16 seasons, primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club is a professional football club based in Fulham, West London, England.

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Chess

Chess is a board game for two players.

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Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago.

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Chicago Blackhawks

The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago.

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Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago.

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Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago.

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Chicago White Sox

The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago.

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Chris Cooley

Christopher Ken Cooley (born July 11, 1982) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL).

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Chris Mims

Christopher Eddie Mims (September 29, 1970 – October 15, 2008) was an American professional football player who was a defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL).

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The Cincinnati Bearcats football program represents the University of Cincinnati in college football.

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Cincinnati Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati.

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Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours

Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours is a motor racing circuit located in central France, near the towns of Magny-Cours and Nevers, some from Paris and from Lyon.

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Circuit Ricardo Tormo

Circuit Ricardo Tormo, also known as Circuit de Valencia and officially named Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo, is a motorsport race track located in Cheste (Valencian Community, Spain) and built in 1999.

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Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland.

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Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers, often referred to as the Cavs, are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland.

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Clinton Portis

Clinton Earl Portis (born September 1, 1981) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons.

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Club Brugge KV

italic, known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: Club Bruges), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium.

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Club de Campo del Mediterráneo

Club de Campo del Mediterráneo is a country club located in Castellón, Spain.

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Coco Crisp

Covelli Loyce "Coco" Crisp (born November 1, 1979) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and MiLB team manager.

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Cole Hamels

Colbert Michael Hamels (born December 27, 1983), nicknamed "Hollywood", is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

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College basketball

College basketball is basketball that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges.

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College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges.

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Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche (colloquially known as the Avs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver.

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Colt McCoy

Daniel "Colt" McCoy (born September 5, 1986) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent.

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Concussion

A concussion, also known as a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), is a head injury that temporarily affects brain functioning.

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Conduit (horse)

Conduit (17 June 2005 – 17 June 2020) was a Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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Cornerback

A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football.

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Coton Sport FC de Garoua

Coton Sport Football Club de Garoua, or simply Coton Sport, is a Cameroonian professional football club based in Garoua.

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Cotton Bowl (stadium)

The Cotton Bowl is an outdoor stadium in Dallas, Texas, United States.

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Craig Lowndes

Craig Andrew Lowndes (born 21 June 1974) is an Australian racing car driver in the Repco Supercars Championship racing for Triple Eight Race Engineering.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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CS Sporting Vaslui

CS Sporting Juniorul Vaslui, commonly known as Sporting Vaslui, Juniorul Vaslui or simply as Vaslui, is a Romanian professional football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County, founded in 2002 and re-founded in 2014.

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Curlin

Curlin (foaled March 25, 2004, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the American Horse of the Year in both 2007 and 2008. He retired in 2008 as the highest North American money earner with over US$10.5 million accumulated. His major racing wins included the 2007 Preakness Stakes, 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic, and 2008 Dubai World Cup.

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Curse of the Billy Goat

The Curse of the Billy Goat was a sports curse that was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in 1945, by Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis.

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CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge

The CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenges was a 72-hole golf tournament for professional female golfers that was part of the LPGA Tour from 1996 through 2010.

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D. A. Weibring

Donald Albert Weibring Jr. (born May 25, 1953) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including several on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.

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Dabo Swinney

William Christopher "Dabo" Swinney (born November 20, 1969) is an American football coach, currently serving as the head football coach at Clemson University.

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Daisuke Matsuzaka

is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher, who pitched professionally for 23 seasons, 16 of them in NPB, 7 in MLB.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974) is an American stock car racing driver, team owner and broadcaster.

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Dallas

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.

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Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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Dani Pedrosa

Daniel Pedrosa Ramal (born 29 September 1985) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer who retired from regular competition after the season.

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Dani Sordo

Daniel "Dani" Sordo Castillo (born 2 May 1983) is a Spanish rally driver.

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Daniel Albrecht

Daniel Albrecht (born 25 May 1983) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.

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Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam (from lit) is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania.

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David Besnard

David John Besnard (born 21 January 1977 in Sydney, Australia) is a retired professional racing driver.

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David Myers (rugby league)

David Myers (31 July 1971 – 20 October 2008) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s.

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David Nalbandian

David Pablo Nalbandian (born 1 January 1982) is an Argentine former professional tennis player.

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David Ortiz

David Américo Ortiz Arias (born November 18, 1975), nicknamed "Big Papi", is a Dominican-American former professional baseball designated hitter who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2016, primarily for the Boston Red Sox.

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David Ragan

David Lee Ragan (born December 24, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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David Villa

David Villa Sánchez (born 3 December 1981) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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DeAngelo Williams

DeAngelo Chondon Williams (born April 25, 1983) is an American professional wrestler and former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL).

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Declaration and forfeiture

In the sport of cricket, a declaration occurs when a captain declares their team's innings closed and a forfeiture occurs when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings without batting.

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Defensive back

In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage.

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Denis Savard

Denis Joseph Savard (born February 4, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

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Denny Hamlin

James Dennis Alan Hamlin (born November 18, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner.

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Denver Broncos

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver.

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Deportivo de La Coruña

Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña, commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña, is a Spanish professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football league system.

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Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit.

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Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit.

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Detroit Shock

The Detroit Shock were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

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Didier Cuche

Didier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.

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Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona (30 October 196025 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager.

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Dimitar Berbatov

Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov (Димитър Иванов Бербатов; born 30 January 1981) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Dmitry Tursunov

Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov (born 12 December 1982) is a Russian tennis coach and former player.

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Dodger Stadium

Dodger Stadium is a baseball stadium in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

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Donativum (horse)

Donativum is a British thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 2008 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.

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Drew Brees

Drew Christopher Brees (born January 15, 1979) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons.

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Dustin Johnson

Dustin Hunter Johnson (born June 22, 1984) is an American professional golfer.

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Dwight Yorke

Dwight Eversley Yorke CM (born 3 November 1971) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian professional football coach and former player who was most recently in charge of Australian A-League club Macarthur FC.

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Dynamos F.C.

Dynamos F.C. (also referred to as both The Glamour Boys, and De-Mbare) is a Zimbabwean professional football club based since 1963 at Rufaro Stadium, Mbare, Harare.

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Elena Dementieva

Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva (born 15 October 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player.

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Eli Manning

Elisha Nelson Manning (born January 3, 1981) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons with the New York Giants.

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Elite Xtreme Combat

Elite Xtreme Combat, also known as EliteXC, was a United States-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization owned and operated by ProElite.

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EliteXC: Heat

EliteXC: Heat was a mixed martial arts event held by Elite Xtreme Combat (commonly known as EliteXC) on October 4, 2008, in Sunrise, Florida, at the BankAtlantic Center.

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Emil Martinsson

Emil Martinsson, sometimes known as Emil Andersson (born 14 November 1979) is a Swedish running target sport shooter who won several medals at the ISSF World Shooting Championships.

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Enyimba F.C.

Enyimba Football Club, commonly known as Enyimba, is a Nigerian professional football club based in the city of Aba, Abia State which plays in the Nigerian Professional Football League.

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Eric Bruntlett

Eric Kevin Bruntlett (born March 29, 1978) is an American former professional baseball utility player, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies.

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ESPN

ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.

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Evan Longoria

Evan Michael Longoria (born October 7, 1985), nicknamed "Longo", is an American former professional baseball third baseman.

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Evan Lysacek

Evan Frank Lysacek (born June 4, 1985) is an American retired figure skater.

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Everett, Washington

Everett is the county seat and most populous city of Snohomish County, Washington, United States.

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Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club is a professional association football club based in Liverpool, England.

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Exhibition game

An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a pre-season game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or the team's rankings is either zero or otherwise greatly reduced.

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F.C. Copenhagen

Football Club Copenhagen (Football Club København), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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FBK Kaunas

Kauno futbolo ir beisbolo klubas, commonly known as FBK Kaunas, was a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kaunas.

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FC Baník Ostrava

FC Baník Ostrava is a professional football club from Ostrava in the Czech Republic.

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FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona, commonly known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.

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FC Barcelona Bàsquet

FC Barcelona Bàsquet (English: FC Barcelona Basketball), commonly referred to as FC Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça, is a professional basketball team based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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FC Basel

Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss professional football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt.

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FC BATE Borisov

FC BATE Borisov (ФК БАТЭ Борисов, FK BATE Borisov; ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, BATE Barysaw) is a Belarusian professional football team from the city of Barysaw.

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FC Bayern Munich

Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB), commonly known as Bayern Munich or FC Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria.

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FC Bunyodkor

Football Club Bunyodkor (Bunyodkor futbol klubi) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Tashkent that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League.

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FC Dinamo București

FC Dinamo București, commonly known as Dinamo București or simply Dinamo, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest that competes in the Liga I. Founded in 1948 as the team of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, following the merger of Unirea Tricolor and Ciocanul, Dinamo București has spent all but one year of its history in the top tier of the Romanian league system.

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FC Dynamo Kyiv

Football Club Dynamo Kyiv, also known as FC Dynamo Kiev, Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kiev, or simply Dynamo, is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv.

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FC Girondins de Bordeaux

Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux, commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux (Girondins de Bordèu) or simply Bordeaux, is a French football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

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FC Honka

FC Honka is a Finnish football club based in Espoo.

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FC Lovech

FC Lovech (ФК Ловеч) is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League.

