Posts Tagged ‘sport’

Ultramarathoner Who Used Car In 50-Mile Race Banned From The Sport For 12 Months

A Scottish ultramarathoner who admitted to riding in a car for part of a 50-mile race in April has been banned from the sport for 12 months by UK Athletics. According to a UK Athletics disciplinary panel hearing, Joasia Zakrzewski accepted a lift from a friend for roughly two and a half miles during the […]

In Finland, Carrying One’s Wife is More than Affection – It’s a Sport!

In the tapestry of ancient sports and traditions, some activities are surprisingly unconventional. Read more Section:  News Weird Facts Read Later  Source

Hunting Hippos Was a Royal Sport in Ancient Egypt

To the modern observer, the hippopotamus might seem a curious creature – large and often languid in its watery habitat. However, in ancient Egypt, the hippo was regarded as one of the most ferocious beasts, a symbol of power and destruction. Read more Section:  News Weird Facts Read Later  Source

Why Mud Wrestlers Give Up Everything for An Ancient Sport (Video)

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, our view is that there exist countless mysteries, scientific anomalies and surprising artifacts that have yet to be discovered and explained. The goal […]

Fisherman Jousting: An Ancient Egyptian Sport with a Violent History

Ancient history is full of examples of violence, not only in the form of torture and killings, but also in entertainment and sports. From the bloody gladiatorial combats of ancient Rome, to the Maya ball game, chariot racing in ancient Greece, and Greco-Roman wrestling, ancient history had all kinds of brutal sports. Often these sports […]

Polo, ancient Iranian sport

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Virginia Tech Swimmer Blasts NCAA for Allowing Lia Thomas to Take Sport from Biological Females

Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy published a letter accusing the NCAA of being “disrespectful against the biologically female swimmers.” Source

Sport and politics do mix, as FIFA’s hypocrisy demonstrates

Israel’s war on Palestinian sport is as old as the settler-colonial state itself. Sport is a critical aspect of popular Palestinian culture, and since culture itself is a target for the decades-old Israeli attack on Palestinian life in all of its manifestations, sport and athletes have been targeted purposely as well. Despite this very obvious […]

Sumo Wrestling: From Ritual Origins to Honorable Sport

It is hard to think of Japan without sumo wrestling. This unique and very old sport has been one of the indivisible aspects of Japanese identity for over 1,500 years or more! Granted, sumo wrestling is a little strange and exotic: big, chunky, heavy men wearing “diapers” and grappling one another in a struggle that […]

2021 Infiniti Q60 Red Sport 400 AWD

The Q60 has the most expansive and user friendly audio and infotainment instrumentation I’ve seen this year. Infiniti InTouch is a dual HD display system, plus navigation with MapCare and Premium Traffic. The Bose 16-speaker Premium Audio System brings a startling, wondrous atmosphere into the cabin. Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, Siri Eyes Free, and Wi-Fi […]

This Togo football agent is helping homeless children through sport

In Kodjoviakope, a neighbourhood in Togo’s capital close to the border with Ghana, an ordinary school has been given a prize for doing extraordinary things to help homeless children. It all started when Jean Koffi Akpoa, a football agent and manager by profession, became determined to solve a growing issue. “Many children between seven to […]

Ford to halt production of F-150, Bronco Sport and other vehicles due to chip shortage

DETROIT – Ford Motor will halt or cut production at eight North American plants for varying periods of time through June due to an ongoing shortage of semiconductor chips impacting the auto industry. Affected vehicles range from the Ford Mustang and Escape crossover to the highly profitable F-150 pickup and Bronco Sport SUV, the company confirmed following an […]

Javanmardi takes silver at World Shooting Para Sport World Cup

TEHRAN – Sareh Javanmardi of Iran won a silver medal in the P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 of the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup on Tuesday. She claimed the silver medal with a score of 223.4. Manish Narwal from India seized the gold with 229.1. Nawal’s score surpassed the previous world record of […]

Sareh Javanmardi wins gold at World Shooting Para Sport World Cup

TEHRAN – Sareh Javanmardi of Iran claimed a gold medal on the third day of competition at the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Al Ain. Javanmardi won the gold medal in the P2 women’s 10m air pistol SH1 with a score of 237.7. The silver medal went to Aysegul Pehlivanlar of Turkey with […]

