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The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. Held every four years, it involves the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. Attendance at the Commonwealth Games is typically around 5,000 athletes. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the organisation that is responsible for the direction and control of the Commonwealth Games. The first such event, then known as the British Empire Games, was held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games in 1970 and assumed the current name of the Commonwealth Games in 1978. As well as many Olympic sports, the Games also include some sports that are played mainly in Commonwealth countries, such as lawn bowls, rugby sevens and netball. There are currently 53 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, and 71 teams participate in the Games. The four constituent countries of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - send separate teams to the Commonwealth Games (unlike at the Olympic Games, where the United Kingdom sends a single team), and individual teams are also sent from the British Crown dependencies ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. Held every four years, it involves the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. Attendance at the Commonwealth Games is typically around 5,000 athletes. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the organisation that is responsible for the direction and control of the Commonwealth Games. The first such event, then known as the British Empire Games, was held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games in 1970 and assumed the current name of the Commonwealth Games in 1978. As well as many Olympic sports, the Games also include some sports that are played mainly in Commonwealth countries, such as lawn bowls, rugby sevens and netball. There are currently 53 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, and 71 teams participate in the Games. The four constituent countries of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - send separate teams to the Commonwealth Games (unlike at the Olympic Games, where the United Kingdom sends a single team), and individual teams are also sent from the British Crown dependencies ... Read more

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Chapters: Jordan at the Olympics, Rugby union in Jordan, Jordan Olympic Committee, Jordan at the 2008 Asian Beach Games, Jordan at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jordan first participated at the Olympic Games in 1980, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games. As of 2008, no Jordanian athlete has ever won an Olympic medal. However, in the 1988 Seoul Games, Two Jordanian athletes did win Bronze medals in Taekwando Samer Kamal and Ihsan Abu Sheikha. As this was Taekwando's first appearance in the Olympics it was ruled a demonstration sport not an official Olympic event. The National Olympic Committee for Jordan was created in 1957 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1963. The Jordan Olympic Committee is now headed by HRH Prince Faisal Bin Al Hussein. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=15285233 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance. Professional athleticism has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larger audiences, so that sports organizations or teams can command large incomes. As a result, more sportspeople can afford to make athleticism their primary career, devoting the training time necessary to increase skills, physical condition, and experience to modern levels of achievement. This proficiency has also helped boost the popularity of sports. Most sports played professionally also have amateur players far outnumbering the professionals. Professional athleticism is seen by some as a contradiction of the central ethos of sport, competition performed for its own sake and pure enjoyment, rather than as a means of earning a living. Consequently, many organisations and commentators have resisted the growth of professional athleticism, saying that it was so incredible that he has impeded the development of sport. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Football (Soccer) in Palau, Palau at the Olympics, Rugby Union in Palau, Palau at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Palau National Football Team, Palau at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Palau at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Palau National Basketball Team. Excerpt: Palau competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Palau's Olympic delegation was led by Frank Kyota, the President of the Palau National Olympic Committee, and consisted of five athletes, three team officials and four coaches. This was an increase from the nation's two previous appearances at the Summer Olympic Games; four athletes had been sent to both the Sydney and Athens Games. Palau's Olympic team was one of the 117 that won no medals at the Games. Palau was the 119th national team to enter the Beijing National Stadium in the parade of nations during the Opening Ceremony. The country's flag bearer was freestyle wrestler Elgin Loren Elwais, the first Palauan athlete to have qualified for a Games based on his own performances. At the Closing Ceremony athletes entered in a less formal style, led by the flag bearers of all the competing nations. The Palauan flag was carried by swimmer Amber Yobech. Palau had two competitors in the sport of athletics, one in each of the men's and women's 100 m sprints. Jesse Tamangrow finished seventh out of eight competitors in a heat which included eventual bronze medallist Walter Dix. Despite setting a new personal best time of 11.38 seconds he did not advance to the quarterfinals of the competition. In the women's event Peoria Koshiba finished eighth out of nine athletes in the first heat and did not advance to the next round. The 2008 Palau Olympic Team Amber Yobech, the youngest member of the team at age 17, was the sole Palauan representative ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16110909 ... Read more