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Football Club Metalist Kharkiv, also known as Football Club Metalist Kharkov, or FC Metalist Kharkov, (Футбо́льний Клуб Металі́ст Ха́рків) is a Ukrainian football club based in Kharkiv that plays in the Ukrainian First League during the 2023–24 season.

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FC Moscow

FC Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб Москва) was a Russian football club based in Moscow.

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FC Nordsjælland

Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland or FCN, is a professional Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum.

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FC Petržalka

FC Petržalka is a Slovak football club based in Bratislava.

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FC Politehnica Timișoara

Fotbal Club Politehnica Timișoara, commonly known as Politehnica Timișoara or simply Poli Timișoara, was a Romanian football club from Timișoara, Timiș County, established in 1921 and dissolved in 2012.

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FC Porto

Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM, commonly known as FC Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto.

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FC Rapid București

Fotbal Club Rapid 1923, commonly known as Rapid București (also known as Rapid București or simply as Rapid, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest, that competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1923 by employees of the Grivița workshops as the Asociația Culturală și Sportivă CFR ("CFR Cultural and Sports Association").

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FC Red Bull Salzburg

Fußballclub Red Bull Salzburg, commonly known as simply Red Bull Salzburg, is an Austrian professional football club based in Wals-Siezenheim, that competes in the Austrian Bundesliga, the top flight of Austrian Football.

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FC Schalke 04

Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04, and abbreviated as S04, is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia.

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FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk also known as FC Shakhter Donetsk (Футбольний клуб Шахтар Донецьк,, short nickname "miners"), is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk.

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FC Spartak Moscow

FC Spartak Moscow (Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow.

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FC Twente

Football Club Twente, sometimes known internationally as FC Twente Enschede, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede.

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FC Unirea Urziceni

Fotbal Club Unirea Urziceni, commonly known as Unirea Urziceni, was a Romanian professional football club based in Urziceni, Ialomița County.

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FC Zürich

Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to FC Zürich or simply FCZ, is a Swiss professional football club based in Zürich.

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FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

Football Club Zenit (Футбольный клуб «Зенит»), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg.

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FCSB

Fotbal Club FCSB, formerly named and still sometimes referred to as FC Steaua București, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest.

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Federico Luzzi

Federico Luzzi (3 January 1980 – 25 October 2008) was an Italian professional tennis player who had been ranked as high as World No.

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Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa (born 25 April 1981) is a Brazilian racing driver currently competing in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series with TMG Racing.

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Fenerbahçe S.K.

Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (Fenerbahçe Sports Club), commonly known as Fenerbahçe or simply Fener, is a Turkish professional multi-sport club based in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul, Turkey.

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Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball)

Fenerbahçe Basketball, commonly referred as Fenerbahçe or Fenerbahce Istanbul in European matches, currently also known as Fenerbahçe Beko for sponsorship reasons, are a professional basketball team and the men's basketball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major Turkish multi-sport club based in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso Díaz (born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver currently competing for Aston Martin in Formula One.

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Feroz Shah Kotla

The Feroz Shah Kotla or Kotla ("fortress", "citadel") was a fortress built circa 1354 by Feroz Shah Tughlaq to house his version of Delhi city called Firozabad.

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Feyenoord

Feyenoord Rotterdam is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in the Dutch football.

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Figure skating

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice.

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FK Austria Wien

Fußballklub Austria Wien AG, known in English as Austria Vienna, and Austria Wien in German-speaking countries, is an Austrian professional association football club from the capital city of Vienna.

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FK Borac Čačak

Fudbalski klub Borac 1926 Čačak, or simply Borac Čačak, is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia.

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FK Partizan

Fudbalski klub Partizan (Фудбалски клуб Партизан,; Partizan Football Club), known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade.

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Flavia Pennetta

Flavia Pennetta (born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player.

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Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation

The Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) is the agency charged with licensing and regulating more than 1.6 million businesses and professionals in the State of Florida, such as alcohol, beverage & tobacco, barbers/cosmetologists, condominiums, spas, hotels and restaurants, real estate agents and appraisers, and veterinarians, among many other industries.

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Follow-on

In cricket, a team who batted second and scored significantly fewer runs than the team who batted first may be forced to follow-on: to take their second innings immediately after their first.

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Fonsi Nieto

Alfonso González Nieto (born 2 December 1978 in Madrid, Spain), better known as Fonsi Nieto, is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and the nephew of successful Grand Prix motorcycle road racer Ángel Nieto.

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Forever Together (American horse)

Forever Together (foaled April 12, 2004 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse.

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François Duval

François Duval (born 18 November 1980) is a Belgian rally driver.

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Francisco Rodríguez (Venezuelan pitcher)

Francisco José Rodríguez Sr. (born January 7, 1982), nicknamed "Frankie" and "K-Rod", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher.

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Frederico Chaves Guedes (born 3 October 1983), also known as Fred, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Freddy Head

Frédéric Head (born 19 June 1947, in Neuilly, France) is a retired horse trainer and champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Fuji Speedway

is a motorsport race track standing in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Gaël Monfils

Gaël Sébastien Monfils (born 1 September 1986) is a French professional tennis player.

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Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (Galatasaray Sports Club), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and also known as Galatasaray AŞ or Gala in UEFA competitions, is a Turkish professional football club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul.

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Gamba Osaka

is a Japanese professional football club based in Suita, Osaka Prefecture.

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Garth Tander

Garth Dirk Tander (born 31 March 1977) is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver competing in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship's Enduro Cup, co-driving for Grove Racing.

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Gary Gaetti

Gary Joseph Gaetti (born August 19, 1958), is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins (1981–1990), California Angels (1991–1993), Kansas City Royals (1993–1995), St. Louis Cardinals (1996–1998), Chicago Cubs (1998–1999) and Boston Red Sox (2000).

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Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir (born 14 October 1981) is an Indian former international cricketer, former politician, a philanthropist, and the current head coach of the Indian cricket team in all formats.

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Gene Hickerson

Robert Gene Hickerson (February 15, 1935 – October 20, 2008) was an American professional football player who was an offensive guard for 15 years with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1973.

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George Gervin GameAbove Center

The George Gervin GameAbove Center, formerly known as the Convocation Center, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment complex located on Eastern Michigan University’s west campus.

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Giant slalom

Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline.

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Gilles Simon

Gilles Simon (born 27 December 1984) is a French former tennis player.

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GNK Dinamo Zagreb

Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (italics), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb, is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb.

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Goldikova

Goldikova (15 March 2005 – 5 January 2021) was a champion French Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Mile three times and was the 2010 European Horse of the Year.

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Gqeberha

Gqeberha, formerly known as Port Elizabeth, and colloquially referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Grand China Air LPGA

The Grand China Air LPGA was a golf tournament on the American LPGA Tour and was the first LPGA event to be played in China.

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Grand jury

A grand jury is a jury—a group of citizens—empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought.

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Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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Greg Murphy

Gregory David Murphy (born 23 August 1972) is a New Zealand professional racing driver, best known as a four-time winner of the Bathurst 1000.

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Guaranteed Rate Field

Guaranteed Rate Field, formerly Comiskey Park and U.S. Cellular Field, is a baseball stadium located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Guelph Gryphons

The Guelph Gryphons are the athletic teams that represent the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

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Gymkhana Club Ground

Nairobi Gymkhana Club is a cricket ground and team in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Haikou

Haikou is the capital and most populous city of the Chinese province of Hainan.

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Half Moon Bay, California

Half Moon Bay is a coastal city in San Mateo County, California, United States, approximately south of San Francisco.

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Hamburger SV

Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V., commonly known as Hamburger SV or Hamburg, or HSV, is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football department.

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Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.

Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Club (מועדון כדורסל הפועל ירושלים), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (הפועל בנק יהב ירושלים), is a professional basketball club based in the City of Jerusalem, Israel, and competes in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball), the Israeli State Cup, and the Basketball Champions League.

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Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.

Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club (מועדון כדורגל הפועל תל אביב, Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Tel Aviv) is an Israeli professional football club based in Tel Aviv that competes in the Israeli Premier League.

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Hat-trick

A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three.

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Hélio Castroneves

Hélio Castroneves (born Hélio Alves de Castro Neves; 10 May 1975) is a Brazilian auto racing driver.

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Heinz Krügel

Heinz Krügel (24 April 1921 – 27 October 2008) was a German football player and manager.

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Helen Alfredsson

Helen Christine Alfredsson (born 9 April 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer who played primarily on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour.

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Hertha BSC

Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC or Hertha Berlin, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf of Berlin.

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Hockenheimring

The Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg is a motor racing circuit situated in the Rhine valley near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Houston Texans

The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston.

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Ice hockey

Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport.

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Igor Kunitsyn

Igor Konstantinovich Kunitsyn (ˈiɡərʲ kʊˈnʲitsɨn; born September 30, 1981) is a retired tennis player from Russia.

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Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium

The Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium is a cricket ground located in Mohali, Punjab, India.

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Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis.

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Indianapolis Colts

The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis.

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Inter Milan

Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy.

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International cricket in 2008–09

The 2008–09 international cricket season was between September 2008 and March 2009.

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Ironi Nahariya

Ironi Nahariya Basketball Club (מועדון הכדורסל עירוני נהריה) known for sponsorship reasons as Ironi Rain Nahariya is a professional basketball club based in city of Nahariya in northern Israel.

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Isabelle Delobel

Isabelle Delobel (born 17 June 1978) is a French former competitive ice dancer.

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Israeli Basketball Premier League

Ligat HaAl (ליגת העל, lit., Supreme League or Premier League), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball competition.

