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Saudi Aramco World : Polo: Game of Kings  Polo came to the West in the 19th century with British colonial troops, who found it ... But this is no average match: This is the 2013 Dubai Gold Cup, a major event on the .... Whether the heads used for polo were those of goats or generals, ... until six centuries later, when the British discovered the game in northeastern India.
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India facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ...  There has been a steady migration within India from rural to urban areas. .... are commonly known as Dalits or as Harijan (from the term used by Mahatma Gandhi). ..... India again went to war with Pakistan in December 1971, this time to support East .... Elections at the state level are no longer timed to coincide with national...
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Jeopary Questions page 1771 - LITERATURE - TriviaBistro.com  AROUND WILLIAMSBURG: During the revolution, the state capital moved from Williamsburg to this .... SPORTS EVOLUTION: By the time the British discovered this sport in India around 1860, it used a ball, no longer a goat's or enemy's head.
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Equine Sports  Sports Jeopardy Fan Blog  Posts about Equine Sports written by sportsjeopardyfan. ... world snow polo championships in Aspen; By the time the British discovered this sport in India, originally from Persia, around 1860, it used a ball, no longer a goat's or enemy's head...
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Pato: Argentina's National Sport  The Argentina Independent  Nov 30, 2012 ... The sport, a mixture of basketball and polo, played on horses, is native to Argentina. ... But the 20th century saw a revival, and when rules of the game were ... Horseball, most popular in Europe, was derived from pato and is...
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jai alai | sport | Britannica.com  Ball game of Basque origin played in a three-walled court with a hard rubber ball that is caught and thrown with a cesta, a long, curved wicker scoop strapped to one arm. Called... ... a catching and throwing device leading finally to the evolution of the cesta, ... Balls of many shapes, sizes, and colors are used in ball games.
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Basketball | James Naismith History  Basket Ball (as originally spelled); created in 1891 in a Springfield, ... The person responsible for the popular game was Dr. James Naismith ... Called duck on a rock, the game involved tossing rocks at another, larger ... Naismith and his players disseminated the rules of Basketball freely and the need for an indoor sport by...
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foxhunting | Britannica.com  In England, the home of the sport, foxhunting dates from at least the 15th century. ... in Oscar Wilde's play A Woman of No Importance calls it the unspeakable in...
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history - waterpoloisrael - Sites - Google  The number of players in each team was finally settled at seven. ... The Encyclopedia of Sport published in 1898 in New York and London, reported that water polo was also played on the continent and in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, India, the United States etc. .... The game was called a "foot-ball in the water".
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Reading the Animal in the Literature of the British Raj  Baden-Powell, last lines of Pig-Sticking or Hog-Hunting ... Among other things, the ... The savagery and scale of the punishments meted out by the British Army ... 1857 and 1862 alone would see the appearance of over 500 books filled ...... texts, I begin with a detailed analysis of Sports in War and Scouting for Boys,.
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Get Involved: BADMINTON - BBC Sport - BBC.com  Jul 5, 2012 ... Badminton has its origins in ancient civilisations in Europe and Asia. ... body workout as the movement of the racquet exercises the upper torso. ... of the sport called Poona was played in the 19th century in India and ... In 1873 it was played at the Duke of Beaufort's country retreat, Badminton House, from...
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Jeopary Question, SPORTS - TriviaBistro.com  Jeopardy Question: SPORTS - The overarm "crawl" swimming stroke was introduced to England in 1902 from this country.
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History of English amateur cricket - Wikipedia  Cricket, and hence English amateur cricket, probably began in England during the medieval .... It is known to have played matches against Eton in 1792 and 1796. ... boys themselves, not by the schools, and Lord Byron, who played for Harrow, ... rivalry that has become the schools cricket equivalent of Cambridge v Oxford or...
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The Origin of the Word Soccer - Today I Found Out  Jun 23, 2010 ... For all you out there who love to complain when Americans, and certain ... Many of these sports had similar rules and eventually, on October 26th, 1863, ... This resulted in the name switching from Soccer and Association .... the more regions that used a common word to describe an abstract concept the...
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Free Flashcards about WORLD HISTORY - StudyStack  IN AUGUST 1999, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS 75-YEAR HISTORY, WHEATIES BEGAN FEATURING PLAYERS OF THIS SPORT ON ITS BOXES, SOCCER.
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The Origin of Basketball - Today I Found Out  Jan 20, 2012 ... It was all started by Dr. James Naismith, the son of two Scottish immigrants to Canada. By 1891, Dr. Naismith was teaching physical education in ... All the other players would then have one rock to throw at the duck each, in order .... not just a fun game to play indoors, but a legitimate sport in its own right.
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Sports Through the Nineteenth Century - U.S. History in Context - Gale  Eastern woodland tribes, for example, played a game colonists called stickball .... fishing and fowling, sports of the privileged back home, could be enjoyed by all. ... For the gentry on both sides of the Atlantic, to celebrate leisure, especially to do ..... York Knickerbocker Baseball Club became America's first organized team.
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150 years ago today Rutgers played its 1st intercollegiate ... - NJ.com  May 5, 2016 ... 6, 1869, is a badge of honor for the university, which proclaims to be the ... of the first American intercollegiate football game played between Rutgers and ... On Nov. 22, 1864, Princeton played its first intercollegiate sports game, ... "a match game of base-ball'' was scheduled to take place between a Jersey...
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British Sports vs American Sports: The Ultimate Guide - The Daily ...  Sep 25, 2013 ... Is basketball more skilled than soccer? ... Americans have Football, Baseball, and Basketball, while Brits have Rugby, Soccer and Cricket. ... Here's our definitive (and snarky) guide to British vs American sports: ... Baseball and cricket are pretty similar in that they both involve two teams hitting a ball with a...
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Badminton - Wikipedia  Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it .... The Badminton Association of England published these rules in 1893 and ... Worldwide, Asian nations have become dominant in international .... Badminton rules restrict the design and size of racquets and shuttlecocks.