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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-Pt IV

• WHO India's first Cricket Coach?

Ajit Wadekar was the first to coach Indian cricket team. He was both the manager and coach of the Indian cricket team from 1992 to 1996. John Wright was India's first foreign coach.

• WAT A BALL SUCKER in Cricket?

If a bowler intends to seduce batsman scoring runs by a bowling ball that seems easy to hit and the batter hits the ball but does not lead to his dismissal by one of them is stumped, thrown or caught, like a hot ball sucker ball.

• WHO batsman Remained mostly NOT CRICKET ODIS?

Michael Bevan of Australia was not generally in ODI cricket - 67 times in 196 innings of 232 matches he has played. He scored 6912 runs with an average of (53.58).

• WHO IS the youngest winner of Wimbledon?

Swedish tennis legend Björn Borg was the youngest winner of Wimbledon. At 16, Borg was the Wimbledon junior champion in 1973. American Kathy Rinaldi, 15, was the youngest woman winner at Wimbledon (1981). Of Switzerland Martina Hingis won Wimbledon in 1996 at 15 years also. At 17, Boris Becker won the men singles title in 1985.

• HOW MANY ONE-Day Internationals Cricket HAVE ended in a TIE?

Twenty-one-day international cricket matches have ended in a draw. Although Australia is at most (8), the others are Pakistan (6), West Indies and South Africa (5), England, Zimbabwe and New Zealand (4 each) and India and Sri Lanka (3 each). Australia and South Africa have played four games tied.

• WHY IS NOT CRICKET discipline at the Olympics?

Cricket was played only once, at the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900. Cricket is played by only 10 countries at the highest level (although there are nearly 100 associate members the International Criminal Court) and this would normally disqualify it from being recognized as an Olympic sport. The International Olympic Committee is mass participation is a must (minimum of 16 countries). The only other occasion cricket was part of a multi-disciplinary meeting was at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.

• Where were COLORED UNIFORMS INTRODUCED IN ODIS?

ODIS colored uniforms were introduced in 1977 by Kerry Packer for World Series games in Australia who have no official status, although many world class cricketers participated. It was a revolution in itself. His legacy is a permanent change in the way game is funded, looked, played and perceived. Pioneer triangle World Series tournaments, night cricket, lights, colored clothing, colored balls, drop-in pitches, microphones on the field and numerous

• WHO holds the record for WIN THE MOST NUMBER Olympic gold medals for swimming?

In the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Mark Spitz won seven Olympic gold medals, a feat still unequaled by any other Olympic athlete. Even more remarkably, Spitz a new world record in each of the seven events - the 100 meter freestyle, 200 meter freestyle, 100 meter butterfly, 200m butterfly, the 4 x 100 m freestyle, 4 x 200 m freestyle and the 4 x 100 m medley

• In Cricket, WHAT IS Power Play?

The original rules stated that during the ODIS first 15 overs, should only two fielders are allowed outside a 30-meter circle around the wicket. This meant that attacking batsman had chances to score runs quickly in the first 15 overs, but would become more vigilant at the end of the spell. In an attempt to keep the game more exciting during the middle overs, more than 15 block with fielding restrictions at the beginning of the innings is reduced to 10, and thereafter, the captain of the fielding side is to decide when his fielders put back in with two blocks of 5 overs, at any time he wants. These 5 over spells are called Powerplay 2 and Powerplay 3. (Powerplay 1 is the first block of 10).

• WHAT IS THE F1 car's odometer is?

For every 100 kilometer, 900 BPH an F1 car uses 70 liter petrol. A team uses roughly 1200 liters of gasoline during a Grand Prix weekend.

• WHY The South African cricket team called "Proteas"?

The Protea flower with pink and yellow petals, is the national flower of South Africa, and thus their cricket team called protea. Even South Africa's Springboks rugby team is called, is the national animal of the country.

• A CRICKET PLAYER HAS BEEN RULED OUT IN BECAUSE HE WAS TOO LATE TO BAT ON THE GROUND?

Law 31 of cricket provides that an incoming batsman must be able to guard or for his partner to be ready to receive the next ball within 3 minutes of the fall of the previous wicket. If this requirement is not met, the incoming batsman be declared "timed out". The fielding side has to appeal for the wicket to be granted. There is no known incidence of such an international competition. There are three cases, however, in the first class cricket. H Yadav - Tripura v Orissa at Cuttack in 1997, Vasbert Drakes - Border v Free State in East London in 2002 and AJ Harris - Nottinghamshire vs Durham UCCE at Nottingham in 2003.

• WHEN WAS THE FIRST INDO-PAK Cricket Test matches played?