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J. D. Drew

David Jonathan "J.

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J. J. Arrington

Johnathan Jerone Arrington (born January 23, 1983) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL).

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Jacksonville Jaguars

The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida.

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James Courtney

James Anthony Courtney (born 29 June 1980) is an Australian racing driver competing in the Repco Supercars Championship.

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James Loney

James Anthony Loney (born May 7, 1984) is an American former professional baseball first baseman.

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Jamie Green

James Roger Green (born 14 June 1982) is a British professional racing driver.

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Jamie Moyer

Jamie Moyer (born November 18, 1962) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

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Jamie Whincup

Jamie David Whincup (born 6 February 1983) is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Supercars Championship.

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Jason Bay

Jason Raymond Bay (born September 20, 1978) is a Canadian-American former professional baseball left fielder who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Jason Elam

Jason Elam (born March 8, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Denver Broncos.

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Jason Richards

Jason John Richards (10 April 1976 – 15 December 2011) was a New Zealand motor racing driver.

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Jason Varitek

Jason Andrew Varitek (born April 11, 1972), nicknamed "Tek", is an American professional baseball coach and former catcher.

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Jayson Werth

Jayson Richard Gowan Werth (born May 20, 1979) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2002 to 2017.

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Jörg Müller

Jörg Müller (born 3 September 1969) is a Dutch-born German BMW factory driver.

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Jed Lowrie

Jed Carlson Lowrie (born April 17, 1984) is an American former professional baseball infielder.

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Jeff Burton

Jeffrey Tyler Burton (born June 29, 1967), nicknamed "the Mayor", is an American former professional stock car racing driver and current racing commentator.

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Jelena Janković

Jelena Janković (Јелена Јанковић,; born 28 February 1985) is a Serbian former world No. 1 tennis player.

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Jerry Jones

Jerral Wayne Jones Sr. (born October 13, 1942) is an American businessman and the owner, president, and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL).

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (born September 17, 1975) is an American professional auto racing driver.

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Jimmy Rollins

James Calvin Rollins (born November 27, 1978), nicknamed "J-Roll", is an American former professional baseball shortstop, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (–), Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago White Sox.

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Joe Blanton

Joseph Matthew Blanton (born December 11, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Washington Nationals.

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Joe Paterno

Joseph Vincent Paterno (December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012), sometimes referred to as JoePa, was an American college football player, athletic director, and coach.

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Joel Quenneville

Joel Norman Quenneville (born September 15, 1958) is a Canadian–American ice hockey coach and former player in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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John Bickerton

John Edward Bickerton (born 23 December 1969) is an English professional golfer.

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John Kerr (figure skater)

John Alastair Kerr (born 2 June 1980 in Broxburn, Scotland) is a Scottish former competitive ice dancer who represented Great Britain with his sister Sinead Kerr.

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Johnny Weir

John Garvin Weir (born July 2, 1984) is an American television commentator and retired figure skater.

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Jon Lester

Jonathan Tyler Lester (born January 7, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

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Joseba Llorente

Joseba Llorente Etxarri (born 24 November 1979) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a centre-forward.

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Joshua Clell Brown (born April 29, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL).

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Joventut Badalona

Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, playing in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup.

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Juan Martín del Potro

Juan Martín del Potro (born 23 September 1988) is an Argentinian former professional tennis player.

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Julien Benneteau

Julien Henry Guy Benneteau-Desgrois (born 20 December 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player.

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Juventus FC

Juventus Football Club (from iuventūs, 'youth'), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system.

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Kaia Kanepi

Kaia Kanepi (born 10 June 1985) is an Estonian professional tennis player.

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Kalmar FF

Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar.

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Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Kapalua LPGA Classic

The Kapalua LPGA Classic was a golf tournament on the United States-based LPGA Tour.

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Karim Benzema

Karim Mostafa Benzema (كريممصطفى بن زيما; born 19 December 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad.

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Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kenneth Kahne (born April 10, 1980) is an American dirt track racing driver and former professional stock car racing driver.

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Kathrin Zettel

Kathrin Zettel (born 5 August 1986) is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer.

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Katie Smith

Katie Smith (born June 4, 1974) is the lead assistant coach for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

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Kayserispor

Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri.

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Keauna McLaughlin

Keauna Inaba McLaughlin (born September 25, 1992) is an American former competitive pair skater.

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Kelly Slater

Robert Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972) is an American professional surfer, best known for being crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times.

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Ken Shamrock

Ken Shamrock (born Kenneth Wayne Kilpatrick; February 11, 1964) is an American retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.

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Kenyan cricket team in South Africa in 2008–09

The Kenya national cricket team toured South Africa from 31 October to 2 November 2008.

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Kim In-Kyung

Kim In-Kyung, also called In-Kyung Kim and I. K. Kim (born 13 June 1988), is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.

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Kimbo Slice

Kevin Ferguson (February 8, 1974 – June 6, 2016), better known as Kimbo Slice, was a Bahamian mixed martial artist, professional boxer, and actor.

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Kimi Räikkönen

Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (born 17 October 1979), nicknamed "The Iceman", is a Finnish racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2001 and 2021 for Sauber, McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, and Alfa Romeo.

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King City, Ontario

King City is an unincorporated Canadian community in the township of King, Ontario, located north of Toronto.

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Kings Park Stadium

Kings Park Stadium (known as Hollywoodbets Kings Park for sponsorship reasons since 2022), colloquially known as the Shark Tank, is a stadium located in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct in Durban, South Africa.

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KK Cibona

Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or simply Cibona, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia.

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KK Olimpija

Košarkarski klub Olimpija (Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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KK Partizan

Košarkaški klub Partizan (lit), referred to as Partizan Mozzart Bet for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia.

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Kurt Busch

Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978) is a former American auto racing driver.

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Kyle Orton

Kyle Raymond Orton (born November 14, 1982) is a former American football quarterback.

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Lahaina, Hawaii

Lahaina (Lahaina) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County, Hawaii, United States.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas, often known as Sin City or simply Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County.

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Le Mans Sarthe Basket

Le Mans Sarthe Basket, commonly known as MSB or Le Mans, is a professional basketball club that is from the city of Le Mans, France.

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Lech Poznań

Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań, is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division.

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Leeds Rhinos

The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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LenDale White

LenDale Anthony White (born December 20, 1984) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL).

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LeSean McCoy

LeSean Kamel McCoy (born July 12, 1988), nicknamed "Shady", is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL).

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Lewis Hamilton

Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver competing in Formula One, driving for Mercedes.

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Life imprisonment

Life imprisonment is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted criminals are to remain in prison for the rest of their natural lives (or until pardoned, paroled, or commuted to a fixed term).

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Linz

Linz (Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria.

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Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England.

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Los Angeles Angels

The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area.

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Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Sparks

The Los Angeles Sparks are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles.

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Lucas Oil Stadium

Lucas Oil Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

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Lute Olson

Robert Luther "Lute" Olson (September 22, 1934 – August 27, 2020) was an American basketball coach, who was inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Luxembourg City

Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg; Luxembourg; Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City (Stad Lëtzebuerg or d'Stad; Ville de Luxembourg; Stadt Luxemburg or Luxemburg-Stadt), is the capital city of Luxembourg and the country's most populous commune.

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Lyon

Lyon (Franco-Provençal: Liyon), formerly spelled in English as Lyons, is the second largest city of France by urban area It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, northeast of Saint-Étienne.

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M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

The Mangalam Chinnaswamy Stadium, also known as the Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, is a cricket stadium in the Bangalore city of the Indian state of Karnataka.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.

Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball Club (מועדון כדורסל מכבי תל אביב), known for sponsorship reasons as Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, is a professional basketball club based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain.

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Madrid Masters (golf)

The Bankia Madrid Masters was a European Tour golf tournament that was held for the first time in October 2008, taking the slot formerly used by the Open de Madrid.

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Malha Arena

The Malha Arena (officially called Lea and Maurice Goldberg Sports Hall) is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in Jerusalem's Malha neighborhood, across from Ramat Denya and Ramat Sharett.

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Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is a professional football club based in Manchester, England.

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Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd), or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.

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Mangaung Oval

Mangaung Oval, previously known as Springbok Park, Chevrolet Park, Goodyear Park, and OUTsurance Oval, is a cricket oval in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

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Manly Warringah Sea Eagles

The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches.

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Manny Ramirez

Manuel Arístides Ramírez Onelcida (born May 30, 1972) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball outfielder.

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Maram (horse)

Maram (February 10, 2006 – September 6, 2012 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2008 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.

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Marat Safin

Marat Mubinovich Safin (Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; Марат Мөбин улы Сафин; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player and former politician.

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Marc Turnesa

Marc Turnesa (born March 19, 1978) is an American professional golfer who has played on the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour.

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Maria Mukhortova

Maria Vladimirovna Mukhortova (Мария Владимировна Мухортова; born 20 November 1985) is a Russian pair skater.

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Mark DeRosa

Mark Thomas DeRosa (born February 26, 1975) is an American former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1998 to 2013.

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Mark Sanchez

Mark Travis John Sanchez (born November 11, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons.

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Mark Winterbottom

Mark James "Frosty" Winterbottom (born 20 May 1981) is an Australian professional racing driver.

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Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway is a stock car racing short track in Ridgeway, Virginia, just south of Martinsville.

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Match fixing

In organized sports, match fixing (also known as game fixing, race fixing, throwing, or more generally sports fixing) is the act of playing or officiating a contest with the intention of achieving a predetermined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law.