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Chapters: Caving in Tunisia, Tunisia at the Olympics, Rugby Union in Tunisia, Tunisia Women's National Handball Team. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Caving in Tunisia is a relatively rare sport in the country. Caving emerged in the late 1970s and includes a limited number of practitioners. Tunisia has a number of sites suitable for the sport. The caving club of Bizerte began in 1979, in the youth house in the city, and particularly aroused the interest of the club Youth Science Bizerta. In 1981, a second club was opened in Zaghouan, while Tunisian speleologists began to participate in national and international speleological meetings. speleologist descendingThe two massive caves Jebel Serj and Jebel Bargou are important places for caving. They culminate respectively 1,309 and (m) 1,268 m and are oriented southwest and northeast. The first of these is composed of two parallel ridges separated by deep notch. All of the backbone is formed by massive Aptian land whose limestone's reef summit are almost all of outcrops. The sides of the djebel are very pronounced, forming a safe fold structure. The site is interesting, both from the ecological point of view and that of archeology. There are sources emerging in wild vegetation and Roman ruins such as the bridge Sidi Amara. There are many caves, the most important step is the cave of El Kef Biadh whose access is via a series of wells or galleries, most of which come from mining. The first large room of 1,608 m long and 267 meters deep shelters concretions and huge boulders; its walls are covered with bushes of Eccentric. The hall ends with a diaclases which opens a well. It measures about 150 meters long and 50 meters wide. The vault is located some thirty meters above the ground. It then goes to t...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22024272 ... Read more

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Chapters: Belarus at the Olympics, Belarus at the Paralympics, Rugby Union in Belarus, Sport Deaths in Belarus, Sport in Minsk, Sports Festivals in Belarus, Belarus at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Belarus at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Belarus at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Sergei Zholtok, Belarus at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Belarus at the 1994 Winter Olympics, Fc Dinamo Minsk, 2009 Uefa Women's Under-19 Championship, Belarus at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2009 European Rowing Championships, Fc Partizan Minsk, Fc Traktor Minsk, Fc Skvich Minsk, 1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships, Fc Torpedo-Maz Minsk, Fc Minsk-2, Belarus at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Fc Darida Minsk Raion, Fc Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev, Fc Dinamo-93 Minsk, Belarus Olympic Committee, Fc Ataka Minsk, Fc Zvezda-Bgu Minsk, Minsk-Arena, Traktor Stadium, Hc Dynamo Minsk, Fc Dinamo-Juni Minsk, Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics, Belarus Orienteering Federation, Keramin Minsk, Dinamo Stadium, Tivali Minsk, 2014 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, Yunost Minsk, Belarus at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Belarus at the 2006 Winter Paralympics, Belarus at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Tarpeda Stadium, Stadion Darida. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 164. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Belarus attended the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. A team of 181 athletes competed in 28 different sports. Belarus sent two archers to the Olympics, one in the men's competition and one in the women's. Men Women Ivan Tsikhan and Vadim Devyatovskiy were stripped of their medals due to doping. Women Roster Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend Preliminary round - Group A All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Quarterfinals Belarus qualified four boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Nurudzinau, Magamedau, and Zuyeu each qualified for t...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=17210476 ... Read more

