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Pro Bowl is the annual all-star game that brings together the best players from NFC against the best from AFC. The game has historically been played at the end of each NFL season enrolling most well-known players of the time and lured millions of the fans and football lovers from all around the world.

Some sports analysts noted that teams who have managed to get into the Super Bowl and lost tend to collapse the next season. The season following a loss in the Super Bowl a team frequently returns with a losing, or middling at best, record. This outcome can be seen in the accumulating injuries, loss of promising free agents between seasons, etc.

The first European Athletics Championships was held in Torino in 1934. Since then, one of the most prestigious European athletics events governed by European Athletic Association is run every four years on a regular basis and enrolls the strongest athletes on the European continent. Learn more about European Athletics Championships.

Before the inaugural World Athletics Championships held in 1983 in Helsinki, there had been a few of single athletics races and events in which were thought to be World Championships in those events. Learn more interesting facts on World Athletics Championships organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

Although baseball was created in America, it has ultimately become one of the most admirable sports in the world. Baseball has been one of the Olympic Games' demonstration sports eight times since 1904 prior to debuting as a pure Olympic sport in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. Learn more about the baseball at Olympics.

Before the official debut of the Baseball World Series in 1903, other postseason pro competitions have been played since as early as 1884. Even despite the fact that they are not formally acknowledged as part of Baseball World Series history, they give a foundation for the founding of what has become acknowledged as The Fall Classic.

Olympic archery commenced at the 1900 Olympic Games and has been held in 13 Games. Archers from 83 different countries have contested in the Olympic competitions, of whom France has appeared the most often with 11 times. Learn more about Olympic Archery competitions governed by the Federation Internationale de Tir a l'Arc.

Today, world's major archery competitions are governed and supervised by the International Archery Association (FITA). Olympic archery rules are based on FITA rules as well. It is possible to learn more about the different types of competitive archery including Flight and Clout archery from our competition's review.

In 2006 the world's best players will be brought together in Japan to compete for honour, pride, and the title of "World Champion." The 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan will be the first Basketball World Championships to be held in Asia after the 28-year interruption after it was held in Philippines.

Although the sport of basketball seems purely American, it was in reality invented by Canadian man James Naismith who introduced this game in 1891. Basketball at Olympics made its debut as a demonstration sport in 1904 and first appeared as entirely Olympic sport in 1936 in Berlin. Find out more about the basketball at the Olympics!

Boxing was one of the events of the ancient Olympics. Boxers of that time used to wear plain leather straps around their hands and practiced with primal versions of punch bags that we know today. Throughout the Roman times, studs made of metal were inculcated which led to the sport obtaining increasingly violent tinge. Learn more interesting facts about Olympic Boxing?

Today there are dozens of boxing organizations worldwide that sanction boxing championships at all levels. The most influential of them are the International Boxing Federation (IBF), World Boxing Council (WBC), the World Boxing Organization (WBO), and the World Boxing Association (WBA). Learn more about world's largest boxing organizations and championships.

Chess game took birth in India long ago. It suffered much being forbidden by official church and survived thanks to its pithiness and big amount of devoted fans. The 14th century gave it official permission and since then it growth is limitless. Today chess game is the basis of World Chess Championships and Tournaments. International Chess Federation unites many countries.

Curling has the biggest popularity in Canada, but is intensively played in many other countries including Sweden, the United States of America, Scotland, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Japan and even China, all of which, as well as a lot of other countries, participate in the World Curling Championship.

Sumo is traditional Japanese sport that is as long as Japanese history itself. Sumo fighters are extremely popular in the country; they have even their privileged rights. The names of most popular sumo fighters are Akashi Shiganosuke, Ayakawa Gorozi, Maruyama Gondazaemon, Onokawa Kisaburo and others. Today there are 55 sumo schools. The best one is considered to be Musashigawa school.

Curling has the biggest popularity in Canada, but is intensively played in many other countries including Sweden, the United States of America, Scotland, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway and many others. Canadian major women?s curling event ? Scott Tournament of Hearts has decided Canadian team-representative at World Curling Championship for many years.

Sumo is very popular today although it was born long ago. It is a traditional sport that was developed from religious ceremonies and at the moment represents more than just sports activities. It is a big show and national holiday, which takes place six times per year. All sumo fighters are ranged and use their own special social rights. Japanese are ready to pay big money to observe their national heroes.

Nearly all F1 prior to joining the most prestigious rank of Formula One drivers spent some seasons in different open-wheel racing categories. However, only categories of single-seater racing lure significant crowd. Learn more interesting facts about the single-seater racing and open-wheel vehicles.