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Matt Cassel

Matthew Brennan Cassel (born May 17, 1982) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).

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Matt Garza

Matthew Scott Garza (born November 26, 1983) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

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Matt Prater

Matthew Phillip Prater (born August 10, 1984) is an American football placekicker for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL).

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Matthew Thomas Ryan (born May 17, 1985) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, primarily with the Atlanta Falcons.

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Matt Schaub

Matthew Rutledge Schaub (born June 25, 1981) is an American former football quarterback who played for 17 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).

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Matt Stairs

Matthew Wade Stairs (born February 27, 1968) is a Canadian former professional baseball outfielder, first baseman, and designated hitter, who holds the record for most pinch-hit home runs in Major League Baseball (MLB) history with 23.

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Mattias Ekström

Bengt Mattias Ekström (born 14 July 1978) is a racing and rally driver from Sweden.

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Maurice Jones-Drew

Maurice Christopher Jones-Drew (born March 23, 1985), often called "MJD", is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons.

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Maxim Trankov

Maxim Leonidovich Trankov (Максим Леонидович Траньков; born 7 October 1983) is a Russian pair skater.

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MŠK Žilina

MŠK Žilina is a Slovak football club based in the town of Žilina, that is playing in the Slovak Superliga.

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McLaren

McLaren Racing Limited is a British motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England.

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McMaster Marauders

The McMaster Marauders are the athletic teams that represent McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Melbourne Storm

The Melbourne Storm is a rugby league club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia that participates in the National Rugby League (NRL).

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Mens Sana Basketball Siena

Mens Sana Basketball Siena, also known as simply Mens Sana, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Siena.

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Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains

Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains (previously known as Ilmor Engineering and Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines) is a Formula One engine manufacturer, owned by Mercedes-Benz.

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Metz

Metz (Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then Mettis) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.

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Miami Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Greater Miami area.

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Michael Vick

Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26, 1980) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons.

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Michigan Stadium

Michigan Stadium, nicknamed "The Big House," is the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Mid-American Conference

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois.

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Midnight Lute

Midnight Lute (foaled May 13, 2003, in Versailles, Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Midshipman (horse)

Midshipman (foaled March 26, 2006, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Miesque

Miesque (March 14, 1984 – January 20, 2011) was a champion Thoroughbred racemare.

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Mike Nolan

Michael Tullis Nolan (born March 7, 1959) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Michigan Panthers of the United Football League (UFL).

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Mike Singletary

Michael Singletary (born October 9, 1958), nicknamed "Samurai Mike", is an American former football player and coach.

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Miki Ando

is a retired Japanese figure skater.

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Mikko Hirvonen

Mikko Hirvonen (born 31 July 1980) is a Finnish former rally driver, and a current Rally-Raid driver, who drove in the World Rally Championship.

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Milwaukee Brewers

The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee.

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Milwaukee Bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team in Milwaukee.

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Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis.

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Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world.

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Monday Night Football (often abbreviated as MNF) is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games that primarily broadcast on Monday nights.

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Monty Beisel

Monty Gene Beisel (born August 20, 1978) is a former American football linebacker.

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Morgan Pressel

Morgan Pressel (born May 23, 1988) is an American professional golfer and golf commentator who played on the LPGA Tour.

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Most valuable player

In team sports, a most valuable player award (abbreviated MVP award) is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particular competition, or on a specific team.

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Motherwell F.C.

Motherwell Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, which plays in the Scottish Premiership.

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Motorcycle racing

The motorcycle sport of racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) includes motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing.

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Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.

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Mundaka

Mundaka (Mundaca) is a town and municipality located in the province of, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in northern Spain.

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Nadia Petrova

Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova (Надежда Викторовна Петрова; born 8 June 1982) is a Russian former professional tennis player.

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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

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The Navy Midshipmen football team represents the United States Naval Academy in NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) college football.

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NEC Nijmegen

NEC Nijmegen (Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie), commonly known as NEC, is a professional Dutch association football club based in Nijmegen.

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Net run rate

Net run rate (NRR) is a statistical method used in analysing teamwork and/or performance in cricket.

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New England Patriots

The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area.

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The New Mexico Lobos football team is the intercollegiate football team at the University of New Mexico.

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New Orleans Saints

The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans.

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New York Giants

The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.

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New York Jets

The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.

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New York Rangers

The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City.

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New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh in 2008–09

The New Zealand cricket team toured Bangladesh for two Test matches and three One Day International (ODI) matches in 2008–09.

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NFC North

The National Football Conference – Northern Division or NFC North is one of the four divisions of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).

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NFC South

The National Football Conference – Southern Division or NFC South is one of the four divisions of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).

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Nick Weatherspoon

Nick Levoter Weatherspoon (July 20, 1950 – October 17, 2008) was an American professional basketball player.

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Nicky Hayden

Nicholas Patrick Hayden (July 30, 1981 May 22, 2017), nicknamed "The Kentucky Kid", was an American professional motorcycle racer who won the MotoGP World Championship in 2006.

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Noriyuki Haga

is a Japanese former professional motorcycle racer.

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O. J. Simpson

Orenthal James Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024) was an American football player, actor, and media personality who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills.

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O. J. Simpson robbery case

State of Nevada v. Orenthal James Simpson, et al, Case Number: 07C237890-4. was a criminal case prosecuted in 2007–2008 in the U.S. state of Nevada, primarily involving the retired American football player O. J. Simpson.

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O2 Arena (Prague)

O2 Arena (formerly Sazka Arena, stylised as O2 arena) is a multi-purpose arena, in Prague, Czech Republic.

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Oakland Raiders

The Oakland Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Oakland from its founding in 1960 to 1981 and again from 1995 to 2019 before relocating to the Las Vegas metropolitan area where they now play as the Las Vegas Raiders.

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Ohio

Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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The Ohio Bobcats football team is a major intercollegiate varsity sports program of Ohio University.

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Ohio Stadium

Ohio Stadium is an American football stadium in Columbus, Ohio, on the campus of Ohio State University.

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Okayama International Circuit

Okayama International Circuit (岡山国際サーキット), formerly known as TI Circuit Aida (TIサーキット英田) before 2005, is a private motorsport race track in Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

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Old Trafford

Old Trafford is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and the home of Manchester United.

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Olimpia Milano

Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy.

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Olivier Schoenfelder

Olivier Schoenfelder (born 30 November 1977) is a French retired ice dancer and coach.

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Olympiacos B.C.

Olympiacos B.C. (ΚΑΕ Ολυμπιακός Σ.Φ.Π.), commonly referred to as Olympiacos and Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional basketball club based in Piraeus, part of the major multi-sport club, Olympiacos CFP.

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Olympiacos F.C.

Olympiacos F.C. (ΠΑΕ Ολυμπιακός Σ.Φ.Π.), known simply as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional football club based in Piraeus.

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Olympique de Marseille

Olympique de Marseille (Olimpic de Marselha), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM, is a French professional football club based in Marseille that competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football.

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Olympique Lyonnais

Olympique Lyonnais, commonly referred to as simply Lyon or OL, is a French professional football club based in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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One Day International

A One Day International (ODI) is a form of 50 overs limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 7 hours.

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Ontario University Athletics

Ontario University Athletics (OUA; Sports universitaires de l'Ontario) is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public and the media.

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Ottawa Gee-Gees

The Ottawa Gee-Gees (Gee-Gees d'Ottawa) are the athletic teams that represent the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario.

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Ottawa Senators

The Ottawa Senators (Sénateurs d'Ottawa), officially the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and colloquially known as the Sens, are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa.

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Overtime (sports)

Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same.

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Own goal

An own goal occurs in sports when a player performs actions that result in scoring points for the opposition, such as when a footballer puts a ball into their own net.

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Pablo Montes (athlete)

Pablo Montes Casanova (November 23, 1945 in Havana – October 26, 2008) was a Cuban sprinter.

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Panathinaikos B.C.

Panathinaikos B.C. (ΚΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός), also known simply as Panathinaikos, currently also known as Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens for sponsorship reasons, is the professional basketball team of the major Athens-based multi-sport club Panathinaikos A.O.

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Panathinaikos F.C.

Panathinaikos Football Club (ΠΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός Α.Ο.), known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, Panathinaikos A.O. or PAO (Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος; Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos), is a Greek professional football club based in Athens, Greece.

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Panionios B.C.

Panionios B.C. (Greek: Πανιώνιος KAE), known in European competitions as Panionios Athens is the Greek professional basketball club that is based in Nea Smyrni, and that plays its home games in Palaio Faliro, Greece.

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Paris Saint-Germain F.C.

Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain or simply PSG, is a professional football club based in Paris, France.

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Parramatta Stadium

Parramatta Stadium was a sports stadium in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, west of Sydney CBD.

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Pat Burrell

Patrick Brian Burrell (born October 10, 1976), nicknamed "Pat the Bat", is an American former professional baseball outfielder and current hitting coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Paul di Resta

Paul di Resta (born 16 April 1986) is a British racing driver from Scotland, competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot Sport in their LMH entry.

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Paul Menard

John Paul Christian Menard (born August 21, 1980) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No.

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Paul-Henri Mathieu

Paul-Henri Mathieu (born 12 January 1982) is a French former professional tennis player.

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Paula Creamer

Paula Creamer (born August 5, 1986)Current Biography Yearbook 2011,.

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PBC CSKA Moscow

PBC CSKA Moscow (ПБК ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian professional basketball team based in Moscow, Russia.