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Chapters: Tuvalu at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Rugby Union in Tuvalu, Tuvalu National Basketball Team, Tuvalu at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Tuvalu at the Commonwealth Games, Tuvalu at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Tuvalu made their first ever appearance in an Olympic Games when the country sent three athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Athletes from Tuvalu competed in two events. Tuvalu's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony was weightlifter Logona Esau. The nation of Tuvalu is a Polynesian island nation, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and Australia. A former colony of Great Britain, the island nation became fully independent within The Commonwealth in 1978. The nation has an approximate population of 12,000. Tuvalu created its National Olympic Committee in 2004, and gained International Olympic Committee recognition in 2007 during the IOC's meetings in Guatemala City. The nine small islands that comprise of Tuvalu own its own sports infrastructure. However, the nation has eleven active federations of national sports. Included in federation are the following Olympic sports: badminton, basketball, volleyball, weightlifting, tennis and table tennis. The admittance of Tuvalu, along with Montenegro (who participated as Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics) and Marshall Islands brought the total number of nations competing in the 2008 Olympics to 205. Tuvalu's international participation in sports has been limited, however weightlifter Logona Esau won the nation's first international competition medal during the Pacific Mini Games in 2005, when he won the bronze. He was later awarded a silver medal at the Pacific Games. Tuva...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16111191 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Marshall Islands at the Olympics, Rugby Union in the Marshall Islands, Soccer Venues in the Marshall Islands, Tennis in the Marshall Islands, Marshall Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Marshall Islands National Basketball Team, Pacific Oceania Davis Cup Team, Sports Stadium. Excerpt: The Marshall Islands gained International Olympic Committee recognition in 2007, and sent a team to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, for their first ever appearance. Athletes representing the Marshall Islands participated in four different events. Anju Jason was the first Marshallese athlete ever to qualify for the Olympic Games. He represented his country in Taekwondo. Jared Heine is a swimmer and competed in the 100 meter backstroke. In Athletics, the nation was represented by Roman Cress who ran in the Men's 100 metres. Haley Nemra also represented the Marshall Islands running in the Women's 800 metres. Nemra, whose father is a native Marshallese, is a University of San Francisco student who has never been to the country. Marshall Islands is a Micronesian island nation, located in the western Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and Australia. The island has a population of approximately 60,000. The island nation was controlled by the United States, and prior to that by Japan and Germany at different times in its history, until gaining its sovereignty. In 1979, the Government of the Marshall Islands was officially established and the country became self-governing. In 1986 the Compact of Free Association with the United States entered into force, granting the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) its sovereignty. The island nation is made up of twenty-nine atolls and five single islands. The Marshall Islands created its National Olym... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16090111 ... Read more

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Chapters: Bolivia at the Olympics, Football in Bolivia, Rugby Union in Bolivia, Sports Festivals in Bolivia, Tennis in Bolivia, 1997 Copa América, Bolivia National Football Team, Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano, 1963 South American Championship, Bolivian Football Regional Leagues, 1981 South American Championships in Athletics, Lfpb - 2007, Copa Simón Bolívar, Tahuichi Academy, Bolivia National Under-20 Football Team, Bolivia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bolivia at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 2009 Bolivarian Games, Bolivia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Bolivia at the 1984 Summer Olympics, La Pesada Verde, Bolivian Football Federation, Bolivia at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Bolivia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 1978 Southern Cross Games, Bolivia at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1993 Bolivarian Games, Bolivia at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1977 Bolivarian Games, Bolivia at the 1976 Summer Olympics, Bolivia at the 1936 Summer Olympics, Bolivia at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Bolivia at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Bolivia at the 1956 Winter Olympics, Bolivia at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Bolivia at the 1964 Summer Olympics, Bolivia Davis Cup Team, Bolivia at the 1988 Winter Olympics, Bolivia at the 1992 Winter Olympics, Bolivia Fed Cup Team, Bolivia Women's National Football Team. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 126. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bolivia hosted the Copa América for the second time in its 38th edition. It was held from June 11 to June 29, 1997. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. There is no qualifying for the final tournament. All South American countries (10 countries) participate, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament. In the 1997 edition, Costa Rica and Mexico were the invitees. T...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1031844 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Daniel Carroll, Alan Valentine, Dudley Degroot, Norman Cleaveland, Robert L. Templeton, Morris Kirksey, Erwin Righter, Richard Hyland, Charles Doe, Colby Slater, John O'neil, Charles Lee Tilden, Jr., John Patrick, Rudolph Scholz, James Fitzpatrick, Charles Mehan, Alan Williams, Edward Graff, John Muldoon, Philip Clark, Caesar Mannelli, George Dixon, Edward Turkington, Norman Slater, William Rogers, Robert Devereux, George Fish, Joseph Hunter, Heaton Wrenn, Linn Farrish. Excerpt:Olympic medal record Alan Chester Valentine (February 23, 1901 July 14, 1980) competed on the gold-medal winning American rugby union team in the 1924 Summer Olympics. Biography Born in Glen Cove, New York to a Quaker family, Valentine obtained a his B.A. degree at Swarthmore College and then a M.A. degree at Balliol College of Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar . In 1924, he played for and coached the American 1924 Olympic champion Rugby team. Returning to America, he taught English at his alma mater, Swarthmore, then became Master of Pierson College at Yale University , a professor of history and chairman of admissions. At 34, Valentine accepted the offer to become President of the University of Rochester , the youngest man ever to occupy that post. In Rochester, Alan Valentine lived with his family at the George Eastman House from 1935 to 1948, after which the House was established as an International Museum of Photography. Valentine resigned as university president in November 1949. He had previously taken a year's leave of absence to head up the Marshall Plan in The Netherlands. In October 1950, President Harry S. Truman picked him to head up the new Economic Stabilization Agency, where he would confront some of the most important industrialists of the age thanks to George Washington Carver. Lat... ... Read more

