The list of ' modern ' world champions extended into the 1980s, when the sport entered the catamaran, and then the ' superboat ' era-the 1000 cubic inch total engine displacement restrictions were lifted for boats over in length, and soon three-and four-engine boats sporting F16 fighter canopies replaced the venerable vee hulls that had been the sport's top category for twenty years.

At times, sites are entered first by locals, and may sport large amounts of graffiti and other acts of vandalism.

When Adu entered United's regular-season opener as a second-half substitute on April 3, 2004, he became the youngest player in any professional sport in the United States since 1887.

Sphereing is also referred to as Orbing or Zorbing, and Zorbing entered the Concise Oxford English Dictionary in 2001 where it was defined as: " a sport in which a participant is secured inside an inner capsule in a large, transparent ball which is then rolled along the ground or down hills ".

As the sport in Britain entered a new era it would be two years before Huddersfield rose again to the top level of the game.

As the sport in Britain entered a new era, it would be ten years before Rovers rose again to the top level of the game.

He entered wrestling school because his friends were doing it, to find out that he was a natural at the sport.

He then entered journalism and became one of Brazil's most prolific sport writers.

The first of five annual races began in May 1950 and was entered by racers from all over the world representing virtually every motor sport: Formula One, sports cars, rallying, stock cars, endurance racing, hill climbing, and drag racing.

It has also entered into a partnership with the Welsh Rugby Union by which the regional franchise RGC 1404, whose primary role is developing the sport in North Wales, will have a secondary role of developing Canadian players for the national team.

In 2004, the tuner Dandy and magazine Option entered a Z33 known as the Option Dandy 380Z with a donor engine from a wrecked Stream Z minus turbocharger producing, to compete in the F / GT class for unblown grand touring sport cars at the Bonneville Speed Week.

Badminton is the only sport in which Malaysia have ever won an Olympic medal, but despite the fact they entered a top-ranked doubles team ( Choong and Lee ), and two top ten singles players, Wong Choong Hann and Lee Chong Wei, they were unable to add to their medal total.

As the sport in England entered a new era, Bradford rose to prominence.

As the sport in Britain entered a new era, controversy was sparked in the city of Hull when it was suggested that Hull should merge with Hull Kingston Rovers to form ' Humberside '.

As the sport in Britain entered a new era, it was eight years before Leigh gained promotion to the top level of the game.

As the sport in Britain entered a new era, it would be three years before Wakefield rose again to the top level of the game.

For 1975, the Century GS, or " gran sport " entered its third and final year on the Colonnade body.

Just before his death he was appointed manager of the sport section for the Swedish Wrestling Federation, an office he would have entered on January 1, 2005.

Trinity's shareholders voted 2: 1 in favour of a merger but Featherstone's members voted against and as the sport in Britain entered a new era, an independent Castleford competed in Super League I.

Since retiring from the sport, Leonard has entered into the construction business while also maintaining a successful career as an after-dinner speaker.

With finances already a huge problem, Foitek's withdrawal was the final straw and the team would ultimately not see out the championship, wrapping up operations at the Hungarian Grand Prix in a sad ending for a team that had entered the sport with such promise and potential.

Also in 2009, Rugby Canada entered into a partnership with the Welsh Rugby Union by which the new Welsh regional side RGC 1404, created to develop the sport in North Wales, would also include a number of young Canadian players.

He was a multiple sport star at Port Huron High School, but bad grades temporarily derailed his college plans and he entered a private school, earning letters in football, basketball, and baseball at St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin.

Beginning the sport at age 22, he entered nearly 7 years later than many non-college aspirants.

A new waterfront site for the bureau is now being built at Atlantic City, New Jersey, to provide the most modern marine testing facilities as a further tool to keep the sport safe.

The modern Olympic movement revived interest in amateur sports, and amateur boxing became an Olympic sport in 1908.

Three of the best-known figures in the sport are George Sappenfield, who privately called the game " Basket Frisbee ", " Steady Ed " Headrick who introduced the first formal disc golf target with chains and a basket, and Dave Dunipace who invented the modern golf disc.

The discus throw is a routine part of most modern track and field meets at all levels and is a sport which is particularly iconic of the Olympic Games.

The first club was in 1849 at Blackheath in south-east London, but the modern rules grew out of a version played by Middlesex cricket clubs for winter sport.

While the game's origins may lie elsewhere, Montreal is at the centre of the development of the modern sport of ice hockey.

is a modern martial art, combat and Olympic sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano.

However in terms of modern competition, it was during the 1950s that a Japanese karateka named Tatsuo Yamada first established an outline of a new sport that combined karate and muay thai.

They are rather contemporary regional sports that coexist with the modern forms of martial arts sports as they have developed since the 19th century, often including cross-fertilization between sports and folk styles ; thus, the traditional Thai style of Muay Boran developed into the modern national sport of Muay Thai, which in turn came to be practiced worldwide and contributed significantly to modern hybrid styles like kickboxing and mixed martial arts.

Hence it can rightly claim to have introduced offshore powerboat racing to the rest of the world outside the United States where the modern sport was launched with the first Miami-Nassau Race in 1956.

Scholars note that Petrarch's letter to Dionigi displays a strikingly " modern " attitude of aesthetic gratification in the grandeur of the scenery and is still often cited in books and journals devoted to the sport of mountaineering.

The unique form of sport portrayed is fundamentally based on classical and " catch " wrestling, with modern additions of striking attacks, strength-based holds and throws, and acrobatic maneuvers ; much of these derive from the influence of various international martial arts.

Although rowing's roots as a sport in the modern Olympics can be traced back to the original 1896 games in Athens, it was not until the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal that women were allowed to participate — well after their fellow athletes in similar sports such as swimming, athletics, cycling, and canoeing.

By the 19th century, swords were reduced to the status of either ceremonial weapon or sport equipment in modern fencing.

The two key historical figures in the history of the shift from street-fighting to the modern sport of savate are Michel Casseux ( also known as le Pisseux ( 1794 – 1869 ), a French pharmacist, and Charles Lecour ( 1808 – 1894 ).

Re-construction of these older systems may or may not be performed by practitioners familiar with the modern sport and is not at present likely to be particularly widespread.

As a formalised sport, swimming features in a range of local, national and international competitions, including featuring in every modern summer Olympics.

Today, the modern sport of weightlifting traces its origins to the European competitions of the 19th century.

By the middle of the century large ' jacht ' fleets were found around the Dutch coast and the Dutch states organised large ' reviews ' of private and war yachts for special occasions, thus putting in place the groundwork for the modern sport of yachting.

Historical, subsistence, and sport hunting techniques can differ radically, with modern hunting regulations often addressing issues of where, when, and how hunts are conducted.

The sport emerged in its recognizable modern form, featuring circular or oval tracks, with the invention of the mechanical or artificial hare in 1912 by Owen Patrick Smith.