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Pedro Feliz

Pedro Julio Feliz (born April 27, 1975), is a Dominican former professional baseball third baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros, and St. Louis Cardinals.

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A penalty kick (commonly known as a penalty or a spot kick) is a method of restarting play in association football, in which a player is allowed to take a single shot at the goal while it is defended only by the opposing team's goalkeeper.

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In association football, a penalty shoot-out (previously known as kicks from the penalty mark) is a tie-breaking method to determine which team is awarded victory in a match that cannot end in a draw, when the score is tied after the normal time as well as extra time (if used) has expired (for example, in a FIFA World Cup, penalties are used in elimination matches; the round of 16, the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, and the final).

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Penalty shootout

The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied.

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Penrith Stadium

Penrith Stadium (also known as BlueBet Stadium under naming rights) is a rugby league and association football stadium located in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.

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Peter Hedblom

Peter Mikael Hedblom (born 20 January 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer.

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Peyton Manning

Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons.

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PFC Cherno More Varna

Cherno More (Черно море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League.

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PFC CSKA Moscow

Professional Football Club CSKA (Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English: Central Sports Club of the Army), commonly referred to as CSKA Moscow or CSKA Moskva outside of Russia, or simply as CSKA, is a Russian professional football club.

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PFC Levski Sofia

PFC Levski Sofia (ПФК Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Philadelphia Eagles

The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia.

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Philadelphia Phillies

The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia.

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Philip Rivers

Philip Michael Rivers (born December 8, 1981) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons, primarily with the Chargers franchise.

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Philipp Petzschner

Philipp Petzschner (born 24 March 1984) is a retired German professional tennis player.

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Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit

The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near Ventnor, on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia.

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Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as the Pens) are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh.

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Pittsburgh Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh.

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Plea bargain

A plea bargain (also plea agreement or plea deal) is an agreement in criminal law proceedings, whereby the prosecutor provides a concession to the defendant in exchange for a plea of guilt or nolo contendere. This may mean that the defendant will plead guilty to a less serious charge, or to one of the several charges, in return for the dismissal of other charges; or it may mean that the defendant will plead guilty to the original criminal charge in return for a more lenient sentence.

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Plzeň

Plzeň, also known in English and German as Pilsen, is a city in the Czech Republic.

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Portland Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers (colloquially known as the Blazers) are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon.

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Portsmouth F.C.

Portsmouth Football Club is a professional association football club based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

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Portugal Masters

The Portugal Masters was a European Tour men's professional golf tournament which was played for the first time in October 2007.

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The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional American football, located in Canton, Ohio.

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Procore Championship

The Procore Championship, previously the Fortinet Championship and the Safeway Open, is a professional golf tournament, part of the PGA Tour.

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PSV Eindhoven

Philips Sport Vereniging (Philips Sports Association), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven, is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands.

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Racing de Santander

Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D., also known as Racing de Santander or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system.

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Rafael Furcal

Rafael Antoni Furcal (born October 24, 1977) is a Dominican former professional baseball shortstop.

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Rally de Catalunya

The Rally Catalunya (formerly: Rallye Catalunya) is a rally competition held in Catalonia region of Spain, on the World Rally Championship schedule.

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Randy Moss

Randy Gene Moss (born February 13, 1977) is an American former football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, and San Francisco 49ers.

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Raven's Pass

Raven's Pass (foaled February 17, 2005 in Kentucky) is an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse most notable for being the first English-trained winner of the Grade I Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

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Real Madrid Baloncesto

Real Madrid Baloncesto (English: Real Madrid Basketball) is a Spanish professional basketball club that was founded in 1931, as a division of the Real Madrid CF multi sports club.

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Real Madrid CF

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.

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Red River Rivalry

The Texas–Oklahoma football rivalry is a college football rivalry game between border rivals Texas and Oklahoma.

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Regan Smith (racing driver)

Regan Lee Smith (born September 23, 1983) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and a current pit reporter for Fox NASCAR.

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Reggie Bush

Reginald Alfred Bush III (born March 2, 1985) is an American former football running back who was an on-air college football analyst for Fox Sports.

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Rickard Rydell

John Rickard Rydell (born 22 September 1967) is a retired Swedish racing driver.

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Robert Karlsson

Robert Karlsson (born 3 September 1969) is a Swedish professional golfer who has played on the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and now plays on the PGA Tour Champions.

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Robert Kubica

Robert Józef Kubica (born 7 December 1984) is a Polish racing and rally driver, competing for AF Corse in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship.

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Robin Söderling

Robin Bo Carl Söderling (born 14 August 1984) is a Swedish former professional tennis player.

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Robin Szolkowy

Robin Szolkowy (born 14 July 1979) is a retired German pair skater.

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Rockne Brubaker

Rockne Lee Brubaker, II (born June 21, 1986) is an American former competitive pair skater.

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Rodney Harrison

Rodney Scott Harrison (born December 15, 1972) is an American former football safety who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons with the San Diego Chargers and New England Patriots.

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Roger Federer

Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player.

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Roger Goodell

Roger Stokoe Goodell (born February 19, 1959) is an American businessman who has served as the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) since 2006.

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Rosenborg BK

Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg or RBK, is a Norwegian professional football club from Trondheim that plays in Eliteserien.

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Ross–Ade Stadium

Ross–Ade Stadium is a stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana, on the campus of Purdue University.

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Rugby league

Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends.

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Rugby union

Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Russian mafia

The Russian mafia, otherwise referred to as Bratva, is a collective of various organized crime related elements originating in the former Soviet Union (FSU).

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The Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represents Rutgers University in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA).

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Ryan Briscoe

Ryan John Briscoe (born 24 September 1981) is an Australian–American professional racing driver from Sydney who has predominantly raced open-wheel and sports cars in Europe and America.

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Ryan Dempster

Ryan Scott Dempster (born May 3, 1977) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, and Boston Red Sox.

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Ryan Howard

Ryan James Howard (born November 19, 1979), nicknamed "the Big Piece", is an American former professional baseball first baseman.

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Ryan Hunter-Reay

Ryan Christopher Hunter-Reay (born December 17, 1980) is a professional American racing driver best known as a winner of both the Indianapolis 500 (2014) and the IndyCar Series championship in 2012.

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Ryan Longwell

Ryan Walker Longwell (born August 16, 1974 NFLPA.com. Retrieved November 22, 2014.) is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL).

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S.C. Braga

Sporting Clube de Braga, commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga.

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S.L. Benfica

italic, commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.

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S.S. Felice Scandone

S.S. Felice Scandone was an Italian professional basketball club based in Avellino, Campania.

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Sabine Lisicki

Sabine Katharina Lisicki (born 22 September 1989) is a German professional tennis player.

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Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team.

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Sacrifice bunt

In baseball, a sacrifice bunt (also called a sacrifice hit) is a batter's act of deliberately bunting the ball, before there are two outs, in a manner that allows a baserunner to advance to another base.

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Sage Rosenfels

Sage Jamen Rosenfels (born March 6, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL).

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Salou

Salou is a municipality of the comarca of Tarragonès, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain.

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Samsung World Championship

The Samsung World Championship was an annual golf tournament played between 1980 and 2009, for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour.

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San Antonio

San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 US census.

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San Antonio Stars

The San Antonio Stars were a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

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San Diego Chargers

The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team in the National Football League (NFL).

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San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners and nicknamed the Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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San Jose Sharks

The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California.

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Santa Anita Park

Santa Anita Park is a Thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States.

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Saski Baskonia

Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia, S.A.D commonly known as Saski Baskonia and also simply as Baskonia, is a professional basketball team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.

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Sébastien Loeb

Sébastien Loeb (born 26 February 1974) is a French professional rally, racing and rallycross driver.

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Sölden

Sölden is a municipality in the Ötztal valley of Tyrol, Austria.

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SC Heerenveen

Sportclub Heerenveen (West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch professional football club from Heerenveen.

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Scott Dixon

Scott Ronald Dixon (born 22 July 1980) is a New Zealand racing driver who races the 9 Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) Dallara DW12-Honda car in the IndyCar Series.

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Scottsdale, Arizona

Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area.

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Scuderia Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari is the racing division of luxury Italian auto manufacturer Ferrari and the racing team that competes in Formula One racing.

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Seattle Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle.

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Sebastian Janikowski

Sebastian Paweł Janikowski (born March 2, 1978) is a Polish-born former American football placekicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Oakland Raiders.

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Senior major golf championships

Men's professional senior golf is for players aged 50 and above.

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Senior Players Championship

The Senior Players Championship, stylised by the PGA Tour as The SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, is one of the five major championships on golf's PGA Tour Champions.

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Sepang International Circuit

Sepang International Circuit (Litar Antarabangsa Sepang) (known as Petronas Sepang International Circuit for commercial reasons), is a motorsport race track in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia.

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Sergio García

Sergio García Fernández (born 9 January 1980) is a Spanish professional golfer.

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Sergio Hernández (racing driver)

Sergio Hernández von Rekowski (born 6 December 1983, Xàbia) is a Spanish racing driver, best known for having competed in the World Touring Car Championship.

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Seth Petruzelli

Seth Christopher Petruzelli (born December 3, 1979) is an American retired mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler and entrepreneur.

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Seve Ballesteros

Severiano Ballesteros Sota (9 April 1957 – 7 May 2011) was a Spanish professional golfer, a World No. 1 who was one of the sport's leading figures from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s.