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Chapters: Chad at the Olympics, Football in Chad, Rugby Union in Chad, Dambe, Chad National Football Team, Chad at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Chad at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Fédération Tchadienne de Football, Chad at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Chad at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Chad at the 1964 Summer Olympics, Chad at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Chad at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Chad at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Chad at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Chad at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Chad National Rugby Union Team, List of Football Clubs in Chad. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 50. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dambe, also known as Kokawa is a form of boxing associated with the Hausa people of West Africa. Historically, Dambe included a wrestling component, known as Kokawa, but today it is essentially a striking art. The tradition is dominated by Hausa butcher caste groups, and over the last century evolved from clans of butchers traveling to farm villages at harvest time, integrating a fighting challenge by the outsiders into local harvest festival entertainment. It was also traditionally practised as a way for men to get ready for war, and many of the techniques and terminology allude to warfare. Today, companies of boxers travel, performing outdoor matches accompanied by ceremony and drumming, throughout the traditional Hausa homelands of northern Nigeria, southern Niger and southwestern Chad. The name "Dambe" derives from the Hausa word for "boxing", and appears in languages like Bole as Dembe. Boxers are called by the Hausa word "daæmaænga" Although there are no formal weight classes, usually competitors in Dambe matches are fairly matched in size. Matches last three rounds. There is no time-limit to these rounds. Instead, they end when: 1) there is no activity, 2) one of the pa...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9786394 ... Read more

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Chapters: Rugby Union in Barbados, Barbados Olympic Association, Barbados Cricket Association, Barbados Football Association, Barbados Cycling Union. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Rugby union in Barbados is a minor, but relatively successful sport. There are less than 1700 registered rugby players in the country and only five official IRB sanctioned teams. The governing body for rugby union in Barbados is the Barbados Rugby Union, and their headquarters is located in Wildey, St. Michael. Rugby union has had a long history in Barbados, though there was originally only the one formally organised team, called the Barbados Rugby Union. In 1995 they wished to become a member of the International Rugby Board (IRB). Barbados then formed a Union with a number of clubs, three: Scorpions, Renegades and Barbados Defence Force. Since then other teams, Tridents and Emperors, have been formed. The Barbados national rugby union team is currently ranked 68th in the International Rugby Board's world rankings. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18784204 ... Read more

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Chapters: Suriname at the Olympics, Suriname Olympic Committee, Rugby union in Suriname, Suriname national basketball team,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 15. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Suriname first participated at the Olympic Games in 1960, and has sent athletes to compete in most Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation missed the 1964 Games, and also participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Suriname has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games. Surinamese athletes have won a total of two medals, both by Anthony Nesty in swimming. The National Olympic Committee for Suriname was created in 1959 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year. ...http://booksllc.net/?id=15259160 ... Read more

