|
       
|
 | Sport Athletes, Olympics, drug abuse, trophies, leagues, team sports, board games, past, present and future are tackled here.
| |
| | | | | Senna killed in car crash by The Ovi Team May 1st 1994 The Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna has been killed in a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, near Bologna in Italy. He was just 34-years-old. | | | Jim Clark killed by The Ovi Team April 7th 1968; Motor racing world champion Jim Clark was killed in a car crash during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim. Clark, 32, was at the wheel of his Lotus-Cosworth which left the track at 170mph (274km/h)... | | | Cassius Clay Becomes Champion by The Ovi Team 25th February, 1964; Cassius Clay, defeated Sonny Liston when Liston retired at the end of the sixth round in Miami to become Heavyweight Champion of the World. | |
|
| | Volleyball by The Ovi Team On February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA), William G Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette as a pastime to be played preferably indoors and by any number of players. | | | Nurmi breaks two world records by The Ovi Team January 6th 1925; Finnish long-distance runner Paavo Nurmi steps up to the starting line in New York's Madison Square Garden in his first U.S. appearance. Anticipation for the moment had been building steadily since... | | | Elite sportsmen, elite artists and anxiety by Joseph Gatt Anxiety is part of the sport. First off, being an elite artist or sportsman is a privilege that usually comes with years of hard work and training. | | | Pele's 1,000th by The Ovi Team November 19th 1969; Brazilian soccer great Pele scores his 1,000th professional goal in a game, against Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium. It was a major milestone in an illustrious career... | | | The oldest heavyweight champ in history by The Ovi Team On November 5, 1994, 45-year-old George Foreman knocks out 26-year-old Michael Moorer and becomes the oldest heavyweight champ in the history of boxing. Foreman had been the champ once before, until Muhammed Ali took the belt from... | | | Olympic silent protest by The Ovi Team October 17th 1968; two black American athletes have made history at the Mexico Olympics by staging a silent protest against racial discrimination. Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medallists in the 200m... | | | Johnson loses Olympic gold by The Ovi Team September 27th 1988; Sprinter Ben Johnson has been sent home from the Seoul Olympic Games in disgrace. The Canadian has also been stripped of his 100m gold medal after testing positive for drugs. | | | | next | |
|
|