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Sevilla FC

Sevilla Fútbol Club is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.

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Shane Victorino

Shane Patrick Victorino (born November 30, 1980), nicknamed "the Flyin' Hawaiian", is an American former professional baseball outfielder.

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Shanghai International Circuit

The Shanghai International Circuit, also called the SAIC Shanghai International Circuit for sponsorship purposes, is a motorsport race track, situated in the Jiading District, Shanghai, China.

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Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium

The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS; শের-ই-বাংলা জাতীয় ক্রিকেট স্টেডিয়াম), also called Mirpur Stadium, is an International cricket ground at Mirpur, in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

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Shooting sports

Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as handguns, rifles and shotguns) and bows/crossbows.

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Shriners Children's Open

The Shriners Children's Open is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour in Nevada.

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Sid Hudson

Sidney Charles Hudson (January 3, 1915 – October 10, 2008) was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators (1940–42, 1946–52) and Boston Red Sox (1952–54) who had a lengthy post-playing career as a pitching coach and scout.

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Sinead Kerr

Sinead Houston Kerr (born 30 August 1978) is a Scottish former competitive ice dancer who represented Great Britain.

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Single (baseball)

In baseball, a single is the most common type of base hit, accomplished through the act of a batter safely reaching first base by hitting a fair ball (thus becoming a runner) and getting to first base before a fielder puts him out.

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SK Brann

Sportsklubben Brann is a Norwegian professional football club based in Bergen.

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SK Slavia Prague

Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague.

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SLUC Nancy Basket

Stade Lorrain Université Club Nancy Basket, commonly referred to as SLUC Nancy Basket, is a French professional basketball club based in Nancy.

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The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team representing Southern Methodist University (SMU) in University Park in Dallas County, Texas.

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Sorana Cîrstea

Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player.

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Sporting CP

Sporting Clube de Portugal, otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,, Michael Cox, The Athletic, 16 March 2023 is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon.

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SSC Napoli

Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli is an Italian professional football club based in the city of Naples that plays in Serie A, the top flight of Italian football.

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St George's Park Cricket Ground

St George's Park Cricket Ground (commonly known as St George's Park, Crusaders Ground or simply Crusaders) is a cricket ground in St George's Park, South Africa.

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St Helens R.F.C.

St Helens R.F.C., commonly known as Saints, is a professional rugby league club in St Helens, Merseyside, England.

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St. Louis Rams

The St.

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Stade Rennais F.C.

Stade Rennais Football Club (SRFC), commonly referred to as Stade Rennais (Stad Roazhon) or simply Rennes,Rennais and Stade Rennes, used by some English-speaking media outlets and journalists, are not grammatically correct names for the club.

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Stadium Australia

Stadium Australia, commercially known as Accor Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Sydney Olympic Park, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Standard Liège

Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Standard Luik; Standard Lüttich) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège.

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Stardom Bound

Stardom Bound (foaled in Kentucky on April 9, 2006) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2008 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and the Eclipse Award for Champion 2-Year-Old Filly.

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Steve Young

Jon Steven Young (born October 11, 1961) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, most notably with the San Francisco 49ers.

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Stuttgart

Stuttgart (Swabian: italics) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

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Sunrise, Florida

Sunrise is a city in central-western Broward County, Florida, United States, and is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area.

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Surfers Paradise, Queensland

Surfers Paradise is a town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

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Surfing

Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore.

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Suzann Pettersen

Suzann Pettersen (born 7 April 1981) is a retired Norwegian professional golfer.

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SV Werder Bremen

Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V., commonly known as Werder Bremen, Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.

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The Sydney Football Stadium, commercially known as Allianz Stadium and previously Aussie Stadium, was a football stadium in the Moore Park suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Takahiko Kozuka

is a former competitive Japanese figure skater.

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Talladega Superspeedway

Talladega Superspeedway (formerly named Alabama International Motor Speedway from 1969 to 1989) is a tri-oval superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (colloquially known as the Bucs) are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida.

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Tampa Bay Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida.

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Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in the Tampa Bay area.

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Tanith Belbin White

Tanith Jessica Louise Belbin White (born July 11, 1984) is a Canadian American ice dancer and Olympic program host for NBC Sports.

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Tanja Poutiainen

Tanja Tuulia Poutiainen (born 6 April 1980) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Finland.

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Tashkent

Tashkent, or Toshkent in Uzbek, is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan.

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Tax evasion

Tax evasion is an illegal attempt to defeat the imposition of taxes by individuals, corporations, trusts, and others.

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Ted Ligety

Theodore Sharp Ligety (born August 31, 1984) is a retired American alpine ski racer, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and an entrepreneur, having cofounded Shred Optics.

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Tennessee Titans

The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Test cricket

Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at the international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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Texas Rangers (baseball)

The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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Thomas Quinn Jones (born August 19, 1978) is an American actor and former professional football player.

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Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and up, and contested on dirt usually at a distance of miles.

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Timo Scheider

Timo Scheider (born 10 November 1978 in Lahnstein) is a German racing driver who competes in the FIA World Rallycross Championship for Münnich Motorsport.

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Timonium, Maryland

Timonium is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.

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The Toledo Rockets football team is a college football program in Division I FBS, representing the University of Toledo.

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Tom Cable

Thomas Lee Cable Jr. (born November 26, 1964) is an American football coach who last was the offensive line coach for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL), and who had been head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 2008 to 2010.

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Tom Coronel

Tom Romeo Coronel (born 5 April 1972) is a Dutch professional racing driver.

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Tom Tresh

Thomas Michael Tresh (September 20, 1938 – October 15, 2008) was an American professional baseball infielder and outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (–) and Detroit Tigers.

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Tomáš Berdych

Tomáš Berdych (born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player.

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Tommy Bowden

Tommy Pearce Bowden (born July 10, 1954) is a former American football coach.

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Tony Romo

Antonio Ramiro Romo (born April 21, 1980) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys.

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Tony Stewart

Anthony Wayne Stewart (born May 20, 1971), nicknamed "Smoke", is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver, and current NASCAR team co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing.

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Toronto Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto.

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Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto.

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Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, (commonly referred to as simply Tottenham,,, or Spurs), is a professional football club based in Tottenham, North London, England.

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Tour de Corse

The Tour de Corse is a rally first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica.

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Trent Edwards

Trent Addison Edwards (born October 30, 1983) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL).

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Troy Bayliss

Troy Andrew Bayliss (born 30 March 1969 in Taree, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian motorcycle racer.

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Troy Corser

Troy Gordon Corser (born 27 November 1971) is an Australian former professional motorcycle road racer.

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The Tulsa Golden Hurricane football program represents the University of Tulsa in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level.

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Turning Stone Resort Championship

The Turning Stone Resort Championship was a PGA Tour professional golf tournament, first played from September 20–23, 2007.

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Tyrone Willingham

Lionel Tyrone Willingham (born December 30, 1953) is a former American football player and coach.

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U Sports football is the highest level of amateur play of Canadian football and operates under the auspices of U Sports, Canada's governing body for university sports.

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UC Sampdoria

Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria, is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria.

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Udinese Calcio

Udinese Calcio ("Udinese Football") is a professional football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.

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UEFA Women's Euro 2009

The 2009 UEFA Women's Championship, or just Women's Euro 2009, was played in Finland between 23 August and 10 September 2009.

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United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (in case citations, S.D. Fla. or S.D. Fl.) is the federal United States district court with territorial jurisdiction over the southern part of the state of Florida.

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Urawa Red Diamonds

The, colloquially Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ, Urawa Rezzu), also known as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club from April 1992 to January 1996, are a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan.

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Utah State Aggies

The Utah State Aggies are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Utah State University, located in Logan.

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Valencia CF

Valencia Club de Fútbol (València Club de Futbol), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia), is a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spanish league system.

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Valentin Bubukin

Valentin Borisovich Bubukin (Валентин Борисович Бубукин; 23 April 1933 – 30 October 2008) was a Soviet/Russian footballer.

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Valentino Rossi

Valentino Rossi (born 16 February 1979) is an Italian racing driver, former professional motorcycle road racer and nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion.

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Valero Texas Open

The Texas Open, known as the Valero Texas Open for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played near San Antonio, Texas.

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Vancouver Canucks

The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver.

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The Vanderbilt Commodores football program represents Vanderbilt University in the sport of American football.

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Ventura (horse)

Ventura (January 31, 2004) is a thoroughbred racehorse who competed in the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Venus Williams

Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player.

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Vera Zvonareva

Vera Igorevna Zvonareva (Also transliterated as Zvonaryova|p.

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Verona, New York

Verona (called Te-o-na-ta-le, "pine forest" by the Haudenosaunee) is a town in southwestern Oneida County, New York, United States.

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VfB Stuttgart

Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg.

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VfL Wolfsburg

Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony.

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Vilamoura

Vilamoura is a coastal luxury resort in the Loulé municipality in Algarve, Portugal.

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Villarreal CF

Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF, is a Spanish professional football club based in Villarreal, in the Castellón province of eastern Spain, that plays in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Virtus Roma

Virtus Roma 1960, commonly known as Virtus Roma, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Rome, Lazio.

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Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster, a former five-time World Chess Champion and a record two-time Chess World Cup Champion.

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Vitória F.C.

Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional sports club based in the city of Setúbal.

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Vitória S.C.

Vitória Sport Clube, popularly known as Vitória de Guimarães, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top-flight of football in Portugal.