Not only is rally unique in its approach to motor racing but also in its selection of when and where to race. In fact, auto rallying takes place in all weather conditions and on all surfaces; asphalt, gravel, ice and snow - all kinds if surfaces are suitable on a rally. Find out more interesting facts about auto rallying.

Football is one of the most widespread and popular sport games in the world. It was created long ago in Greece and had some analogues in different countries. The football tournaments were transformed into present state in England and got their rules there. One of the most influential organization that keep football traditions is FIFA (Federation International of Football Association).

The sport of snooker is one of the most widely-watched sports on the British Islands where it is played by more than 4 million people. Snooker competitions attract vast spectator audience; the final game of Snooker World Championship in 2005 was watched by a record figure of 7.8 million viewers on the BBC.

The Chess Olympiads have been held annually since the inception in 1927. However, the first so-known ?unofficial? Chess Olympiad took place in Paris, France three years earlier. The 2006 Chess Olympiad is scheduled to take place in Turin, Italy, and the next event of 2008 will be held in Dresden, Germany.

The first Grey Cup was introduced by the Canadian Governor General in 1909 to award the winning Canadian amateur football rugby team. By this time rugby in Canada had become strikingly different from the rugby union from which it derived. Eventually, the Grey Cup was included into the property of the Football League of Canada.

In Canadian football two teams, each consists of twelve players, try to win territorial control of a football field of 110 yards long and 65 yards wide, with end areas 20 yards deep. Canadian football competitions are held at various levels in Canada including several junior divisions with the main trophy called the Vanier Cup.

Like in the National League, in Olympic Ice Hockey, each of two teams has one goalkeeper and five players on the ice at the time. Substitutions take place as frequently as every forty to sixty seconds. The men's Olympic teams are allowed to have a maximum of 22 skaters and the women's teams are allowed 20 skaters.

The Ice Hockey World Championships organized by the International Federation of Ice Hockey are a yearly event. The competition was preceded by the European Ice Hockey Championships which took place between 1910 and 1932. Learn about the Ice Hockey World Championships in more detail and find out the winners of the most recent tournaments.

Being born in Holland and having got development in England figure skating became widespread and popular all over the world. The main disciplines of figure skating are ice dancing pairs, individual men championship, individual women championship, sport pairs. All rules and world championships are governed by international skating union that was found in 1892.

Golfers become eligible to participate in the Champions Tour, the pro tournament specially held for seniors, on their fiftieth birthday. It is of a great significance if a player manages to accumulate twenty wins in the majors, because this achievement grants a golfer lifetime membership on the PGA Tour. Learn more about men golf competitions.

Gymnastics roots are traced to ancient Greece, where this sport was considered to be necessary for physic body and mental mind. The first Olympic gymnastic competition took place in 1896, Athens. Today woman gymnastics disciplines include vault, uneven bars, balancing beam, floor exercises; man gymnastics disciplines are represented by floor exercises, still rings, parallel bars, vault, pommel horse, horizontal bars.

Gymnastics has more than 2000 years of history. But Gymnastics world championships saw the world only a little bit more than 100 years ago. This sport that influences not only human?s body, but also minds and moral culture got popularity all over the world. Gymnastics championships were included into NCAA championships. Very strict selection should be passed for possibility to join NCAA gymnastic team.

Women?s golf is played professionally in a large number of countries. The majority of female professionals work as teaching or club professionals, and compete only in regional women golf competitions. Smaller elite of female pros are tournament professionals who play golf full time on worldwide tours.

A majority of full-contact fighting sports put emphasis on the force and the violence, thus causing knock-outs to occur fairly commonly in those sports. This is just what makes taekwondo at the Olympics rather different; even though it also is a full-contact sport. In Olympic taekwondo knock-outs happen quite rarely. This is the direct consequence of one of the important Olympic taekwondo rules: fighters cannot hit opponent's head or face with fists.

A majority of full-contact fighting sports put much emphasis on the force and the violence, thus causing knock-outs to occur fairly commonly. This is precisely what makes World Taekwondo Championships fairly different because knock-outs happen there rather rarely. Learn more about the Taekwondo World Championships and the event?s winners.

Modern sport of football is known in a number of names all the way through the English-speaking planet with the most widespread being soccer and football. Football is the term officially used by FIFA, the governing body of the sport, and the Olympic Committee. Find out more interesting facts about football and its major international competitions.

