Rugby test matches hold a significant place in the sports calendar of Australia, and has even at times become highly politicised ; during the 1970s, in a significant move against South Africa's apartheid regime, many Australians ( including Wallabies ) demonstrated against tours by the racially selected South African team.

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The Punjab Education Department has introduced gatka into the school sports calenders in the state, while the School Games Federation Of India also incorporated gatka into the 56th national school games calendar 2011-2012.

In 2008, Lucozade Sport also became the official sports nutrition supplier of the Lawn Tennis Association in the United Kingdom and will show up at most professional events in the British tennis calendar.

Hamilton has a host of excellent beaches which provide many opportunities for water sports including surfing, wind surfing, water skiing, jet skiing, sailing and diving, however the highlight of the calendar is the Bermuda Gold Cup ( or Argo Group Gold Cup as it is currently known ) a sailing event which is a key stage of the World Match Racing Tour one of only three sailing championships to be sanctioned by the International Sailing Federation ( ISAF ) with ' Special Event ' status.

As for extracurricular activities, UPR-Carolina has an extensive calendar of sporting and cultural activities throughout the year, with the Student Choir, University Band, Circle Theater, Ensemble Jazz and Popular Music and several prominent sports teams.

For the first three years the race was run for two-seater sports cars and was a fairly minor constituent in the European racing calendar.

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Estoril was dropped from the F1 calendar for the 1997 season, though it continued to play host to top-level single-seater, sports car and touring car events, including the FIA GT Championship, the DTM and the World Series by Renault.

Held every February, RAG Week is one of the biggest weeks in the LSESU calendar where every society, sports club and media outlet comes together in an effort to raise as much money as possible for charitable causes.

The other important date in the sports calendar is the college Annual Sports Day.

Montreal's Cup win, coupled with Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays ' World Series win later that year, marked the only time two Canadian big league sports teams won their respective league championships in the same calendar year.

BASE jumping is significantly more dangerous than similar sports such as skydiving from aircraft, and is currently regarded by many as a fringe extreme sport or stunt.

Anheuser-Busch has introduced many can designs with co-branding and sports marketing promotional packaging.

Though celebrities come from many different working fields, most celebrities are typically associated with individuals that come from the fields of sports and entertainment or a person who is a public figure in that is commonly recognizable in mass media.

For instance, basketball legend, Michael Jordan became an active entrepreneur involved with many sports related ventures including investing a minority stake in the Charlotte Bobcats, Paul Newman started his own salad dressing business after leaving behind a distinguished acting career, or rap musician, Birdman started his own record label, clothing line, and an oil business.

The study asserted that contrary to many perceptions, cheerleading injuries are in line with other female sports.

In addition to the traditional American team sports ( football, basketball, baseball, and ice hockey ), Dartmouth competes at the varsity level in many other sports including track and field, sailing, tennis, rowing, soccer, skiing, and lacrosse.

There are many forms of entertainment, including cinema, theatre, sports, games and social dance.

When the term first surfaced circa the late 1980s / early 1990s, it was used for adult sports such as skydiving, scuba diving, surfing, rock climbing, snow skiing, water skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking, mountaineering, storm chasing, hang gliding, and bungee jumping, many of which were then growing in popularity.

Many early players were introduced to the game by these sports journalists, especially during the 1981 Major League Baseball strike ; with little else to write about, many baseball writers wrote columns about Rotisserie league.

While fantasy sports were fueled by the dot-com boom of the Internet, there was a turbulent period when many of the high-flying Internet companies of the era crashed in 2001.

Because field hockey teams have one goalkeeper plus ten outfield players as does association football ( soccer ), there are many common formations between the two sports.

This was a highly controversial idea, as many Boston area sports fans consider Fenway Park to be sacred ground, and demolishing the old park would have caused a significant outcry ( as did the closure and later demolition of Tiger Stadium that same year after decades of grassroots efforts to try to save it ).

The island has many schools and courses dedicated to teaching these sports.

Guatemala City possesses several sportsgrounds and is home to many sports clubs.