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Vladimir Kramnik

Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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VVS Laxman

Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman (born 1 November 1974) is a former Indian international cricketer and a former cricket commentator and pundit.

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Walk-off home run

In baseball, a walk-off home run is a home run that ends the game.

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Washington Commanders

The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area.

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Wayne Rooney

Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle.

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Wellington Regional Stadium

Wellington Regional Stadium (known commercially as Sky Stadium through naming rights) is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand.

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The Wellington Rugby Football Union (known as the Wellington Lions for competition reasons) are a New Zealand governing body of rugby union in the New Zealand province of Wellington Region.

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Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium (sometimes referred to as The New Wembley and branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is an association football stadium in Wembley, London.

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White and Black in chess

In chess, the player who moves first is called White and the player who moves second is called Black.

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Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks

The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, commonly shortened to Laurier Golden Hawks, is the name used by the varsity sports teams of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

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Willows Sports Complex

The Willows Sports Complex (last known as 1300SMILES Stadium due to naming rights) was a grass football stadium situated in Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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Winter sports

Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice.

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Wisła Kraków

Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków, is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków.

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WNBA Most Valuable Player Award

The Women's National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season in 1997.

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WNBA Rookie of the Year Award

The Women's National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the 1998 WNBA season, to the top rookie of the regular season.

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Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league based in the United States.

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World Chess Championship 2008

The World Chess Championship 2008 was a best-of-twelve-games match between the incumbent World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand, and the previous World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik.

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World Series

The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada.

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World Series Most Valuable Player Award

The Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is given to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player deemed to have the most impact on his team's performance in the World Series, which is the final round of the MLB postseason.

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World Surf League

The World Surf League (WSL) is the governing body for professional surfers and is dedicated to showcasing the world's best talent in a variety of progressive formats.

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The Wyoming Cowboys football program represents the University of Wyoming in college football.

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Xabi Alonso

Xabier Alonso Olano (born 25 November 1981) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.

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Yani Tseng

Yani Tseng (born 23 January 1989) is a Taiwanese professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

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Yukari Nakano

is a Japanese former competitive figure skater.

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Yuna Kim

Yuna Kim (born September 5, 1990), also credited in eastern name order as Kim Yuna or Kim Yeon-a, is a South Korean retired competitive figure skater.

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Zach Johnson

Zachary Harris Johnson (born February 24, 1976) is an American professional golfer who has 12 victories on the PGA Tour, including two major championships, the 2007 Masters and the 2015 Open Championship.

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Zaheer Khan

Zaheer Khan (born 8 October 1978) is an Indian former professional cricketer who played all forms of the game for the Indian national team from 2000 till 2014.

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Zenyatta

Zenyatta (foaled April 1, 2004) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Classic and Breeders' Cup Distaff and 19 of her 20 starts.

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Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium

Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (জহুর আহমেদ চৌধুরী স্টেডিয়াম), abbreviated as ZAC Stadium or ZACS and previously known as Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, is a cricket stadium located in the port city of Chattogram, in south-eastern Bangladesh.

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Zurich

Zurich (Zürich) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich.

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10 meter running target

10 meter running target is one of the ISSF shooting events, shot with an airgun at a target that moves sideways.

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10 meter running target mixed

10 meter running target mixed is one of the ISSF shooting events, in which one shoots an airgun at a target that moves sideways.

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1908 World Series

The 1908 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1908 season.

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1977 National League Championship Series

The 1977 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five matchup between the West Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the East Division champion Philadelphia Phillies.

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1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season

The 1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 37th season of the franchise (going back to their days as the Syracuse Nationals) and their 20th season in Philadelphia.

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1985 American League Championship Series

The 1985 American League Championship Series was played between the Kansas City Royals and the Toronto Blue Jays from October 8 to 16.

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1993 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1993 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 111th season in the history of the franchise.

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1993 World Series

The 1993 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) season.

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1996 American League Division Series

The 1996 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 1996 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 1, and ended on Saturday, October 5, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series.

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2000 New York Yankees season

The 2000 New York Yankees season was the 98th season for the Yankees.

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2002 FIFA World Cup

The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea/Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football world championship for men's national teams organized by FIFA.

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2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament.

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2007 Miami Dolphins season

The 2007 season was the Miami Dolphins' 38th season in the National Football League, their 42nd overall, their the third and final under general manager Randy Mueller and first and only under head coach Cam Cameron.

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2007 World Series

The 2007 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2007 season.

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2007–08 ICC Intercontinental Cup

The 2007–08 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the fourth ICC Intercontinental Cup tournament, an international first-class cricket tournament between nations who have not been awarded Test status by the International Cricket Council.

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2007–08 UEFA Cup

The 2007–08 UEFA Cup was the 37th edition of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's former second-tier club football tournament.

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2008 AFC Champions League

The 2008 AFC Champions League was the 27th AFC Champions League, the top-level Asian club football tournament, and the 6th under the current AFC Champions League title.

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2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships

The 2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts.

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The 2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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2008 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan 2008, part of the 2008 Swedish football season, was the 84th Allsvenskan season played.

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2008 American League Championship Series

The 2008 American League Championship Series (ALCS), the second round of the 2008 American League playoffs, was a best-of-seven series matching the two winners of the American League Division Series.

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2008 American League Division Series

The 2008 American League Division Series (ALDS), the first round of the 2008 American League playoffs, consisted of two best-of-five series to determine the two participants in the 2008 American League Championship Series.

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2008 AMP Energy 500

The 2008 AMP Energy 500 was the 30th stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the fourth in the ten-race, season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup.

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The 2008 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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The 2008 Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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The 2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2008 football season.

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2008 Associates Tri-Series in Kenya

The 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Kenya is a One Day International cricket tournament which was held in Kenya from October 17 to October 25, 2008.

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2008 ATP Tour

The 2008 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2008 tennis season.

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The 2008 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University during 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship.

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2008 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy

The 2008 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts.

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2008 Bank of America 500

The 2008 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 11, 2008 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

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The 2008 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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The 2008 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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2008 Breeders' Cup

The 2008 Breeders' Cup World Championships was the 25th edition of the premier event of the North American Thoroughbred horse racing year.

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The 2008 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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2008 CAF Champions League

The 2008 CAF Champions League was the 44th edition of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

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2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 52nd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on May 8 and ended on December 7.

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2008 CFL season

The 2008 CFL season was the 55th season of modern-day Canadian football, the 51st season for the Canadian Football League.

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2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup

The 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup was contested in the final ten races of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series to determine a champion.

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2008 Chinese Grand Prix

The 2008 Chinese Grand Prix (officially the 2008 Formula 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 19 October 2008 at the Shanghai International Circuit.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Chinese Grand Prix

The 2008 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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The 2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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The 2008 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Big East Conference.

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2008 Davidoff Swiss Indoors

The 2008 Davidoff Swiss Indoors was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts.

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2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

The 2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-second season of premier German touring car championship and also ninth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000.

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2008 FIA GT Championship

The 2008 FIA GT Championship season was the twelfth season of the FIA GT Championship.

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2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup

The 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the sixth edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA.

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2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – second round

The 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup second round took place from 11 October to 14 October 2008.

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2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the first women's football edition of the U-17 World Cup.

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The 2008 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Florida Gators football team

2008 Formula One World Championship

The 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 62nd season of Formula One motor racing, recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) – the governing body of motorsport – as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars.

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2008 Fortis Championships Luxembourg

The 2008 Fortis Championships Luxembourg was a women's tennis tournament on indoor hard courts.

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The 2008 Fresno State football team (variously "Fresno State" or "the 'Dogs") represented California State University, Fresno in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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2008 Generali Ladies Linz

The 2008 Generali Ladies Linz was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts.

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The 2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team competed in American football on behalf of the University of Georgia in 2008.

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The 2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon

The 2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts.

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2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 60th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

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The 2008 Hawaii Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Hawaii Warriors football team

2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Four

The 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Four is a cricket tournament in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which took place between 4 and 11 October 2008 as a part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Four

2008 If Stockholm Open

The 2008 If Stockholm Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts.

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2008 in basketball

Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels. October 2008 in sports and 2008 in basketball are 2008 in sports.

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2008 in golf

This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2008. October 2008 in sports and 2008 in golf are 2008 in sports.

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The 2008 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana University Bloomington during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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2008 IndyCar Series

The 2008 IndyCar Series was the 13th season of the IndyCar Series.

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2008 J.League Division 1

The 2008 J.League Division 1 season is the 44th season of the top-flight club football in Japan and the 16th season since the establishment of J1 League.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 J.League Division 1

2008 Japanese Grand Prix

The 2008 Japanese Grand Prix (officially the 2008 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 12 October 2008, at the Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan.

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The 2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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The 2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team (variously "K-State" or "KSU") represented Kansas State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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The 2008 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the college football season of 2008–2009.

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2008 Kremlin Cup

The 2008 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts.

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The 2008 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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2008 LPGA Tour

The 2008 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2008.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 LPGA Tour

The 2008 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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2008 Magny-Cours Superbike World Championship round

The 2008 Magny-Cours Superbike World Championship round was the thirteenth round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Magny-Cours Superbike World Championship round

2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 79th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

2008 Major League Baseball season

The 2008 Major League Baseball season began on March 25, 2008, in Tokyo, Japan with the 2007 World Series champion Boston Red Sox defeating the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome 6–5 (in 10 innings) in the first game of a two-game series, and ended on September 30 with the host Chicago White Sox defeating the Minnesota Twins in a one-game playoff to win the AL Central.