India Pakistan Matches on October 16, 1952 at the Ferozeshah Kotia in Delhi to kick pff the first test series. India won this test by an innings and 70 runs to take the lead in the five-match series. While Lala Amarnath India captain, AH Kardar led the Pakistan side. That was the beginning of a long and fierce battle for supremacy. Later this month, this "war by other means", continues with the tour of India from Pakistan.

• WHAT IS PELOTA?

Pelota is a very fast game of Basque derivation (language spoken by the people who inhabit the Pyrenees in the north central Spain and the adjoining region of South-West France). Pelota is popular in Latin American countries and in the U.S. where a sports betting. The game is played by two, four or six players in a walled court or cancha and like squash. Each player uses a long curved wicker basket or cesta tied to the hand to the ball or pelota against the walls throwing. Basque pelota is an exhibition sport in Mexico and Barcelona.

• WHAT are the basic elements of SKATING TEAM PURSUIT?

The basic elements are: Races may be announced for the performance racing with three or four skaters on each team. In both cases the end of the team are determined as the end of the third skater in the team. If fewer than three skaters on the team the finish, the team is deemed not to have completed the game and is disqualified. In Pursuit races, the two teams start simultaneously on each side of the track in the middle of the straights. If a skater of a team is disqualified by rules, the denial applies to the team.

• WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN Judo and Aikido?

Developed in the 19th century, judo is a Japanese system of wrestling. It was developed from jujitsu in 1882 by a Japanese educator. It seeks to develop the skill of using a component of their weight and strength against him. Techniques include throwing and wrestling. Judo fighters learn how to safely to fall when thrown to minimize damage. Aikido is (ai - harmony, ki - spirit, mind or universal energy, do - the Way), the Way of Harmony with Universal Energy. Made by Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969), it is based on bujutsu with the emphasis on self-defense and spiritual growth. In Aikido, one attack is prevented by flowing, circular movements and use grappling, throws, and especially resistance to opponents to tackle.

• WHAT IS THE METHOD IN CRICKET VJD?

V Jayadevan, an engineer from Kerala, developed a method supported by the Indian Council of Directors, and will be discussed by the ICC Cricket Committee at its meeting in two days Dubai on May 13 and 14. Like the Duckworth-Lewis method, the system Jayadevan (VJD the method) also comes from an analysis of numerous competitions one days, and predicting scores and goals scoring based on observed patterns of previous games.

• When was the International Cricket STUMP CAMERA IN USE?

The first stump camera was installed by the BBC in the early 1990s. He placed a D8s Hitachi KP-camera in the middle stump. This was a color camera that uses a 410,000 pixel CCD (charge-coupled device) with micro lenses, and offered a horizontal resolution of 470 TV lines. The volume (42 cubic cm and 80 grams) makes it possible to be inserted in the stump. If a camera is not enough, two can be placed with a wide angle and the other one with a narrow-angle lens, allowing the broadcasting four different positions.

• WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE WORD "Acrobat"?

The acrobat word: a skilled performer in the feats of agility and balance. It comes from the Acrobate Frencn word, derived from the Greek words akrobates "(someone who walks on his toes) and "akrobatein '(walking on the strain of the foot).

• WHAT IS THE PROBLEM EIGHT IN CHESS QUEEN?

The eight queen problem in chess is one where one person to place eight queens on a chessboard such that none of the queens can hit another queen on that point of time. For example, place the queens on A8, b2, c4, dl, e7, F5, G3 and H6 respectively. There are various combinations (a fixed number, but) when a individual queens may be in different positions and no queen can capture another queen.

• WHEN WAS THE FIRST FOOTBALL played?

Modern football has its origins in England. There are indications that resembles a football game or hot choule Soule arrived in England from Normandy, Brittany and Picardy, during the Norman conquest. According to historical evidence, football-like games were played in English public schools such as Eton and Winchester colleges In the 16th century. By the mid 19th century, public school boys more or less formalized the rules of football, then was an organized activity. This gradual developed into football as we know today.

• In football, WHAT THE shot is falling leaf?

The falling leaves shot is called that because the ball swerves two times, like a falling leaf, during his flight to target. The diminutive Brazilian striker of 1950s and 60s, Manuel Francisco dos Santos Garrincha was the banana kick and falling leaves his own shot for his brilliant skills. Garrincha was the nickname of Little Bird for his short stature and vast repertoire of enticing free kicks tormented defenders.

• World's first VIDEO GAME IS THAT?

In 1951, one. engineer Ralph Baer developed a game called Pong using grid-video equipment. In 1958, A William Higinbotham created "Tennis for two", a game using an analog computer. The game was never patented and dismantled. Nolan Bushnell built an arcade game in 1969 using a raster-scan TV monitor. He is known as the father of video arcade games. From a fun activity, Video games are also used to help sick children manage pain and anxiety during the hospital stay. Recently, Ethan Myers of Los Angeles has a partial recovery after a serious car accident, thanks to a video-game systems.

