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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani has provided Angels fans with plenty of highlights this season. The reigning AL MVP pitched no-hit ball into the eighth inning and extended his hitting streak to 14 games as Los Angeles pushed its winning streak to four with a 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics. Germany failed to win over their national press in Monday’s pulsating 3-3 draw with England at Wembley, where their two-goal collapse left the country’s top publications fearing the worst ahead of the Qatar World Cup. Hansi Flick’s side rescued a late point against the Three Lions thanks to a blunder from goalkeeper Nick Pope, who cost the hosts what would have been a sensational victory with three minutes remaining in London.

  • Odysseus was challenged by the Phaeacians to demonstrate his prowess as an athlete.
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  • The measurement of the result may be objective or subjective, and corrected with “handicaps” or penalties.
  • The violence of the game, which survived in Britain and in France until the late 19th century, prompted Renaissance humanists, such as Sir Thomas Elyot, to condemn it as more likely to maim than to benefit the participants.

The ancient Olympic Games were held in honour of the head deity, Zeus, and featured various forms of religious dedication to him and other gods. As many Greeks travelled to see the games, this combination of religion and sport also served as a way of uniting them. Key principles of sport include that the result should not be predetermined, and that both sides should have equal opportunity to win.

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Indeed, the celebrated 14th-century Persian pahlavan Maḥmūd Khwārezmī was both. Contests for runners and jumpers were to be found across the length and breadth of the continent. During the age of imperialism, explorers and colonizers were often astonished by the prowess of these “primitive” peoples. Nandi runners of Kenya’s Rift Valley seemed to run distances effortlessly at a pace that brought European runners to pitiable physical collapse.

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Aus­tralian Foot­ball League in­ves­ti­gates ‘very se­ri­ous al­le­ga­tions’ as play­ers say they were racial­ly abused by a coach. WBC heavy­weight cham­pi­on Fury says he will not fight Joshua af­ter a self-im­posed dead­line to sign a con­tract passed. Or­gan­is­ers say vis­i­tors will have to show neg­a­tive PCR or anti­gen test to en­ter coun­try, show track­ing app at games. Boxing flourished throughout the 18th century, it was not until 1743 that boxer-entrepreneur Jack Broughton formulated rules to rationalize and regulate the sport. The minimal controls on mayhem imposed by Broughton were strengthened in 1867 by the marquess of Queensberry. Pausanias wrote of races for girls at Olympia, but these events in honour of Hera were of minor importance.