European flag at victory of Europe over USA at the Ryder Cup.

The NAFC-North American Floorball Championship is an international club tournament series currently including three tournaments: Canada Cup, Falls floorball classic and USA Cup.

Perpignan is a rugby stronghold: their rugby union side, USA Perpignan, is a regular competitor in the Heineken Cup and seven times champion of the Top 14 ( most recently in 2009 ), while their rugby league side plays in the Stobart Super League under the name Catalans Dragons.

* 2002 U-20 Women's World Cup ( USA beat Canada )

The most recent Ryder Cup took place from September 28-30, 2012, at Medinah Country Club, in Illinois, USA.

They include the biennial Ryder Cup played by two teams, one representing the USA and the other representing Europe ; the biennial Presidents Cup for teams representing the USA and International ( non-European ) players ; the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship ; and the older Volvo World Match Play Championship, an invitational event which is now part of the European Tour.

Global attention turned to Fremantle when it hosted the America's Cup yachting race in 1987, after Australia was the first country to ever win the race, aside from the USA, in 1983.

After beating in the semi-final with a late free kick, they went on to a rematch against USA in the final which they won 3 – 2, after coming in 2 – 0 down at half-time, to seal their third Confederations Cup title.

* The 1994 FIFA World Cup USA archive

play home matches at Cross Green, which was the venue for the Italy v USA fixture in the 1991 Rugby World Cup.

She returned in February at the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, USA, defeating top-seeded Shahar Pe ' er in the final, her first singles title since her victory at Wimbledon in 2005.

Williams returned to the competition in the doubles match of the Fed Cup ´ s World Group II tie between USA and Belarus that was held in Worcester, MA on 4 – 5 February.

* 1979 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup held in Merced, California and won by USA

In addition, events were added in China and Taiwan, while the biennial USA – Europe team competition, the Solheim Cup was played in Ireland.

The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France ( Honore Bonnet ) and the USA ( Bob Beattie ).

However, none of the 2008 – 09 events were folded into the 2009 World Cup, as that year's World Cup fell three weeks after the USA Sevens and three weeks before the Hong Kong Sevens.

* USA Cup: 2

* 9 February — Davis Cup competition is established, the inaugural competition being called the International Lawn Tennis Challenge and involving only Great Britain and the USA.

In contrast, the largest North American community north of the circle, Sisimiut ( Greenland ), has approximately 5, 000 inhabitants, while between Canada and the USA, Barrow, Alaska is the largest settlement with circa 4, 000 inhabitants.

* 1859 – A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far away as Japan.

* 1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, is bombed, killing 168.

* Procter & Gamble is an American multinational consumer goods company headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Another successful a cappella group is Straight No Chaser ( SNC ), which is actually two separate but related groups, one of which is an a cappella, collegiate group from Indiana University in the USA.

ARIN is a nonprofit corporation with headquarters in Chantilly, Virginia, USA.

Alexandria is also known as " Small Town USA " and holds an annual festival to honor this heritage.

From 2002-2004 the Bluetooth SIG was based in Overland Park, Kansas USA and is now based in Kirkland, Washington.

The major isotope of berkelium, berkelium-249, is synthesized in minute quantities in dedicated high-flux nuclear reactors, mainly at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, USA, and at the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors in Dimitrovgrad, Russia.

In a 1996 USA Today article, Washington State zoologist John Crane said, " There is no such thing as Bigfoot.

In practice, " extraordinary " circumstance have included disagreeing with Episcopalian views of the episcopate, and as a result, ELCA pastors ordained by other pastors are not permitted to be deployed to Episcopal Churches ( they can, however, serve in Presbyterian Church USA, United Methodist Church, Reformed Church in America, and Moravian Church congregations, as the ELCA is in full communion with these denominations ).

This usage is especially common in African American churches in the USA.

In television, Campbell is known for his lead role in The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., his portrayal of Autolycus ( the King of Thieves ) in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess, and notably for his role as Sam Axe on the USA Network series Burn Notice.

Their benefit is in the right to purchase the new stock, which are valuable because the new issues are consistently underpriced to USA mutual bank conversions.

Casinos in the USA say that a player staking money won from the casino is playing with house money.