• When the Iditarod dog race was first held?

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, also called the "Iditarod" or the "Last Great Race" is held in Alaska. It begins in south central Alaska in Anchorage and ends in Nome the western Bering Sea coast. Every team, from 12 to 16 dogs and their musher, includes more than 1150 miles in about three weeks. The Id-itarod Trail Sled Dog Race first ran in 1973. The idea was created by Dorothy G Page in 1964, as part of Alaska Centennial Year celebrations in 1967.

• WHAT IS THE WORLD record for the deepest dive?

The world record for the deepest dive is held by South Africa's Nuno Gomes, a 52-year-old engineer who dived to a depth of 318.25 m (1044 ft). He scuba diving in the Red Sea on June 10, 2005 and earlier hit the 313 meter record set by Mark Ellyatt of Great Britain in 2003.

• Known state in the pole vault QUEEN?

Yelena Isinbayeva (23) of Russia is praised as the queen of pole vaulting. The world record holds virtually unbeaten in the last three years. Jelena, who spent most of her time in Monaco and trains in Italy, was recently asked to move to Italy and represent for $ 6 million. However, she refused to declare that she would never betray their country and they are still based in Volgograd, her birthplace. She was also approached by the oil baron Roman Abramovich to endorse the brand worldwide oil, but it did not materialize.

• WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FOOTBALL AND FOOTBALL?

What Americans call soccer is called football elsewhere in the world. So, if it is better to say that American and British Soccer Football are the same sport. The official name of sport Football Association and the International Organization for FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association).

• If a batsman IS OUT Fielders CORRECT BUT NOT APPEAL, WOULD RULE referee

Him?

27 law says clearly that: The referee should not give a batsman, except the one on the other side prior to the beginning of his run bowler bowling action be taken to deliver. The next ball. Under Law 23.1 (f) (The ball is dead), the ball is dead "on" listed, this does not invalidate an appeal made before the first ball of the next condition of "time" is not mentioned as Act 17.1 (Call of Time). Always think of a job relates to all ways of being out. (Law 27.2). Even as a batsman leaving his wicket under a misapprehension that he, but referee ruled him under such circumstances, the referee should intervene if it is proved that wrong is (Law 27.5).

• WHO HAS WON THE MOST PAIRS FREE SKATING TITLES?

Brunett Andrée and Pierre Brunett won the World Figure Skating Championships four times - in 1926, 1928.1930 and 1932. Three couples have won it three times - Ludowika Walter Jacobson and Jacobson (1911,1913,1924), Engelmanri Alfred and Helen Berger (1913,1922,1924) and Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev (1983,1985,1988).

• When was the International STUMP CAMERA IN USE Cricket?.

• WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE WORD "is Acrobat?

Theword-acrobafmeansaperformerwho is skilled in feats of agility and balgance. It comes from the French Acrobate "word", which is deprived of akrobates the Greek words' (someone who runs on his toes) and 'akrobatein' (walking on the trunk of the feet).

• WHO IS THE FIRST batsman TO BE DECLARED BY A THIRD referee?

Sachin Tendulkar, November 14.1992 in Durban against South Africa. Tendulkar, who scored 11, watched the ball back to the point where Jonty Rhodes was fielding. Sachin attempted a quick single, but was returned by non-striker Ravi Shastri. Rhodes threw the ball to the stumps where Andrew Hudson, who moved into short leg and broke the wicket. It was a close call as square-leg umpire Cyril Mitchley Karl Liebenberg said third arbitrator to decide. The TV repeatedly showed that Tendulkar was clearly exhausted.

• WHY IS THE CAPTAIN OF TEAM SKIPPER hot?

Skipper Skipper from the Dutch word "(literally" shipper "). Skipper usually means a person who commands a ship or boat. In naval terms, a skipper is responsible for the care and safety of the ship, ship, yacht or boat. This applies to the captain as well, but also the captain is also responsible for the care and safety of the crew. In sport, he is a team captain in lawn kommen. It is an informal title of a baseball manager and captain of a football team.

• WHAT is a magical barrier in CHESS?

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has to give chess figure indicates their relative skill level. This system is based on an overall statistical classification system called ELO. According, the more points the rating, the better the player. FIDE players constantly tracks performances, and the ratings are reviewed periodically. Garry Kasparov in 2851 obtained the highest score ever. Only four players - Kasparov, Kramnik, Topalov and Anand have a score greater than or equal to 2800 are obtained, which is called the magic barrier. The term is an imitation of the term noise barrier, which is considered a major threshold in stabbing before reaching supersonic speeds.

• WLIAT IS A cricketer's box?

Cricketer box is a term used to joke to the kit bags that cricketers wear. The amount of paraphernalia that they travel on these bags is like a coffin. It is also jocularly said that cricketers wear their crate with them on every tour.

