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- the race has finished on the Champs-Elysées. Tennis is another popular sport in Paris and throughout France. The French Open, held every year on ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- swimming pool and courts for badminton and table tennis and beach volley ball. The Club also has a massage parlour, Vaisakha—a multi cuisine restaurant ...28 KB (3,882 words) - 00:49, 21 April 2023
- quot; in 1997, featuring a teenager playing tennis using a goggle and gloves system against a computer generated Andre Agassi. ====Health care ...23 KB (3,598 words) - 20:36, 3 May 2023
- weighing several tons to fragments the size of tennis balls—and sheltering them from the elements. The Buddhist remnants at Bamyan were included ...24 KB (3,495 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- club in Dhaka, established in 1911; the National Tennis Complex; Shishu Park, the oldest children's entertainment park in Dhaka, notable for admitting ...25 KB (3,589 words) - 18:25, 6 January 2024
- weightlifting, shooting, swimming, tennis, and wrestling. rowing events were scheduled as well, but had to be canceled due to bad weather. ...28 KB (4,253 words) - 00:34, 18 November 2022
- Zealand sporting teams. Examples include tennis between 1905 and 1913, when Australia and New Zealand combined its best players to compete in ...24 KB (3,586 words) - 05:58, 10 January 2023
- cycling, rugby union, handball, tennis, boxing, and martial arts. Soccer is the most popular sport in Burkina Faso, played both professionally ...22 KB (3,224 words) - 18:45, 22 November 2023
- cricket, netball, lawn bowling, soccer, golf, tennis, cycling, and a variety of water sports, particularly sailing, whitewater kayaking, surf lifesaving ...23 KB (3,336 words) - 18:04, 25 July 2023
- popular sports played mainly by individuals are tennis, skiing, swimming, and to some extent table tennis and chess. ==Notes== == References == ...44 KB (6,383 words) - 06:26, 11 January 2024
- read and also enjoyed piano, singing, dancing and tennis. Christie had hopes of becoming an opera singer and had studied music in Paris, but she was never ...25 KB (3,584 words) - 06:43, 16 June 2023
- height. It was constructed—under the stands of a tennis stadium—of 385 metric tons of ultra-pure graphite with 46 metric tons of non-enriched uranium ...25 KB (3,781 words) - 18:56, 13 February 2024
- courts for activities such as volleyball, tennis, soccer, cricket, and basketball, a racquetball court, jogging track, and weight room. The center ...30 KB (4,093 words) - 17:06, 15 September 2023
- deal with. It is impossible to learn to play tennis in a prison, and it is rewarding to learn music with encouragement. Time and energy, is required ...26 KB (3,861 words) - 01:14, 12 April 2023
- the most popular sport in Chile. Rugby union and tennis are also popular sports. The Chile national football team represents Chile in all major international ...25 KB (3,606 words) - 18:44, 25 January 2024
- Every May, Rome hosts the ATP Masters Series tennis tournament on the clay courts of the Foro Italico. Cycling was immensely popular in the post-World ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- magazine in 1970 and later was used by retired tennis player Billie Jean King in The Times in reference to Wimbledon to emphasize her argument regarding ...24 KB (3,816 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
- from recycled material, such as old tires and tennis shoes. Filling with air is done with the mouth, with a manual or electric inflator (such ...27 KB (4,279 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- cricket captain Sourav Ganguly and Olympic tennis bronze medalist Leander Paes ... venue for some national and international tennis tournaments. The Calcutta ...53 KB (7,578 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- between skill in chess and skill in tennis. Think now of games like ring-a-ring-a-roses; here is the element of amusement, but how many other ...32 KB (5,041 words) - 02:42, 8 January 2024
- Use of titanium in consumer products such as tennis rackets, golf clubs, bicycles, laboratory equipment, wristwatches, wedding bands, and laptop ...27 KB (3,874 words) - 03:49, 1 May 2023
- has a number of ski resorts, and competes in tennis and in the Olympic Games. ==Notes== ==References== * Armengol Vila, Lídia. 1989. Approach ...26 KB (3,798 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
- Open, one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, and the Formula One Australian Grand Prix. [[Image:Mt hotham alpine range scenery.jpg|thumb ...28 KB (3,913 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- James Callaghan's interests included rugby, tennis, and agriculture. According to the official history of 10 Downing Street, he is believed ...29 KB (4,489 words) - 01:32, 8 February 2023