Nicaragua's legal system also is a mixture of the English Common Law and the Civil Law through the influence of British administration of the Eastern half of the country from the mid-17th century until about 1905, the William Walker period from about 1855 through 1857, USA interventions / occupations during the period from 1909 to 1933, the influence of USA institutions during the Somoza family administrations ( 1933 through 1979 ) and the considerable importation between 1979 and the present of USA culture and institutions.

Nevertheless, the usage of Treptichnus pedum, a reference ichnofossil for the lower boundary of the Cambrian, for the stratigraphic detection of this boundary is always risky because of occurrence of very similar trace fossils belonging to the Treptichnids group well below the T. pedum in Namibia, Spain and Newfoundland, and possibly, in the western USA.

In the USA Sunday is considered the first day of the week and so appears on the far left and Saturday the last day of the week appearing on the far right.

In the USA the Carboniferous is usually broken into Mississippian ( earlier ) and Pennsylvanian ( later ) Periods.

Music for the evening is typically performed by a live band, playing jigs and reels from Ireland, Scotland, Canada, or the USA.

The global money market is a USA dollar market.

The region was a major producer of raw opium ( hence the name Afyon ) until the late 1960s when under international pressure, from the USA in particular, the fields were burnt and production ceased.

USA Diving is sanctioned by the United States Olympic Committee for selecting team representatives for international diving competitions including the Olympic Games.

Of particular importance here were the USA states of Illinois and New York, under whose laws a large proportion of international financial contracts are made.

Their 2011 international karaoke competition has attracted ABC producers to help host America's karaoke competition in Las Vegas Nevada called Karaoke Battle USA.

The competition is promised to select 1 male and 1 female contestant to represent USA in the international arena.

In the USA, the November Sweepstakes, June and September VHF QSO Parties, January VHF Sweepstakes, and the ARRL International DX Contest, as well as many major international contests have designated special QRP categories.

** USA Cycling canceled the BMC Software Tour of Houston scheduled for September 16, which was a key event in that year's Pro Cycling Tour, involving elite domestic and international cyclists.

The NRA dutifully managed and financially supported international and conventional shooting sports ( i. e., National Matches ) for over 100 years until the formation of USA Shooting.

According to the International Triathlon Union, and USA Triathlon, the main international race distances are Sprint Distance, which has a swim, cycling, run ; Intermediate ( or Standard ) distance, commonly referred to as " Olympic distance " ( swim, bike, run ; the Long Course ( swim, ride, run, such as the Half Ironman ), and Ultra Distance ( swim, ride, and a full marathon: run ); the most recognized branded Ultra Distance is the Ironman triathlon.

As a result of international pressure ( France, USA, Great Britain ,...), Spain abandoned Western Sahara on Nov. 14, 1975, going so far as to even exhume Spanish corpses from cemeteries.

Louis ' comeback bout against Schmelling became an international symbol of the struggle between the USA and democracy against Nazism and Fascism.

In recent years, low international wheat prices have often encouraged farmers in the USA to change to more profitable crops.

For example, narcotics control legislation in Canada, USA, and certain other countries includes cocaine and cannabis as well as opioids ( see also conventions, international drug ).

As of June 2007 AT & T was the largest Frame Relay service provider in the USA, with local networks in 22 states, plus national and international networks.

Most such cables follow the great circle route from London, England to New York City, USA because of the high-speed requirements of international financial transactions.

In the post – Cold War world of the 21st-century, the French Socialist politician Hubert Védrine describes the USA as a hegemonic hyperpower, while the U. S. political scientists John Mearsheimer and Joseph Nye counter that the USA is not a “ true ” hegemony, because it does not have the resources to impose a proper, formal, global rule ; despite its political and military strength, the USA is economically equal to Europe, thus, cannot rule the international stage.

Establishing traceability is accomplished by a formal comparison to a standard which is directly or indirectly related to national standards ( NIST in the USA ), international standards, or certified reference materials.

Here the structural signs of competition could be coded nationally in terms of an integration in an international framework * what started as ' Bronx against Queens ' or ' East Coast against West Coast ' gradually turned into ' FRG against USA '.

It consisted of over 250 paintings by 37 artists, mostly from the UK but also with a representation of international Stuckist artists from the USA, Germany and Australia.

The USA and Western Europe have a very important agricultural sector, and are major players in international agricultural markets.