Coronavirus Israel live: Gov’t approves new regulations for sport and culture

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Snow Snake, The Ancient Native American Winter Sport, Gets Popular

On Friday, February 26 2021, a city park in Madison, Wisconsin will host a unique sporting competition . Newcomers and experienced practitioners alike will be given the opportunity to play snow snake, a wintertime game that has been popular among Native American peoples for more than 500 years. In this deceptively simple but technically demanding […]

There has never been a safe or effective vaccine in the history of the death sport of vaccine development, until people realize this, they will never emerge from their cocoons of denial, and become the solution to mankind’s current dilemma | Gates | Fouci | The Truth About HIV and AIDS | The Fourth Industrial Revolution

John Hall – Vaccines Cause Diseases They “Prevent”OCTOBER 16, 2020 AT 11:19 AMHenry Makow HenryMakow.com “the violence of mechanized warfare had claimed 20 to 25 million victims while the Spanish Flu killed 50 to 100 million worldwide. There are extremely good reasons to believe that the “jab” was the cause of the disease…” “… We […]

Poll: NFL Now ‘Least Liked Sport’ In America

The National Football League (NFL) has become the least liked sport in America, according to a devastating new poll released this week.  Just one month after the NFL decided to protest the American flag and National Anthem, the sport’s unfavourable rating has plunged to just 40 percent – according to the Winston Group survey. Washingtonexaminer.com […]

Sport cars challenge airplanes in 2nd race at MAKS Air show (VIDEO)

The Festival of Speed event, held at Zhukovsky Airfield outside Moscow where the MAKS 2017 Air Show is underway, has entered its second day. READ MORE: Racing cars challenge planes at MAKS 2017 (VIDEO, PHOTOS) Earlier on Saturday, a MiG-29UB fighter jet, Yak-54 trainer plane, and Extra EA-300L aerobatic plane met their ground vehicle competitors to […]

Western aggression: NATO conducting naval drills in Black Sea with 25 military vessels taking part

     The active stage of the Breeze 2016 international naval exercise has been launched on the Black Sea on Monday. Aimed at improving coordination in crisis response and training of NATO-led naval operations, the drills will last till July 17. Held every year, the drills officially began on Friday in Bulgaria’s territorial waters and exclusive […]

Occupation arrests 16 Palestinians in West Bank

Days of Palestine, West Bank -Israeli occupation arrested on Monday night 16 Palestinians in different cities and villages across the occupied West Bank. Palestinian sources said that the Israeli occupation raided Palestinian homes during the night, searched them and arrested the Palestinian citizens. Like our page on Facebook Follow us on Twitter According to the sources, a […]

If You Spot A Celebrity Wearing THIS Bracelet At Oscars, Here’s What You NEED To Know

Dean James AMERICA’S FREEDOM FIGHTERS– As you have heard by now, several black entertainers have decided not to attend the Oscars this year because no blacks were nominated in the top categories. They say the whole thing is “too white…” Liberals are screaming about racism as usual. But what you may not know is that many […]

If You Spot A Celebrity Wearing THIS Bracelet At Oscars, Here’s What You NEED To Know

Dean James AMERICA’S FREEDOM FIGHTERS– As you have heard by now, several black entertainers have decided not to attend the Oscars this year because no blacks were nominated in the top categories. They say the whole thing is “too white…” Liberals are screaming about racism as usual. But what you may not know is that many […]

German photographer gets arrested, put on trial, for entering Europe illegally with other illegal immigrants

From: whitegenocideproject.com Photographer Felix Kleymann wanted to visually document how immigrants get to Europe illegally. He started from Northern Iraq, traveled through Turkey, and paid smugglers to board a boat bound for the island of Lesbos, Greece. But when he arrived, he was arrested because he is a European citizen, and […]

Maspero anchor suspended for demanding accountability from Sisi

Hanan Fayed (TCP) : An anchor at the state-owned TV was suspended Monday after she demanded that state officials, including President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, be held accountable for any failure, el-Bedaiah news website reported. Still Image From Azza Al-Hennawy’s Controversial Episde on Nov. 1, 2015 “We call on you (Sisi) to consider corruption at town […]

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