• HOW DOES IT SNICKOMETER WORK?

The Snickometer, although not used in adjudicating decisions, is a useful tool that TV trail tracks the cricket ball by picking up sounds of pitch and stump microphones. The Snickometer, invented by Englishman Allan Plaskett in the mid 90s, used to sound to give Stump microphones. The feed from the stump microphone is fed directly into the Snickometer then the sound as a visual image. From that viewers can see the ball or a pad (a flat, dull display) or press the bat (much sharper graphically) or just went before (a flat line).

• WHAT FOOTBALL color maps appear in?

• WHAT FOOTBALL IS THE WAR?

The Football Soccer War or War was a six-day war fought by El Salvador and Honduras in 1969. It had little to do with football but an attempt to establish cultural differences. The fact that the more aggressive Salvadorans were illegally immigrate to Honduras territory is a major cause of this war. It's called Football War, because it started after a bitterly contested series of three World Cup qualifying matches between them. El Salvador began hostilities when his army moved to Honduras. After more than four days of fighting (that 3000 dead, 6000 injured and caused damage left 50 million U.S. dollars), a truce was called under pressure from the U.S. and the Organization of American States. A peace agreement was not signed until 1980, and it took a 1992 decision by the International Court of Justice at the border issues to resolve.

• What are the basic elements of Sumo wrestling?

With its origins in ancient Japan, sumo wrestling games are characterized by elaborate rituals. A sumo bout is two wrestlers belong to a group of compatible ranks, the ranking system itself has been around since time immemorial. The wrestling takes place in a circular area of 4.55 meters in diameter, made of ground clay and sand. The wrestlers can push, pull, hit, throw, and wrestling with each other, but they are not allowed to go kick kerving or her features. If any part of the body of a wrestler, but the soles of the feet, first hit the ground inside the ring, or if he crosses the boundary of the ring, he is declared the loser. An average bolt lasts a few seconds to a few minutes.

• WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPORT AND PLAY

A sport is a physical activity as part of an agreed set of rules, with a recreational purpose: for competition or self enjoyment or a combination thereof. A game is a recreational activity involving one or more players, defined by a goal that the players try to achieve, and some set rules to play. Matches are played primarily for entertainment or fun. The difference of purpose apart from sports games, combined with the notion of individual (or team) skill or ability.

o IS AN AUTHENTIC WWF WRESTLING SHOW?

No WWE (formerly WWF) matches are a complete event organized for entertainment. WWE superstars are fully informed about their matches, the results and the movements they use. The superstars are always willing their bodies on the line because of WWE have. So, the bottom line is that WWE, although a staged show what the results, is purely authentic when viewed from the perspective of the WWE superstars like the blood shed and injuries are real.

• What are the basic elements of unequal BARS IN GYMNASTICS?

The uneven parallel bars require strength, concentration, courage, coordination, precision and split second timing. The routine must move from low bar to high bar, where much grip regrasps releases and changes, flight elements, changes of direction, SALTO circle and swings through the hand-stand position. The entire routine should flow from one movement to the next without pauses, extra swings or additional support. Each routine must release two elements.

• When was the first Rhythmic Gymnastics WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP held?

The first World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship was held in 1963 in Budapest, Hungary The competition featured 28 athletes from 10 European countries. Rhythmic individual all-round game was added to the Olympic Games in 1984. The rhythmic group event was added as a medal sport at the Olympics in 1996. The Rhythmic Gymnastics Group competition includes five athletes work together as a team.

• WHAT IS AUSSIE RULES FOOTBALL

This is the typical local Australian sport a mix of Irish rugby and soccer. It is played with 36 players (18 from each team) in an elliptical field, often mentioned as an oval. First introduced in 1858, in Victoria, Australia, the game is widely played in other countries like the United Kingdom, Ireland, USA, Canada, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. The game differs from other types of football by the rapid, relatively free movement of the ball (due to the absence of the off-side rule) and the award of a free kick for a clean catch, known as a mark of a ball is kicked more than 15 meter.

• WHAT IS THE HIGHEST TOTAL scored by IS ANY TEAM IN FIRST CLASS CRICKET?

The highest total score was 1107 runs made by Victoria in a Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales in Melbourne in 1926. They scored it in 10 hours 30 minutes that is on an incredible rate of 1.76 per minute.

• WHO India's first cricket test matches CAPTAIN?

Lala Amarnath was independent of first India test captain and led India to Australia in 1947. He was a reckless all rounder and a strong personality who was not afraid to speak his mind. After his retirement from the game, he was appointed to the board of selectors.

• WHY IS THE CRICKET BALL red color?