Betting on team sports has become an important service industry in many countries.

In addition to organized sports betting, both legal and illegal, there are many side-betting games played by casual groups of spectators, such as NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket Pools, Super Bowl Squares, Fantasy Sports Leagues with monetary entry fees and winnings, and in-person spectator games like Moundball.

Grappling is a general term that covers techniques used in many disciplines, styles and martial arts that are practiced both as combat sports and for self defense.

Starting with the 1997-1998 season, Indiana established a controversial four-class system for its basketball championship, although many other sports remain single-class.

The result of the game was surprising to many in the sports media as Joe Namath and Matt Snell led Jets to the Super Bowl victory, under head coach Weeb Ewbank, who won two NFL Championships with the Colts.

Because of this, many physicians advise against sports involving knockouts.

The site is owned by Cardiff Athletic Club and has been host to many sports, apart from rugby union and cricket ; they include athletics, association football, greyhound racing, tennis, British baseball and boxing.

The MX-5 has won many awards including Wheels Magazine's Car of the Year for 1989 and 2005 ; Sports Car Internationals " best sports car of the 1990s " and " ten best sports cars of all time "; 2005 – 2006 Car of the Year Japan ; and 2005 Australian Car of the Year.

Although Mazda's concept was for the MX-5 to be an inexpensive sports car, the market proved extremely eager for it ; the car became an overnight novelty, resulting in many dealers placing customers on lists for pre-order due to the demand exceeding the anticipated supply.

The CTCA program of activities was profuse: William Farnum and Mary Pickford on the screen, Elsie Janis and Harry Lauder on the stage, books provided by the American Library Association, full equipment for games and sports -- except that no `` bones '' were furnished for the all-time favorite pastime played on any floor and known as `` African golf ''.

But with the exception of professional athletes, few contact sports and physical education activities in our schools have any carryover in the adult life of the average American man or woman.

* 1932 – Lamar Hunt, American sports executive ( d. 2006 )

It was used as entrance music by various American sports teams, most notably by the Chicago Bulls during their 1990s NBA dynasty.

The Atlanta Falcons hold the record among all major American sports leagues for the longest streak of seasons without consecutive winning seasons, a streak that lasted from 1966 – 2008.

This was the first major professional sports championship for the state of Arizona and the first for a team ( in the four major North American professional sports leagues ) owned or controlled by Colangelo, whose basketball Suns made it to the NBA Finals in 1976 and 1993 but lost both times.

During its final two years of existence, the AFL teams won upset victories over the NFL teams in Super Bowl III and IV, the former New York Jets victory was considered one of the biggest upsets in American sports history.

* 1951 – Bob Varsha, American sports commentator

* 1996 – Jimmy Snyder, American sports commentator and bookie ( b. 1919 )

Today known as the Chicago Cubs, they are the oldest team in American organized sports.

Red Sox history has also been marked by the team's intense rivalry with the New York Yankees, arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports.

This proposal also included the banning of amphetamines, a first for the major North American sports leagues.

Mike Brown, the team's de facto general manager, was rated as among the worst team owners in American professional sports Compounding matters were off-field problems of several players, notably receiver Chris Henry, who was suspended several times during his short professional career and was actually released by the Bengals at one point, but was then re-signed for the season.

The Cubs have not won the World Series in years, a longer championship drought than that of any other major North American professional sports team,

This makes the Cubs, along with the Braves who were also founded in 1871, one of the two oldest active teams in major North American sports.

However, the Cubs have not won a World Series since 1908 ; this remains the longest championship drought in North American professional sports.

* 1953 – Roy Firestone, American sports announcer

* 1986 – Candice Crawford, American beauty queen and sports reporter

This is the longest current streak of post-season appearances in all of North American professional sports.

* 2001 – Dick Schaap, American sports journalist ( b. 1934 )

* 2006 – Lamar Hunt, American sports executive ( b. 1932 )

Runyon frequently contributed sports poems to the American on boxing and baseball themes, and also wrote numerous short stories and essays.