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AFC-NFC Pro BowlAdded on 01/16/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / American football competitions
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. Read more »
The greatness of Super BowlAdded on 01/16/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / American football competitions
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. Read more »
Summary of European Athletics ChampionshipsAdded on 01/16/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Athletics competitions
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. Read more »
Summary of World Athletics ChampionshipsAdded on 01/16/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Athletics competitions
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. Read more »
A Rundown of Professional Standard Section ChampionsAdded on 04/05/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Sport dancing competitions
Although the largest part of ballroom dancers dance in public, there is a variety of levels of competitions for professional dancers. Official competitions in Professional Standard section, also referred to as Dance Sport, provide the public as well as less advanced dancers with an opportunity to observe more skilled dancers compete. So let's take a look at the champions. The ones who can sail across the dance floor as if they're walking on air. Read more »
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The difference between SC and LC swimming championshipsAdded on 05/02/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Swimming competitions
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. Read more »
Foundation volleyball at the OlympicsAdded on 05/02/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Volleyball competitions
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. Read more »
The Cricket World Cup reviewAdded on 05/02/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Cricket competitions
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. Read more »
Triathlon's "short course" competitions overviewAdded on 04/15/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Triathlon competitions
In most contemporary triathlon short course competitions, the three competitions are placed one after the other in an immediate sequence and the official time of the competitors includes the time used for switching between the separate legs of the competition, counting any time needed for changing shoes and clothes. Read more »
Contemporary windsurfing competitions reviewAdded on 04/09/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Windsurfing competitions
Wind and free style disciplines are judged competitions in which the surfer with the best diversity and technique wins. Formula Windsurfing, Olympic Boardsailing, Super X, and Slalom are races where multiple sailors vie on a course and the Speed Racing discipline is a competition where surfers race on a 500 meter track in taking turns. Learn more about each wind surfing discipline in the windsurfing competitions review. Read more »
Articles of category "Competitions"
The difference between SC and LC swimming championshipsAdded on 05/02/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Swimming competitions
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. Read more »
Foundation volleyball at the OlympicsAdded on 05/02/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Volleyball competitions
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. Read more »
The Cricket World Cup reviewAdded on 05/02/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Cricket competitions
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. Read more »
Triathlon's "short course" competitions overviewAdded on 04/15/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Triathlon competitions
In most contemporary triathlon short course competitions, the three competitions are placed one after the other in an immediate sequence and the official time of the competitors includes the time used for switching between the separate legs of the competition, counting any time needed for changing shoes and clothes. Read more »
Contemporary windsurfing competitions reviewAdded on 04/09/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Windsurfing competitions
Wind and free style disciplines are judged competitions in which the surfer with the best diversity and technique wins. Formula Windsurfing, Olympic Boardsailing, Super X, and Slalom are races where multiple sailors vie on a course and the Speed Racing discipline is a competition where surfers race on a 500 meter track in taking turns. Learn more about each wind surfing discipline in the windsurfing competitions review. Read more »
Triathlon's best known "long course" competitionsAdded on 04/09/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Triathlon competitions
In the contemporary world of triathlon, the Hawaiian "Ironman" circuit is still considered to be the most prestigious and honored of all the long course competitions to win wide reaching acclaim. Nearly 1500 triathlets were enlisted for the 25th anniversary in 2003 a god number of which had to qualify through qualification rounds. Read more »
A Rundown of Professional Standard Section ChampionsAdded on 04/05/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Sport dancing competitions
Although the largest part of ballroom dancers dance in public, there is a variety of levels of competitions for professional dancers. Official competitions in Professional Standard section, also referred to as Dance Sport, provide the public as well as less advanced dancers with an opportunity to observe more skilled dancers compete. So let's take a look at the champions. The ones who can sail across the dance floor as if they're walking on air. Read more »
A Look at the Professional Latin Section of the DanceSportAdded on 04/05/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Sport dancing competitions
Although the broadest part of ballroom dancers dance in public, there is a variety of levels of competitions for professional dancers. Official competitions in Professional Latin section, also referred to as Dance Sport, provide the public as well as less advanced dancers with an opportunity to observe more experienced dancers in action. So let's take a look at the stars of the game - - the one's who glide across the floor with the simplest of ease. Read more »
A Nordic Skiing Events OverviewAdded on 04/05/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Skiing competitions
As tough and rugged sport as there ever was -- Nordic skiing events include the Olympic winter sports of Nordic combined, Ski jumping and Cross country skiing. In winter periods between any two Winter Olympic Games, the World Championships Nordic skiing is the most important yearly event of these winter sports. So learn more about all Nordic skiing events in this Nordic skiing events overview! Read more »
The Introduction of the Snowboard at X-GamesAdded on 04/05/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Snowboard competitions
The snowboard developed from early revolutionary work by people such as Tom Sims, Sherman Poppen, and Jake Burton. The last is the originator of Burton Snowboards, possibly the largest and most well-known snowboard companies worldwide. Learn more about the most prestigious snowboard competitions including Winter Olympics, U.S. and European Open as well as about the snowboard at X-Games. Read more »
Intro to the Sport of Rowing and Sport Rowing Competitions ReviewAdded on 04/05/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Sport rowing competitions
Rowers could participate in the activity for their leisure time or they might row competitively. There is a variety of types of rowing competitions. In the United States all types of rowing races are known as "regattas" while in the United Kingdom this term is used to denote head-to-head races only. Learn more about different types of rowing competitions in our sport rowing competitions review. Read more »
British Open Squash Championships OverviewAdded on 04/05/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Squash competitions
Experts of the game of squash declare that the sport is taking roots in the 19th century and originated at the Harrow School, a bit outside London, as a descendant of the sport game of Racquets. The sport is admired in numerous regions of the world, particularly in Australia, North America, north-western Europe, and Asia, and is contested at many top-ranked competitions, one of the most significant of which is undoubtedly the Squash Championships of British Open. Read more »
A Volleyball Grand Prix OverviewAdded on 04/05/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Volleyball competitions
The game of volleyball has come a long way from the school-yard activity of young children. The formula Volleyball Grand Prix tournament has proved less steady than that of the men's World League. In the subsequent years, considerable changes are expected to be brought in an effort to further promote women's volleyball and make better-looking to the spectators. Learn more about the Volleyball Grand Prix and its past winners in this article. Read more »
The World Radiosport Team Championship OverviewAdded on 04/05/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Radiosport competitions
The process of invitation and selection to participate in the World Radiosport Team Championship varies with each contest. In some period, the selection has been completely at the organizing committee's discretion, which has by and large relied on the past competition results while in other years, the selection has been assigned to major contest clubs or national radio societies. Read more »
The World Open Squash Championship OverviewAdded on 04/05/2006 to Articles Directory / Sport / Competitions / Squash competitions
Squash experts state that the sport is taking roots in the 19th century and originated at the Harrow School, somewhat outside London, as a descendant of the sport game of Racquets. The sport is popular in numerous regions, particularly in Australia, North America, north-western Europe, and Asia, and is contested at many top-ranked competitions, the most influential of which is evidently the World Open Squash Championship. Read more »
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