The red ball is not always used these days in cricket. During the night cricket matches, a white ball is used. As the game itself, there arose in England, where ambient levels leaves much to be desired. Light is made of seven different colors. The red wavelength is scattered least its original path while blue is the scatted most. Color is red, so most suitable for spotting in waning light. Moreover, the cricket ball is called the red cherry. The same statement applies to the red glow of the sun during sunrise and sunset. The same logic may explain why the sky and the oceans appear blue.

• What special IS ON THE REDNECK GAMES?

The Redneck Games, the not so athletic events, is held every July in Georgia (U.S.). Ten years ago as a parody of the Olympics Atlanta Games in 1996, it attracted about 15,000 participants this year. Events are uncommon and include mudpit Belly Flop, bobbing for pigs 'feet', hub cup hurling cigarette flip, redneck horseshoe played with toilet seats, seed spitting contest, bug zapper spit ball, big hair and the armpit serenade game.

• WHO 's world's largest POOL IS?

The Natural Buoyancy Laboratory or NBL on the Sonny Carter Training Facility, known as the SCTF near NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, is the world's largest indoor swimming pool. The pool is 62 meter (202 ft) in length, 31 meter (102 feet) in width and 12 meter (40 ft) in depth - 6 meter (20 feet) above the ground and an equal distance below the ground. The pool holds 22.7 million liters (6.2 million liters) of water. The pool is used by astronauts to train in conditions similar to zero gravity using special methods.

• WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SNOOKER, billiards, pool and SIDE POCKET?

The main difference is related to the number of balls. In snooker, 22 balls, including the white color ball striker, be used. The other colored balls are as follows: 15 red, 1 yellow, 1 brown, 1 blue, 1 pink, 1 black and 1 green. In billiards, just three balls are used - White, yellow and red - and both the white and yellow ball can act as the strikers. In the pool, there are nine balls with numbers and stripes printed on them. Side pocket is not a recognized table and game refers to the corner pockets of the billiard table.

• RUGBY IN, So why is the Calcutta Cup?

• WAT THE ORIGIN OF THE TERM 'Wild Card' IN THE SPORT?

The origin lies in cards, where a wild card: a card with no fixed value, and whose value is assigned dynamically by the player in other games like tennis, the term is used today to refer to a player (or team) who is awarded entry to a tournament at the discretion of the organizing committee, although the player (or team) is not strictly meet the criteria. A wild card is awarded to players mostly young and promising, and belong to the country of origin The term is used in the above sense since 1950.

• WHAT IS THE WOODEN SPOON IN SPORT?

'Wooden Spoon' is a phrase that refers to the performance of an individual or a team that finishes last in a competition. Sometimes, a model or wooden spoon award is also given to the participant coming last. The phrase is apparently based on the fact that a wooden spoon is almost worthless compared with the trophy winner, which is made of precious metals. The term had its origin in the University of Cambridge, where professors used to dangle wooden spoon for students not in the study.

• WHY TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Games as separate team in playing football but as a part of West Indies Cricket?

West Indies consists several islands, some are independent nations, some other areas of its dependencies. Most were under the rule of Spain, Great Britain, France, Denmark or the Netherlands. When Britain introduced cricket in the colonies in the 19th century wanted only one in West Indies cricket team with representatives from all its colonies there and in British Guiana shape. The West Indies team was founded in 1890 and was given Test status in 1928. It managed by the West Indies Cricket Board, which today represents ten independent and dependent two English speaking countries of the Caribbean. Unlike cricket, football developed independently in West Indies. It is possible for each country of the West Indies, notably Trinidad and Tobago, independently participate in international football.

• Won WHO THE MOST NUMBER OF FENCING TITLES?

Aleksandr Russia Romankov most guys have won individual World Championship fencing titles - five in 1974,1977,1979,1982 and 1983. He was never an Olympic champion. Ildiko has SagineRejto won the most Olympic medals by a female fence - seven (two gold, three silver, two bronze).

• Why are the Australian Open, France Roland Garros, Wimbledon and U.S. Open Grand Slams to call?

In tennis, a singles player or doubles team is said that the Grand Slam achieved if they succeed in winning all four titles in the same year. These tournaments are therefore also known as the Grand Slam tournaments. The term was first used in 1933 by American journalist John Kieran. In describing the attempt that year by Jack Crawford to win all four titles, while he talked with "a discouraged and vulnerable grand slam in bridge.

• WHAT IS TREE TRANSFER IN FOOTBALL?

Any footballer who plays for a club has a contract with the club for a certain period of time. Once the contract expires and the player move / transfer to another club, called the free transfer because the latter does not have the former club of the player to pay a sum of money.

• WHERE WAS TWENTY first 20 games?

De Twenty20 format of cricket was first played in 2003, in a match between Wales and England at Lord's in England. He drew a crowd of 26,500. The first international Twenty20 game was played between Australia and New Zealand at Auckland's Eden Park.