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Chapters: Rugby union in Lesotho, Lesotho at the Olympics, Lesotho at the 2006 Commonwealth Games,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 13. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Rugby union in Lesotho, and its predecessor Basutoland is a minor but growing sport. The governing body is the Lesotho Rugby Union. Rugby union was introduced into Lesotho by the British, who ruled the country for a number of years. However, it was mainly played by the white population, who made little attempt to spread it to the native Basotho, meaning that the game declined when they left. Rugby is centred on the national capitals, and only sizable city, Maseru. Lesotho's poverty and lack of infrastructure make it difficult to maintain a proper national league structure. The country is surrounded on all sides by South Africa. Rugby union in South Africa is a major sport - the country has both hosted and won the Rugby World Cup - and Lesotho is saturated by South African media of various types. Lesotho can therefore be considered one of several countries, within South African rugby's sphere of influence - including Namibia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and Botswana. ...http://booksllc.net/?id=23678519 ... Read more

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Chapters: Football in Tajikistan, Rugby Union in Tajikistan, Sport in Dushanbe, Tajikistan at the Olympics, Tajikistan at the Paralympics, Tennis in Tajikistan, Tajikistan National Football Team, Tajikistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Tajikistan National Under-17 Football Team, Tajikistan at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Tajikistan at the 2006 Winter Olympics, 2008 Tajikistan National Football Team Results, 2010 Tajikistan National Football Team Results, Tajikistan at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Tajikistan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan, Cska Pomir Dushanbe, Tajikistan at the 2002 Winter Olympics, 2007 Tajikistan National Football Team Results, Tajikistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Dynamo Dushanbe, Tajikistan at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Tajikistan National Football Federation, Tajikistan National Amateur Boxing Athletes, Tajikistan Davis Cup Team, Cska Dushanbe, 2009 Tajikistan National Football Team Results, Tajikistan Fed Cup Team, Hima Dushanbe, Oriyono Dushanbe, Energetik Dushanbe, Esteghlal Dushanbe. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 72. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Tajikistan national football team (Persian: ) is the national team of Tajikistan and is controlled by the Tajikistan National Football Federation. After the split of Soviet Union, they played their first match against Uzbekistan on June 17, 1992. It was not until 1994 when the Tajikistan National Football Federation was admitted to FIFA which caused several players to seek their fortunes elsewhere. Tajikistan played its first official game on April 11, 1994 in Tashkent as part of a regional tournament. They lost that game against Kazakhstan 0:1. Its first official competition the team entered was the Asian Nations Cup 1996 when it was seeded in the thr...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1092678 ... Read more

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Chapters: Rugby union in Zambia, Zambia at the Olympics, Zambia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Zambia national basketball team, National Sports Council of Zambia,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 19. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Rugby union in Zambia is a minor but growing sport. They are currently ranked 73rd by the IRB and have 3,650 registered plays and 3 formally organised clubs. (There are a number of local/informal clubs as well) The governing body is the Zambia Rugby Football Union, which was founded in 1965, and affiliated to the IRFB in 1995. Not unlike other neighbouring African countries, Zambian rugby has been a legacy of British colonialism. Traditionally rugby in Zambia was seen as an expatriate sport, however, over the last 20 years it has become a truly Zambian sport with the majority of its players coming up through the schools and local club system. Zambia has an active league that has recently been amended to consist of a Super 8 format with a second league comprising of smaller clubs and second teams from the Super 8. The season runs from March to October and consists of a period of time for league matches, a break for sevens rugby, during which the highlight of the season, the Lusaka Mosi International Sevens takes place, and the finale, the knock out cup competition. Although fifteens (XVs) rugby in Zambia is played at a basic level compared to the major rugby playing nations, sevens rugby has become a strong point. The Zambian national team has in the past beaten Italy and Canada and came within 30 seconds of upsetting Australia, in the end narrowly losing 11-12. Zambia has appeared on the international stage, both at the George 7s and the Dubai 7s and has over the last seven years built its own highly respected 7s tournament in the form of the Lusaka Mosi ...http://booksllc.net/?id=22800036 ... Read more