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2008 Major League Soccer season

The 2008 Major League Soccer season was the 13th season of Major League Soccer.

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2008 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Maryland Terrapins football team

The 2008 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 2008 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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The 2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University as a member of the Western Division of the Southern Conference (SEC) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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The 2008 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Missouri Tigers football team

2008 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid

The 2008 Madrid Masters (also known as the Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid

2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

The 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series was the fourteenth season of the Craftsman Truck Series, the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series

Rookie of the Year title. manufacturuer's championship. The 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series was the 27th season of the NASCAR Nationwide Series, the second-tier professional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States.

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2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Manufacturer's championship with 11 wins. The 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 60th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 37th modern-era Cup season.

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2008 National League Championship Series

The 2008 National League Championship Series (NLCS), the second round of the 2008 National League playoffs, was a best-of-seven baseball game series.

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2008 National League Division Series

The 2008 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2008 National League playoffs, began on Wednesday, October 1 and ended on Sunday, October 5, with the champions of the three NL divisions and one wild card team participating in two best-of-five series.

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Three human polls and one formulaic ranking make up the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

The 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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2008 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

The 2008 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament involved 64 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the 2007–08 national champion of women's NCAA Division I college basketball.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

The 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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2008 NFL season

The 2008 NFL season was the 89th regular season of the National Football League (NFL), themed with the slogan "Believe in Now." Super Bowl XLIII, the league's championship game, was at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on February 1, 2009, with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming out victorious over the Arizona Cardinals and winning their NFL-record sixth Vince Lombardi Trophy.

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2008 Nikon Indy 300

The 2008 Nikon Indy 300 was a non-championship Indycar exhibition race that was held as the 19th and final race of the 2008 IndyCar Series season.

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2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 59th season since the NPB was reorganized in.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 2008 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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The 2008 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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2008 NRL Grand Final

The 2008 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2008 NRL season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 NRL Grand Final

The 2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the 114th season of Sooner football.

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The 2008 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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The 2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team

2008 Open de Moselle

The 2008 Open de Moselle was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Open de Moselle

The 2008 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Oregon Ducks football team

The 2008 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

2008 Pep Boys Auto 500

The 2008 Pep Boys Auto 500, is the thirty-third race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the third to the last race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Pep Boys Auto 500

The 2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

The 2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

The 2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team

2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada

The 2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada was a tournament of Twenty20 international cricket matches that was held in Canada from 10 to 13 October 2008.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada

The 2008 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 San Jose State Spartans football team

2008 Skate America

The 2008 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Skate America

The 2008 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 South Florida Bulls football team

2008 St. Petersburg Open

The 2008 St.

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2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and officially branded as Beijing 2008, were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Super League Grand Final

The 2008 Super League Grand Final was the 11th official Grand Final and conclusive and championship-deciding match of the Super League XIII season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Super League Grand Final

2008 Superbike World Championship

The 2008 Superbike World Championship was the twenty-first season of the Superbike World Championship.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Superbike World Championship

2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000

The 2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was the twelfth running of the Australian 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000

2008 Superleague Formula season

The 2008 Superleague Formula season was the inaugural Superleague Formula championship.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Superleague Formula season

2008 Tashkent Open

The 2008 Tashkent Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Tashkent Open

The 2008 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 TCU Horned Frogs football team

The 2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 2008 Texas A&M football team (often referred to as "A&M" or the "Texas Aggies") represented Texas A&M University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team

The 2008 Texas Longhorn football team (variously "Texas" or the "Horns") represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Texas Longhorns football team

The 2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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2008 Tippeligaen

The 2008 Tippeligaen was the 64th completed season of top division football in Norway.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Tippeligaen

2008 Tums QuikPak 500

The 2008 Tums QuikPak 500 was the thirty-second stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and started off the second half of the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Tums QuikPak 500

The 2008 UCF Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 UCF Knights football team

2008 UEFA Cup final

The 2008 UEFA Cup final was a football match that took place on 14 May 2008 at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 UEFA Cup final

The 2008 USC Trojans football team (variously "Trojans" or "USC") represented the University of Southern California during the 2008 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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The 2008 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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2008 V8 Supercar Challenge

The 2008 The Coffee Club V8 Supercar Challenge is the eleventh round of the 2008 V8 Supercar season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 V8 Supercar Challenge

2008 V8 Supercar season

The 2008 V8 Supercar season was the twelfth season in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian touring car racing series.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 V8 Supercar season

2008 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2008 MotoGP championship.

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The 2008 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2008–09 college football season.

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The 2008 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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The 2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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The 2008 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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The 2008 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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The 2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team

2008 WNBA Playoffs

The 2008 WNBA Playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2008 season which ended with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Shock defeating the Western Conference champion San Antonio Silver Stars 3-0.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 WNBA Playoffs

2008 World Rally Championship

The 2008 World Rally Championship was the 36th season of the FIA World Rally Championship.

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2008 World Running Target Championships

The 2008 World Running Target Championships were separate ISSF World Shooting Championships held in Plzeň, the Czech Republic, in October 2008 as a replacement for the lost Olympic status of 10 metre running target.

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2008 World Series

The 2008 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2008 season.

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2008 World Touring Car Championship

The 2008 World Touring Car Championship season was the fifth World Touring Car Championship season, the fourth since its 2005 return.

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2008 WTA Tour

The 2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2008 tennis season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 WTA Tour

2008 Zurich Open

The 2008 TENNIS.com Zurich Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008 Zurich Open

2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season

The 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season was the fourth and final season of A1 Grand Prix.

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2008–09 Bundesliga

The 2008–09 Bundesliga was the 46th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008–09 Bundesliga

2008–09 Celtic League

The 2008–09 Celtic League (known as the 2008–09 Magners League for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth Celtic League season and the third with Magners as title sponsor.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008–09 Celtic League

2008–09 Euroleague

The 2008–09 Euroleague was the 9th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 52nd season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008–09 Euroleague

2008–09 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 43rd World Cup season began in late October 2008 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March 2009, at the World Cup finals in Åre, Sweden.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008–09 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

2008–09 GP2 Asia Series

The 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season was the second season of the GP2 Asia Series.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series

2008–09 Heineken Cup

The 2008–09 Heineken Cup was the fourteenth edition of the Heineken Cup, the annual rugby union European club competition for clubs from the top six nations in European rugby.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008–09 Heineken Cup

2008–09 season of Argentine football was the 118th season of competitive football in Argentina.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008–09 in Argentine football

2008–09 KHL season

The 2008–09 KHL season was the inaugural season of the Kontinental Hockey League.

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2008–09 La Liga

The 2008–09 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th since its establishment.

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2008–09 Ligue 1

The 2008–09 Ligue 1 season was the 71st since its establishment.

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2008–09 NBA season

The 2008–09 NBA season was the 63rd season of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

See October 2008 in sports and 2008–09 NBA season

2008–09 NHL season

The 2008–09 NHL season was the 92nd season of operation (91st season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL).

See October 2008 in sports and 2008–09 NHL season

2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup

The 2008-09 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup or known as the 2008-09 KFC PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the first conference of the 2008-09 PBA season.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup

2008–09 PBA season

The 2008–09 PBA season was the 34th season of the Philippine Basketball Association.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008–09 PBA season

2008–09 Premier League

The 2008–09 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th season since the establishment of the Premier League in 1992.

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2008–09 Premiership Rugby

The 2008–09 Guinness Premiership was the 22nd season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions, played between September 2008 and May 2009.

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2008–09 Serie A

The 2008–09 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th season of top-tier Italian football, the 77th in a round-robin tournament.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008–09 Serie A

2008–09 Top 14 season

The 2008–09 Top 14 Competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR).

See October 2008 in sports and 2008–09 Top 14 season

2008–09 UEFA Champions League

The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format.

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2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage

The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 16 September and 10 December 2008.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage

2008–09 UEFA Cup

The 2008–09 UEFA Cup was the 38th season of the UEFA Cup football tournament.

See October 2008 in sports and 2008–09 UEFA Cup

2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

The 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship began on 15 June 2009, and was the 17th UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

See October 2008 in sports and 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs

The qualification play-offs for the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship took place from 10 October to 15 October 2008.

See October 2008 in sports and 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs

2010 Africa Cup of Nations

The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football championship of Africa (CAF).

See October 2008 in sports and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations.

See October 2008 in sports and 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

The South American zone of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification saw ten teams competing for places in the finals in South Africa.

See October 2008 in sports and 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The European zone of qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup saw 53 teams competing for 13 places at the finals in South Africa.

See October 2008 in sports and 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round

The AFC fourth round of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification was decided by a random draw conducted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 27 June 2008.

See October 2008 in sports and 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round

The third round of qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup from the CONCACAF section featured the 12 winners from the second round.

See October 2008 in sports and 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round

See also

2008 in sports

• 2008 CrossFit Games
• 2008 Premios Juventud
• 2008 SAFF Championship squads
• 2008 World's Strongest Man
• 2008 in athletics (track and field)
• 2008 in baseball
• 2008 in basketball
• 2008 in chess
• 2008 in cycle racing
• 2008 in darts
• 2008 in esports
• 2008 in football
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• 2008 in modern pentathlon
• 2008 in motorsport
• 2008 in rugby league
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• 2008 in sports
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• 2008 in tennis
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• July 2008 in sports
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• November 2008 in sports
• October 2008 in sports
• September 2008 in sports

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2008_in_sports

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