• WHO IS THE MASTER OF INDEPENDENT India's first cricket test matches TEAM?

The colorful Cricket Legend Lala Amarnath (1911-2000) was the first cricket Test captain of an independent Indian team. The first series he was captain against Australia, played in Australia in 1947/48. A brilliant all-rounder, he is best remembered as the first Indian to score a test century in his debut match against England in Bombay in 1933. He was the captain who led India to win the first Test and series victory in 1952 / 53 when India and Pakistan played a series in India.

• WHY IS THE WIMBLEDON WHITE DRESS CODE?

Traditionally, white is considered the color of the sport because it represents purity. Since The Wimbledon great emphasis on tradition, it stresses that the players wear only white. Of course, thanks to the flamboyant outfits some players', particularly Andre Agassi, was the all-white dress code relaxed to "almost white".

• WHO is the most expensive soccer player?

In 2001, Zinedine Zidane transferred. The Italian club Juventus FC to Real Madrid of Spain, four years on a contract. The transfer fee was 66 million U.S. dollars, making him the most expensive player in the foot • ball history. The 34-year-old French captain, in the popularly known as Zizou, is considered one of the greatest players of this generation. He said that the 2 (506 World Cup will his last in competitive football. He retired from club football too.

• WHY DO THE SURFACES tennis rackets have different colors?

• In football, WHY IS THE BEST PLAYER WEAR NUMBER 10?

It is not the best player in a team wearing a number 10 jersey. It just so happens. It is the general manager and coach start numbering the creation, beginning from the goalkeeper and defenders so. Consequently, most midfielders forward or have that number. It is entirely under the formation of strategies.

• HAS A GOAL KEEPER EVER GOAL scored one directly from his 18-meter?

Luis Martinez, a Colombian goalkeeper reached this achievement in a game against Poland on May 30, 2006 in a World Cup warm-up match with Poland.

• WHAT'S the highest speed recorded by a FL event?

The Grand Prix with the highest average speed was the 1971 Italian Grand Prix, won by Peter Gethin in a BRM at an average speed of 242.6 kilometers per hour on the Monza circuit at the moment have no one chicanes. Interestingly, a recent computer simulation suggested that the current formula. A car would come to an average speed of over 300 km per hour on the original route. In 1998 the fastest was the Italian Grand Prix, won by Michael Schumacher at an average speed of 237.591 kilometers per hour.

• HOW IS 'walk' different from 'RUNNING' At the Olympic Games?

In walking, the restriction is that each frame of the time you must always maintain contact with the ground. This can only be achieved if before lifting your back foot to your front foot on the ground. In running, there is no compulsion, but the first method you will slow down compared to last. m walk, push your back feet for a jump even before your front foot reaches the ground, thus achieving greater speeds. In the marathon run at the Olympics, the foot contact is closely monitored and where the visual, the participant has not maintained continuous contact with the ground, it results in disqualification.

• WHY AUSTRALIA IS CALLED OZ?

The word referred to informally with Australia's first three letters is Aus. When Aus or toundfairult.

• In Chess, why THE DOCUMENTS IN BLACK AND WHITE AND NOT IN ANOTHER COLOR?

It is because of the contrast. Although the color of the chess pieces can vary, the lighter color is called 'white', while the darker color is 'black'. The players are called "white players 'and' black players, depending on the color of the pieces to drive.

• BMX STANDS FOR WHAT DOES?

The full form of BMX bicycle motocross. It is the sport of bicycle racing special on a rough, cross-country course built hamper. BMX wheels are much smaller in diameter than touring or hybrid wheels and the frame is designed to be very small compared to the size of the rider.

• WHY IS INTENDED TO AUSTRALIA DOWN UNDER?

Australia is known as "the land Down Under 'for his position in the southern hemisphere. The discovery of Australia began when European explorers in search of a country in the continent of Asia. Before Australia was discovered, it was known as Terra Australis Incognita - the unknown south of the country. Despite widespread use of the term is rarely used by Australians themselves, many of whom consider it in any spot.

• WHERE DID ACROBATICS from?

Acrobatic traditions are found in many cultures. In the West Minoan art from around 2000 BC contains depictions of acrobatic feats on the backs of bulls, which could be a religious ritual. In China Acrobatics is a part of the culture since the Han Dynasty, more than 2500 years ago. During the Tang Dynasty acrobatics saw much the same sort of development as European acrobatics saw during the Middle Ages with court displays during the 7th to the 10th century dominates practice. The first use of acrobatics as a specific sport (he Soviet Union in the 1930s, and first world championships were in 1974.

• IS THAT SPORTING BODY world's richest?