Roger Federer and Sisters Williams have dominated at the Wimbledon Championship during the past years, having caught multiple championship titles. Other recent Wimbledon champions include Lleyton Hewitt, Goran Ivanisevic, Pete Sampras in men?s singles and Maria Sharapova, Linsday Davenport and Jana Novotna in women?s singles. Learn more interesting facts about the Wimbledon Championship and its history.

Rugby is one of the most famous and popular games all over the world that has very interesting story of origin. It was developed thanks to accident violation of already existing ballgame ? football. In 1934 the Federation of International Rugby Amateur appeared. Rugby got official status in International world competitions and confirmed its major rules.

Rugby is one of the most popular ball games that were invented in England long ago. Its rules and character correspond to the time of its development: they are rough and strict. It was joyfully accepted by real men. Today there still exists rugby union founded in 1882. Now it is represented by four British countries(England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland), France and Italy.

Snowboarding sport is rather young but very widespread and popular all over the world. Officially the beginning of its history traces to not far away 1960s and such vivid personality as Jay Barton. Today snowboarding has been already in the list of Olympic sports. The snowboarding competition program can be divided into 2 events: slalom and ?half-pipe? riding.

Everyone likes diving that opens secret doors of underwater world. The history keeps secret of exact origin diving as sport. But no doubt it is connected with two names well-known to everyone: Jack Eve Custo and Emilio Ganyan who invented the first operating device for open breathing cycle. Today diving is one of many sport events that take place every Olympic games.

Karate is not only one of the most popular martial arts. First of all it is a unique unit of oriental philosophy and physical skills trainings. It was created and developed in Japan, Okinawa many centuries ago. The purpose of this martial art was self-defense technique that worked without using weapon or anything else except the parts of body. Kihon, kata and kumite form the set of modern karate disciplines.

The most important part of figure skating (its equipment) was invented in Holland although as a sport it got birth in England. Today figure skating is an integral part of all winter Olympic Games. It is also included in different World and Europe Championships. At the moment figure skating includes the following events: ice dancing pairs, individual men championship, individual women championship, sport pairs.

Horsemanship (the higher school of riding) ? is the art of horse controlling in different paces (step, trot, gallop, passage and others). The usual horse racing competitions are kept on the field sized 20?40 or 20?60 meters. The programs of competitions differ in complexity level and they are held during 5-12 minutes. The performances are rated by 10-scored system. The Grand National prize is raffled on the Olympic Games, Europe championships and National Competitions.

Steeplechases are one of the most popular and difficult horse racing competitions. They are included in horse triathlon, horse pentathlon and horse double-event competitions? programs. The traditional distance of these competitions is 6-7km with 18 massive immobile obstacles. Steeplechases are represented in Olympic Games, Europe Championships and National Cup Tournaments.

Today swimming is a very popular sport included in many International Championships and Competitions. Although it was invented many centuries ago in many ancient states simultaneously, its birth as a sport it got in England. The history of the world swimming championships began since the end of 19th century. Swimming can improve and strengthen both health and will.

Swimming is one of the most popular sports included into the Summer Olympic Games and other World Championships. Swimming competitions are divided into short course swimming championships and long course swimming championships (they differ in distance length). There are some classical swimming styles: crawl (free style), breaststroke, butterfly stroke and sidestroke.

Volleyball is a very popular sport game developed only in the 19th century but got a huge popularity all over the world. Two teams of players take part in the game. Each team consists of six players who tend to stop ball in the rival's area. The rules and championships running are governed by the International Volleyball Federation founded in 1947 and represented by 218 National Federations.

The motherland of the skiing is shared between Norway (as the founder of slalom) and Austria (the initiator of the alpine events). At the present the skiing competitions include the following events: slalom, speed slipping, alpine biathlon, triathlon, giant slalom, super giant slalom. The history of the skiing championship traces to 1767, Norway and 1905 ? the first official event.

At the 2007 Cricket World Cup in West Indies 16 international teams will compete. The competitors list includes 10 ODI countries, Kenya plus 5 teams-qualifiers from the ICC. The venue for the finals was chosen to be Barbados. Learn more interesting facts about the World Cricket Cup, its history and winners.

Once a year Major League Lacrosse features MLL All-Star Game in which the best lacrosse players of the American division play against the best players of the National Division. The most recent game of 2005 took place in Denver, Colorado and featured ?Old School? and ?Young Guns?. Learn more about MLL and the championship games.

The Hall of Fame of the National Lacrosse League was introduced in 2005. From this year on, the board of the NLL governors will take part in an election in the hall of fame members founded on the individual?s record, integrity, ability, character, sportsmanship and contributions to the team(s). Furthermore, the NLL will have contributions of broadcasters and journalists introduced in the Hall of Fame.