- Stadium, Istora Senayan, a shooting range, a tennis court and a golf driving range. ==Media== ===Newspapers=== Jakarta has several daily newspapers ...29 KB (4,012 words) - 08:43, 18 March 2024
- cricket, football, hockey, volleyball, lawn tennis, badminton, and athletics; and swimming pools for aquatic events. Most of the hostels have their own ...32 KB (4,594 words) - 21:31, 11 November 2021
- Stanford hosts an annual U.S. Open Series tennis tournament (Bank of the West Classic) at Taube Stadium. Cobb Track, Angell Field, and Avery ...29 KB (4,059 words) - 19:49, 9 February 2023
- both as a home for Harvard's squash and tennis teams as well as strength and conditioning center for all athletic sports. As of 2006, there ...32 KB (4,558 words) - 16:50, 30 January 2022
- rod for criticism in an era of AIDS. Tennis great Arthur Ashe harshly criticized Chamberlain, writing in his 1993 memoir, "I felt more pity ...36 KB (5,732 words) - 10:56, 15 May 2023
- for field sports, outdoor track, tennis, and rowing at the northern tip of Manhattan island (in the neighborhood of Inwood). There is a third ...35 KB (5,049 words) - 22:45, 7 January 2024
- courts, 126 play slabs, 258 neighborhood tennis courts, 258 picnic areas, six 18-hole golf courses, two driving ranges, and 477 athletic fields. ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 18:06, 24 January 2024
- for summer concerts, picnics, baseball games, tennis courts, and lakes. Forest Park is one of the largest urban parks in the world, exceeding Central ...33 KB (4,943 words) - 18:26, 26 February 2024
- Sports City. Dubai also hosts the annual Dubai Tennis Championships, The Legends Rock Dubai tournament and the Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament ...35 KB (5,297 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- * International tennis tournaments including the Heineken Open (men’s) & the ASB Classic (women’s). And the more recreational events including: ...35 KB (5,077 words) - 18:26, 21 August 2023
- when China invited an American table tennis team to play there; hence the term "Ping Pong Diplomacy." America's response was to ...34 KB (5,153 words) - 01:46, 14 December 2022
- include football, basketball, swimming, and table tennis. Damascus is home to many sports clubs, such as: Al Jaish, Al Wahda, Al Majd, and Al Jalaa. ...36 KB (5,471 words) - 18:07, 24 January 2024
- of the iPod. William Higinbotham developed Tennis for Two in 1958, one of the earliest computer games and the predecessor to Pong, and Robert ...42 KB (5,828 words) - 03:33, 8 January 2024
- medals and two silver medals. Ilie Năstase, the tennis player, is another internationally known Romanian sports star. He won several Grand Slam titles ...64 KB (9,341 words) - 04:57, 16 December 2022
- leader of the Third Estate and instigator of the Tennis Court Oath – became the city's mayor under a new governmental structure known as the ...35 KB (5,341 words) - 20:55, 26 February 2023
- Vietnam. Sports and games such as badminton, tennis, ping pong, and chess are popular with large segments of the population. Baseball, introduced during ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 20:16, 3 May 2023
- and field and basketball. Sports such as golf, tennis, swimming, chess and horseback riding are also popular. Chess is a popular type of recreation ...36 KB (5,300 words) - 17:19, 10 February 2024
- southern resort areas. Sports such as golf, tennis, diving, hunting, surfing, sailing, hiking, and exploring the numerous sites, cities and museums are ...35 KB (5,063 words) - 15:12, 2 August 2023
- 19, one day before the third anniversary of the Tennis Court Oath, which had inaugurated the Revolution. The popular Journée du 20 juin 1792 was organized ...38 KB (5,991 words) - 14:42, 31 August 2022
- Angeles, where he befriended fellow composer and tennis partner George Gershwin and lived there until his death. Toward the end of his life Schoenberg ...35 KB (5,095 words) - 03:55, 15 August 2023
- sports such as golf (including The Masters), tennis (U.S. Open), and auto racing (particularly the Indianapolis 500). It has also hosted the World Cup ...83 KB (12,275 words) - 11:52, 3 May 2023
- In tennis, the city hosts Madrid Open, both male and female versions, played on clay courts. The event is part of the nine ATP Masters 1000 and ...75 KB (11,270 words) - 17:52, 8 February 2024
- #039; or 'Tapeball' on their streets. Tennis balls and homemade bats are often used, and a variety of objects may serve as wickets. Sometimes ...49 KB (7,998 words) - 06:22, 11 January 2024
