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  • 51Equestrian Sports — ▪ 2009 Introduction Thoroughbred Racing. United States.       A seemingly invincible three year old colt named Big Brown took American Thoroughbred racing by storm during the 2008 spring classic season. In the 134th Kentucky Derby on May 3, Big… …

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  • 52Cross-country skiing at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 — The women s 4 x 5 km relay event in action during the 2009 world championships on 26 February. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic, twelve cross country skiing events were held with six for men and six for… …

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  • 53Copa Libertadores — This article is about the premier South American club tournament. For the competition trophy, see Copa Libertadores (trophy). For other uses, see Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino and U 20 Copa Libertadores. Copa Libertadores de América …

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  • 54Penalty kick — A penalty kick is a type of free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards (approximately eleven metres) out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.A penalty kick is… …

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  • 55Track and Field Sports — ▪ 2007 Introduction World Indoor Championships.       At the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) world indoor championships, held in Moscow on March 10–12, 2006, Russia and the U.S. divided up a majority share of the gold… …

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  • 57Upset — An upset occurs in a competition, frequently in electoral politics or sports, when the party popularly expected to win (the favourite), is defeated by an underdog who the majority expects to lose, defying the conventional wisdom. The underdog… …

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  • 58Defeat in detail — is a military phrase referring to the tactic of bringing a large portion of one s own force to bear on small enemy units in sequence, rather than engaging the bulk of the enemy force all at once. This exposes one s own units to a small risk, yet… …

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  • 59February 2006 in sports — NOTOC 2006 in sports : ← January February March April May June July August September October November December →28 February 2006 (Tuesday)*Football (Soccer): England Under 21s defeat Norway Under 21 3–1 at the Madejski Stadium. Anton Ferdinand… …

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  • 60Houston Dynamo season 2007 — Infobox Football club season club = Houston Dynamo season = 2007 league = Major League Soccer league result = 2nd, West (15 8 7) manager = Dominic Kinnear chairman = Philip Anschutz cup1 = MLS Cup | cup1 result = W Conference Semifinal W Western… …

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