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- 2. The Ashes The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia since 1882.
- 3. Gertrude Ederle 1905 –2003 was an American competitive swimmer. In 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
- 4. Jesse Owens Was an black American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. He was the most successful athlete at the 1936 Summer Olympics, a victory more poignant and often noted because Adolf Hitler had intended the 1936 games to showcase his Aryan ideals and prowess.
- 5. W. G. Grace 1848 –1915 was an English amateur cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest players of all time. Grace qualified as a medical practitioner in 1879. Because of his medical profession, he was an amateur cricketer but he is said to have made more money from his cricketing activities than any professional cricketer!
- 6. Mark Spitz Won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, an achievement only surpassed by Michael Phelps who won eight golds at the 2008 Olympics.
- 7. Fred Perry 1909 – 1995 was a championship-winning English tennis and table tennis player who won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships between 1934 and 1936 and was World No. 1 four years in a row. Perry also became the last British player to win the men's Wimbledon championship in 1936!
- 8. The Black Power Salute At the 1968 Olympics a protest was made by the American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos; the athletes made the raised fist gesture at the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City. The event was one of the most overtly political statements in the history of the modern Olympic Games. When "The Star-Spangled Banner" played, Smith and Carlos delivered the salute with heads bowed, a gesture which became front page news around the world. Smith later said "If I win, I am American, not a black American. But if I did something bad, then they would say I am a Negro. We are black and we are proud of being black. Black America will understand what we did tonight."
- 9. Eric Liddell 1902 –1945. Was a Scottish athlete and rugby union international player. Liddell was the winner of the men's 400 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A devout Christian, Liddell refused to run in a heat held on Sunday and was forced to withdraw from the 100-metres race, his best event and enter the 400m. When the day of the Olympic 400 metres race came, Liddell went to the starting blocks, where an American Olympic Team member slipped a piece of paper into his hand with a quotation from 1 Samuel 2:30: "Those who honour me I will honour.“ He broke the existing Olympic and world records with a time of 47.6 seconds.
- 10. The Boat Race Annual rowing race between the Oxford University and the Cambridge University, rowed on the River Thames. The first race was in 1829 and the event has been held annually since 1856, except during the two world wars. As of 2012 Cambridge have won the race 81 times and Oxford 76 times, with one dead heat.
- 11. Ben Johnson A sprinter from Canada. He set consecutive 100 metres world records at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and the 1988 Summer Olympics, but he was disqualified for doping, losing the Olympic title and both records.
- 12. Wimbledon Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. Wimbledon is the only Major still played on grass, the game's original surface, which gave the game of lawn tennis its name. The tournament takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Final, scheduled respectively for the second Saturday and Sunday
- 13. Roger Bannister Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, CBE (born 23 March 1929) is an English athlete best known for running the first mile in less than 4 minutes.
- 14. Athens 1896 The first international Olympic Games held in the Modern era. Because Ancient Greece was the birthplace of the Olympic Games, Athens was perceived to be an appropriate choice to stage the inaugural modern Games. It was unanimously chosen as the host city by Pierre de Coubertin. The Olympics did not return to Greece until the 2004 Summer Olympics, some 108 years later.
- 15. 1966 World Cup In 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in England. England beat West Germany 4–2 in the final, winning the World Cup for the first time.