21 résultats pour "soccer"
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Soccer.
Two assistants, known as linesmen or referees’ assistants, aid the referee. Their primary job is to alert the referee when balls go out of the playing area and to assist inmaking offsides calls (see Rules section below). The assistants carry flags, which they wave when the ball leaves the playing area or use to point to the spot where a foul was committed. V EQUIPMENT Soccer is played with a round leather ball. It is between 68 and 71 cm (27 and 28 in) in circumference and weighs between 396...
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Soccer's Big Show Comes to the United States.
There were many doubters, both overseas and within the United States. Some U.S. sportswriters derided the idea of holding the World Cup in the United States asakin to staging the World Series in India—how could there be any local interest? Foreign critics felt that money was the sole reason for FIFA's decision and that thesport was about to be cheapened to make it acceptable to Americans. The rumors flew: FIFA was going to enlarge the goals, it would allow timeouts (unheard of inthe sport) to ac...
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Brazil Wins Third World Cup In Soccer.
Playing their fifth consecutive game at Guadalajara's Jalisco Stadium, the Brazilians faced Uruguay in the semifinals on June 17. Uruguay struck first, capitalizingon a blunder by goalie Felix (Miéli Venerand Felix). Brazil equalized just before the half when midfielder Clodoaldo (Tavares Santana Clodoaldo) took a pass fromTostao and drove it home. It was all Brazil in the second half. Pelé constructed two late-game scores within 13 minutes, feeding Jairzinho and then Rivelino. The 3-1victory av...
- Mia Hamm Mia Hamm, born in 1972, American soccer player, one of the greatest female players in the history of the sport.
- Major League Soccer Champions.
- Major League Soccer Champions.
- Soccer: Olympic Medalists.
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Argentina Wins World Cup.
Dutch team responded with two unanswered goals to earn the victory. In the consolation match Brazil squeaked past Italy, 2-1, in what was the final high-profileappearance of Brazilian star Roberto Rivelino, a three-time World Cup participant. The championship match was held at Río de la Plata stadium in Buenos Aires on Sunday, June 25. In a classic match-up, a methodical, disciplined European teamplayed against a spontaneous, mercurial South American squad. According to Argentina's coach, Ce...
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- Major International Soccer Competitions: Champions.
- NCAA Division I Soccer Champions.
- Copa America Champions The world's oldest existing international soccer tournament, it was known as the South American Championship until 1975.
- Soccer: Olympic Medalists C ountry Year Gold Silver Bronze 1900 United Kingdom France Belgium 1904 Canada United States United States 1906 Denmark Greece Greece 1908 United Kingdom Denmark The Netherlands 1912 United Kingdom Denmark The
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1996 Summer Olympics.
jump, the first African woman ever to win an Olympic field event. In the first Olympic women's soccer competition, the United States returned to world prominence with a 2-1 gold medal victory over China before more than 76,000spectators—believed to be the largest crowd in history for a women's sporting event. The U.S. team won the first women's World Cup in 1991, defeating Norway inthe final match, but had failed to defend the title in 1995 when they lost to the Norwegians in the semifinals...
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Associated Press Athletes of the Year.
1961 Wilma Rudolph track and field 1962 Dawn Fraser swimming 1963 Mickey Wright golf 1964 Mickey Wright golf 1965 Kathy Whitworth golf 1966 Kathy Whitworth golf 1967 Billie Jean King tennis 1968 Peggy Fleming skating 1969 Debbie Meyer swimming 1970 Chi Cheng track and field 1971 Evonne Goolagong tennis 1972 Olga Korbut gymnastics 1973 Billie Jean King tennis 1974 Chris Evert tennis 1975 Chris Evert tennis 1976 Nadia Comaneci gymnastics 1977 Chris Evert tennis 1978 Nancy Lopez golf 1979 Tracy Aus...
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Associated Press Athletes of the Year
This award was first presented in 1931.
1961 Wilma Rudolph track and field 1962 Dawn Fraser swimming 1963 Mickey Wright golf 1964 Mickey Wright golf 1965 Kathy Whitworth golf 1966 Kathy Whitworth golf 1967 Billie Jean King tennis 1968 Peggy Fleming skating 1969 Debbie Meyer swimming 1970 Chi Cheng track and field 1971 Evonne Goolagong tennis 1972 Olga Korbut gymnastics 1973 Billie Jean King tennis 1974 Chris Evert tennis 1975 Chris Evert tennis 1976 Nadia Comaneci gymnastics 1977 Chris Evert tennis 1978 Nancy Lopez golf 1979 Tracy Aus...
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Buenos Aires (city) - geography.
The city has produced or nurtured many of the most prominent Spanish-language writers of the 20th century, including Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, and ManuelPuig. Buenos Aires has long been one of the primary centers of Spanish-language publishing and printing, and it is home to major publishing companies. It supports theoldest English-language daily newspaper in Latin America, the Buenos Aires Herald, published since 1876. The arts have a long, rich history in Buenos Aires. This is mani...
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Uruguay (country) - country.
Freedom of religion is guaranteed by the constitution of Uruguay. Three-quarters of the people belong to the Roman Catholic Church. There are also sizable Protestantand Jewish congregations. The official language is Spanish, which in Uruguay has been influenced by Italian vocabulary and pronunciation. C Education Uruguay has one of the highest rates of literacy in Latin America, at 98.2 percent of the adult population. Six years of primary education is compulsory, and Uruguay isone of the few n...
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Carbon - chemistry.
Graphite is black and slippery and conducts electricity. In graphite, the atoms form planar, or flat, layers. Each layer is made up of rings containing six carbon atoms.The rings are linked to each other in a structure that resembles the hexagonal mesh of chicken wire. Each atom has three sigma bonds (with 120° between any two ofthe bonds) and belongs to three neighboring rings. The fourth electron of each atom becomes part of an extensive pi bond system. Graphite conducts electricity,because th...
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Seattle - geography.
Mountains. The area includes the suburban cities of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Renton, and Issaquah. The Eastside has become home to dozens of high-technologyindustries including Microsoft Corporation, ATL Ultrasound, Nintendo of America, divisions of The Boeing Company, and many other firms. In the 1960s commutersheaded to Seattle jobs from homes on the Eastside. Today, the “reverse commute” from Seattle homes to jobs on the Eastside is just as heavy, and both streams oftraffic cross the same...
- Johan Cruyff.
- Pelé.