India's cricket board Board shall on the road to becoming the richest sports body in the world. Since Sharad Pawar took over as chairman of the BCCI in November, supported by vice-president Lalit Modi, who aggressively supervising sales and marketing, and former BCCI president Inderjeet Singh Bihdra, the body claims it has multiplied by eight times its revenue to about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.

• When I WHITE RIVER RAFTING WORD sport?

Rafting or rafting is a recreational activity using a raft to navigate a river or other waters. This is usually done on the whitewater course or different degrees of rough water. In the 1970s, was included in popularity the Munich Olympics. In the years 1990, rafting was included in the Barcelona Olympics (1992) and the Olympic Games in Atlanta (1996). The International Federation of Rafting was instituted in 1997, and the first official international championship was held in 1999.

• THAT IS THE NATIONAL GAME OF FRANCE?

France is one of the most sport oriented countries in the world, given that approximately two thirds of the men and one third of the women of France actively participate in at least one sport. Further, France hosts many prestigious international tournaments per year, France is one of the biggest winners of gold medals in the Olympic Games. Although a variety of sports and games are played and hosted by France, the most popular sports are soccer, tennis, and cycling. Soccer is the maximum number of players and is licensed by many as the national game of France. However, cycling and tennis also known as the national games in France by several others.

• DIE The oldest Grand Slam title in tennis?

The Wimbledon, played on grass courts, is the oldest Grand Slam tournament. It began as an amateur event called the Lawn Tennis Championships. The first championship was held in 1877. The other three Grand Slams of tennis, the U.S. Open which began in 1881, the French Open in 1891 and the Australian Open in 1905.

• WHAT IS A DEAD BALL SITUATION IN FOOTBALL?

A dead ball situation in football when the ball is in motion. It is created when an error was committed. A free kick is awarded to the relevant team who gave the error. A minimum distance of five meters between the ball and the player. Corners and goal kicks are considered dead ball situations. The possibility of a goal increases as the distance between the target and the ball drops in a dead ball situation.

• WHY ARE ATHLETIC events that left?

As we know, the Earth rotates in the anti-pointers of the clock, so it is much easier to go around a circle in the anti-clockwise during sports, especially athletics. Therefore all events in the anti-clockwise direction.

• THE world's oldest and newest Football Club?

It is possible that a football-related organization existed in London between 1421 and 1423. The details of the Brewers Company of London ', a guild, as the rental of their room' by footballers' for 20 pence, under the heading "Crafts and fraternities. Trading in football as a fraternity is the earliest allusion to what can be considered a football club. There are indications that in the 18th century, English cricket clubs regularly played football in the winter. It has been argued that the Barnes Club (later Barnes Rugby Football Club), Barnes from London, was founded in 1839. This has not been conclusively documented.

• WHEN AND WHERE WAS Skating away?

Figure skating began in the latter part of the 19th century in Europe. An American choreographer Jackson Haines, who lived in Vienna in 1860, added the elements of ballet and dance skating. The first world championship for men was held in St. Petersburg in 1896, followed by one of the women's championship in 1906.

• WHAT'S Mascot of the Olympic Games in Beijing?

The mascots of the Olympic Games in Beijing Fuwa (five children). Fuwa, designed for the playful qualities Express of five little children who form an intimate circle of friends, embody the natural characteristics of four popular animals in China - Beibe (the fish), Jingjing (the panda), Huanhuan (the Tibetan antelope), Nini (the swallow) and the Olympic flame. If their names together - Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni, they say "Welcome to Beijing".

• WHAT ARE THE Special Olympics?

Special Olympics is an international organization created to help people with intellectual disabilities develop self confidence, social skills and a sense of personal fulfillment through sports training and competition. Among other activities, Special Olympics behavior of the Special Olympics World Games every four years. This year takes place in China.

• WHAT IS A MASS is shot?

A masse shot, one term in billiards and snooker, is a technique that the white ball into a curved path like a cricket ball spin in the following causes. The masse shot is achieved by tilting the axis of the ball so turning the inside of the desired curve, and against the grain of the felt. The forward direction of the ball is achieved by the horizontal angle of the cue. The amount and direction of spin is achieved by the vertical angle and point of contact. The force with which the ball is pushed is determined. The masse shot is an extremely complex combination of physics that requires much concentration and practice.

• WHAT IS A LOW ULTIMATUM GAME?

A low ultimatum Game play is money related. A person may offer a sum of money on a non-negotiable basis to another. The person who knows how much money the other has and how much he is given the total pie. At times, even if the sum of the money offered is high, some people re-fuse for they feel that they are given a very small part of the cake. Scientists now correlate this seemingly irrational decision to the testosterone levels in men during the making of this decision.

• WHAT IS A PROGRESSIVE Score Chess is in?