- D.C., social scene. O'Connor played tennis and golf in her spare time. She was a baptized member of the Episcopal Church. O'Connor ...45 KB (6,555 words) - 21:58, 19 December 2023
- over a line of hurdles, to a box that releases a tennis ball to be caught when the dog presses the spring loaded pad, then back to their handlers while ...38 KB (6,036 words) - 11:04, 2 August 2023
- of his arm. He had been a left-handed competitive tennis player before the brutal attack. Saltman won $13 million judgement in a civil suit, but was ...38 KB (5,931 words) - 04:54, 23 March 2024
- boxing, women's basketball and women's tennis. Madagascar sent its first competitors to the Olympic Games in 1964, and has also competed in ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- football, field hockey, badminton, tennis, squash and basketball have been gaining popularity at collegiate levels. There has been a significant ...41 KB (5,921 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- Blair and Levy soon became close friends and tennis partners. Levy ran the Labor Leader's Office Fund to finance Blair's campaign before ...44 KB (6,546 words) - 04:00, 1 May 2023
- outside these sports. Queens is host of the U.S. Tennis Open, one of the four Grand Slam tournaments. The New York City Marathon is the world's ...44 KB (6,512 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- as do aquatic sports, athletics, soccer, and tennis. There are a large number of public and private sports, athletics and aquatic clubs in Colombo ...42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- and martial arts also attract large audiences. Tennis, handball, swimming, and gymnastics have found a growing number of enthusiasts in recent decades ...42 KB (5,904 words) - 22:53, 20 November 2023
- (rugger), hockey, squash, golf, cricket, tennis and boxing. Football is the ... The Wimbledon Championships are international tennis events held in ...123 KB (18,096 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- the Admin Box, and the Battle of the Tennis Court, which was the high water mark for the Japanese advance into India. The airbridge methods which ...44 KB (6,877 words) - 22:27, 15 May 2023
- matters and joining him in a regular game of real tennis. William and De Witt, both having an introvert and outwardly emotionally restrained character ...49 KB (7,679 words) - 11:02, 9 May 2023
- Zarqawi was also shown to be wearing New Balance tennis shoes in the video, which contradicts his anti-American beliefs in addition to a lack of more ...57 KB (8,842 words) - 17:21, 17 December 2022
- *Evonne Goolagong, tennis Grand Slam winner *David Gulpilil, actor *Albert Namatjira, painter *Sir Douglas Nicholls, Australian rules footballer ...50 KB (7,297 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- hotel together with Arthur Ashe and other tennis pros, who were participating ... story-of-lagos-ill-fated-1976-professional-tennis-tournament "The story ...132 KB (18,506 words) - 20:27, 15 February 2024
- include field hockey, basketball, rugby, boxing, tennis, polo, and auto racing. === Public holidays === Argentines commemorate a number of historical ...44 KB (6,290 words) - 17:44, 4 January 2024
- height. It was constructed--under the stands of a tennis stadium--of 385 metric tons of graphite with 46 metric tons of uranium in 2-kilogram blocks ...52 KB (8,009 words) - 11:05, 9 March 2023
- The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships is part of the ATP Tour World Series. The 2005 championships attracted six of the top-seeded women’s ...41 KB (6,013 words) - 11:40, 3 May 2023
- |Tennis |1993 |World TeamTennis |Barney Allis Plaza |- |Kansas City Wizards |Soccer |1996 |Major League Soccer |CommunityAmerica Ballpark ...46 KB (6,922 words) - 17:38, 14 May 2024
- end, he exercised regularly and took up boxing, tennis, hiking, watercraft rowing, hunting, polo, and horseback riding. As governor of New York, he ...46 KB (7,173 words) - 17:59, 30 April 2023
- well as modern facilities such as the Licthenburg Tennis Center, Anderson Rugby Complex, and the Lou Gross Gymnastics Facility. Michie Stadium underwent ...49 KB (7,478 words) - 11:57, 3 May 2023
- Popular sports include martial arts, table tennis, badminton, and more recently, golf. Basketball is popular among young people in crowded urban ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- headache, menstrual cramps, tennis elbow, fibromyalgia, myofascial pain, osteoarthritis, low back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and asthma for ...53 KB (7,935 words) - 04:54, 1 May 2023
