Water polo was introduced to the USA in 1888, where the rugby style of play—similar to ... Water polo is one of the oldest team sports at the modern Olympic Games, as it was added to the programme at ...

Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college ... A rivalry that started in 1888 got some new juice last year, when the RedHawks scored their first win in the series since 2005.

With delegates from twelve of the thirteen American ... Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894. Established by Pierre de Coubertin, the IOC was created to revive the ancient Olympic Games and promote ...

2005: The Parliament of Catalonia passes with 120 plus votes and 15 against, the Project of New Catalan Statute of Autonomy, proclaiming in its article 1, “Catalonia is a nation”. On the same day, ...

Somehow, the International Olympic Committee and the city of Antwerp and government of Belgium would stage the games after a ...

According to Serbian news outlet B92 Sport, Jokic characterized Serbia’s gut-wrenching, close defeat to Team USA in the ...

UConn game on for Week 3? Details on the NCAAF ... is a prominent force in American football. They take the field in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic ...

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Thomas Bach on Saturday downplayed the gravity of a termination clause the IOC inserted into Salt Lake City’s host contract ...

"Perhaps a year or two later than what would be logical if it wasn't an American Olympic Games. But the chance to retire on American soil, I think, is just a little too alluring to try to not pass up.