In chess tournaments, if two players finish with the same score in the final round, the band must be broken for the ranking purposes. Different systems follow different rules of assessment for such tiebreaker, and the FIDE (Federation Internationale des Echecs) or the Worldwide System Chess Federation uses the accumulated progressive score. Progressive score in one round, the points scored for the outcome in the current round plus the progressive score any of the previous round In general, the system tends to reward early release wins wins.

• In what year WAS FIRST BILLIARDS played?

Although the origin of billiards is lost in history, an account of the Greek passenger Anacharsis suggests that a rudimentary version was played by Egyptians around 400 BC. This form was by the Greeks. Billiard word "billiards has its roots in the French words '" meaning stick, "meaning Bille' ball. In 1470, the first pool was found among the possessions of the French King Louis XI. The first record of how the game was played in the 15th century it began as an indoor version of croquet. The Spaniards introduced billiards to the Americans in 1565. Shakespeare's use of the word "billiards" in his playAn Anthony and Cleopatra shows well known that this sport was the Elizabethan.

• What special about Europass FOOTBALL'S?

Europass is the official football for the UEFA Euro 2008. The Adidas Europass combines tradition with modernity, the area has a new structure that allows players to take more control over the ball and direct it perfectly in all weather conditions. The PSC-Texture, which consists of fine structures on the outside, ensures an optimum grip between ball and boot. The 12 black dots on the ball which contain individual graphic elements are for passion, friendship, action, training, fans and the winning goal. The name symbolizes the connection between Europass Austria and Switzerland, the host of the tournament.

• WHEN WAS THE FIRST MATCH Twenty20 games?

Twenty20 cricket was first played in English domestic cricket in 2003, between England and Wales Cricket Board. The first international Twenty20 cricket match was played between Australia and New Zealand, on February 17, 2005 at Eden Park, Auckland. Australia defeated New Zealand by 44 runs.

• WHEN WAS first played CHESS AS AN INTERNATIONAL GAME?

Chess was played in 1851 in London as an international tournament. The tournament was conceived and organized by English player Howard Staunton, and marked the first time that the best chess players in Europe together in a single event. German Adolf Andersson won the 16-player tournament, earning him the title of the best players in Europe.

• HOW IS A Cricketer BATTING average calculated?

In cricket, a baseball player is the average total number of runs he has scored divided by the number of times he is out. As the number of runs a player scores, and how often he gets from his primarily measures of his stake, and largely independent of his teammates, the batting average statistic is a good skill to an individual player as a batsman describe. The song is also easy to intuitively to interpret, being approximately the average number of runs the batsman scores per innings.

• Who invented BOARD GAME Snakes and Ladders?

The board game, today called Snakes and Ladders, originated in ancient India, where he was known by the name of Mokshapat Moksha Patamu. It is not known exactly when or who invented, though it is believed that the game was played at one time as soon as 2nd century BC. According to some historians, the game was invented by Saint Gyandev in the 13th century. Originally the game was used asa part of moral instruction to reduce chil. The squares in which ladders start were each supposed to stand for a virtue, and the main housing of a snake were to stand for an evil. The minority of snakes ladders in the original Hindu game. The game was carried to England by the colonial rulers in the latter part of the 19th century, with some modifications. The modified game called Snakes and Ladders and stripped of its moral and religious aspects and the number of ladders and snakes were equalized. In 1943 the game was introduced in the U.S. called Chutes and Ladders.

• WHAT IS A Carrom ball in cricket?

It is a form of bowling. The ball is held between the thumb, forefinger and middle, and instead of a simple version, the ball is pressed from the fingers. It can result in a break-off, break a leg, or a Googly Like carrom, you never know where the ball will land.

• Who invented the board game Snakes and Ladders?

A complete Sanskrit name for Snakes and Ladders-'Parama Pada Sopana Patam' funds the graph shows the ladder leading to the final state. These block diagrams printed on rough paper were sold at fairs or market streets leading to the main doors of the temples of southern India. An important aspect of the game is that if you to the higher stage of spiritual achievement, only a few falls of the dice you have the right to the next house, illustrates the difficulty of the spiritual practice necessary to achieve moksha, the final release. The game was a way to teach young people, in an entertaining manner the principles of ancient Indian thought on good life.

• WHO IS THE YOUNGER Olympic gold medalist?

The youngest individual Olympic gold medal is Marjorie Gestringen of the United States. She was 13 years and 268 days old when she won the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, in the 3-meter springboard diving competition. As the Olympic Games in 1940 and 1944 were not held due to World War II, she has no chance to defend her title. An interesting aspect about her victory is that it was watched by Adolf Hitler beaten. Marjorie Gestringen was also included in the International Swimming Hall of Fame and a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. She came back the Olympic Games London 1948. Danish swimmer Inge Sorensen won the bronze medal in the 200m breaststroke, 12 years, 24 days. She remains the youngest ever competitor to win an Olympic medal in individual event.