- Over the last few years several Swiss tennis players, like Roger Federer and Martina Hingis, have been multiple Grand Slam singles champions ...52 KB (7,532 words) - 14:19, 28 April 2023
- during his matches with Spassky. Fischer played tennis at the Baguio Country Club. Torre introduced Fischer to a 22-year-old woman named Justine ...53 KB (7,890 words) - 08:45, 16 November 2023
- *Heinz Günthardt (born 1959), professional tennis player, born in Zürich Famous residents: *Tristan Tzara (1915-1919) *Richard Wagner (1849–1861) ...53 KB (7,882 words) - 06:16, 13 June 2023
- Squash and tennis are other favorite sports. The Egyptian squash team has been known for its fierce competition in international championships ...47 KB (7,144 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- is said to have been the first actor to ask "Tennis, anyone?" on stage. Early in his career, Bogart met Helen Menken. They married in ...51 KB (8,176 words) - 12:20, 4 February 2023
- [[Image:Wimbledon Grojean 2004 RJL.JPG|right|thumb|400px|Tennis originated ... rugby union and rugby league, football, tennis, and badminton. Of these ...103 KB (15,568 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- referred to a quarrel over a gambling debt and a tennis game, and this explanation has become established in the popular imagination. But recent scholarship ...56 KB (8,917 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- at the time included reading, riding, playing tennis, cooking, and playing the piano; she also had a keen interest in gardening. She cited F. Scott ...63 KB (9,615 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- name of Sandra Shaw. She introduced her husband to tennis, golf, and skiing, and he in turn took her fishing. He separated from her from 1951 to 1954 ...63 KB (9,757 words) - 04:36, 18 April 2024
- held in the Sarthe department. Several major tennis tournaments take place in France, including the Paris Masters and the French Open, one of the ...109 KB (16,195 words) - 06:41, 1 April 2024
- teams have become things of the past. Russian tennis players, on the other hand, have achieved highly profiled success. The attitude to the rest ...65 KB (9,740 words) - 15:57, 25 January 2023
- The other two most popular sports in Germany are marksmanship and tennis represented by the German Marksmen’s Federation and the German Tennis ...115 KB (16,736 words) - 17:52, 14 December 2023
- (soccer), weightlifting, basketball, volleyball, tennis, swimming, rugby union, and gymnastics. Football is by far the most popular sport in Albania. ...58 KB (8,519 words) - 04:58, 17 June 2023
- brother, François, caught a chill after a game of tennis, contracted a fever, and died. As Dauphine, Catherine was now expected to provide a future ...68 KB (10,504 words) - 16:16, 3 December 2023
- involved are boxing, judo, karate, athletics, table tennis, and chess. Serbia and Montenegro were represented by a single football team in the 2006 FIFA ...62 KB (8,958 words) - 22:21, 14 March 2024
- black female player to win the Wimbledon singles tennis title, was born in Silver. * Charlotta Bass (born in Sumter), a newspaper publisher in ...64 KB (9,145 words) - 15:14, 27 April 2023
- to ride, to shoot, to row and to play polo and lawn tennis. Frequent trips to Europe made him conversant in German and French. The fact that his father ...67 KB (10,424 words) - 05:13, 9 April 2024
- is the more popular sport. In recent times, tennis has gained popularity. Chess, commonly held to have originated in India, is also gaining popularity ...64 KB (9,559 words) - 13:04, 4 March 2024
- sports history. Since the end of the Soviet era tennis has grown in popularity and Russia has produced a number of famous tennis players. Chess is a ...137 KB (20,217 words) - 18:16, 22 December 2022
- 40–42, 57. Kennedy also played on the tennis team and was in the drama, debate, and glee clubs. ==College, military service, and law school== ...80 KB (11,614 words) - 02:50, 19 April 2023
- Howard Metzenbaum, whom he had defeated in a tennis match in, as the nominee put it, "a case of my integrity overcoming my judgment." ...85 KB (12,298 words) - 05:39, 11 August 2023
- sports in the country include martial arts, table tennis, badminton, swimming, and snooker. Board games such as go (known as wéiqí in Chinese), xiangqi ...89 KB (11,967 words) - 17:55, 26 March 2023
- Always wrapped in white scarves, she played tennis (under house rules that required that she be the winner) and cards, read plays, and created sculptures ...103 KB (16,692 words) - 01:55, 22 March 2023
- In tennis, Spain won the 2005 Davis Cup championship, with teenager Rafael Nadal leading. Nadal went on to become the world number 1 ranked singles ...115 KB (17,210 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