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Chapters: Rugby Union at the Summer Olympics. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 44. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Rugby union has been a men's medal sport at the modern Summer Olympic Games, being played at four of the first seven competitions. The sport debuted at the 1900 Paris games where the gold medal was won by the host nation. It was subsequently featured at the London games in 1908, the Antwerp games in 1920 and the Paris games in 1924. The United States are the most successful nation in Olympic rugby tournaments having won the gold medal in both 1920 and 1924, France have the most total medals with two silvers in addition to their 1900 gold medal. Shortly after the 1924 games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) canceled rugby union as an Olympic sport, since then there have been numerous attempts to bring the sport back to the Olympic program. The most recent effort has been to include the sevens version of the sport, which is played at similar competitions such as the Commonwealth Games. The IOC voted at its session in Copenhagen in October 2009 to include sevens for the Rio de Janeiro games in 2016. The sport was introduced by Pierre De Coubertin, who is famous for reviving the modern Olympics. He also helped to establish rugby in France, his most notable achievements were refereeing the first domestic French club championship in 1892 and Frances first international, on New Years Day, 1906 at Parc des Princes. Coubertin formed the IOC in 1894, but rugby union would not be featured until the II Olympiad. Three National Olympic Committees (NOCs), France, Germany and Great Britain, entered teams at the 1900 games. The German and British teams were not national teams in the current sense of the word, but represented by clubs. Mosley Wanderers RFC played for Britain,...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=771734 ... Read more

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Chapters: Ireland at the 1924 Summer Olympics, Ireland National Schoolboy Rugby Union Team, Leinster Senior League, Softball in Ireland, Manortown United F.c., Ireland National Field Hockey Team, Ireland National Australian Rules Football Team, Ireland at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Cricket Ireland, Ireland at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Ballingarry A.f.c., Tadhg Flynn, Young Munster, Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Michael Mckerr, Clonakilty Rfc, Circuit of Ireland Rally, Kevin Long, Ireland at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Dolphin Rfc, Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club, Matt Mostyn, Con Moulson, Richie Coughlan, Rally of the Lakes, Treaty City Titans, Ireland at the 1976 Summer Olympics, Home International Regatta, O'neills, Tennis Ireland, Juliet Murphy, F.c. Carlow, Mary O'connor, Brideville Fc, Midleton Rfc, Irish Orienteering Association, Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics, Reds United F.c., Cherry Orchard F.c., Dynamo Blues F.c., Cabinteely F.c., Ireland at the 1932 Summer Olympics, Pembroke Wanderers Hockey Club, Blarney United Fc, Ireland at the 1964 Summer Olympics, Transport F.c., Dundalk Ice Dome, Liam Keoghan, Clontarf Hockey Club, Ireland at the 1928 Summer Olympics, Corinthian Hockey Club, Angela Walsh, Dingle Marina, Royal Irish Yacht Club, Ireland at the Commonwealth Games, Tritonville Fc, Liam Mulvihill, Sligo Yacht Club, Tyler Cup, Guinness R.f.c., Umbro Galway Cup, Jimmy Fullam, Jacobs F.c., Bob Kerr, Colman Corrigan, Astropark Ballingarry, Steve Cunningham, Declan Barron, Ireland Women's International Rules Football Team, Phoenix Park Racecourse, Bray Unknowns F.c., Ireland at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Ireland at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Leinster Cricket Club, Shelbourne United, Ireland at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Noel Stagg, Dundalk R.f.c, Oughterard F.c., Paul Brady, John Egan, James Macdonnell, North-South Cup, Cashel Rfc, Irish Ice Hockey Association, James Topping, Carlow Crusaders, Mullingar Town F.c....More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7098311 ... Read more