May 2012
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BIRTHDAY - 15 May: Veronica Campbell-Brown...
ATHLETICS - Veronica Campbell-Brown is 30 years old today. She is one of only seven athletes to win a world championship gold at the youth, junior and senior levels of an athletic event. The other athletes are Valerie Adams, Usain Bolt, Jacques Freitag, Yelena Isinbayeva, Jana Pittman and Dani Samuels. With Usain Bolt, she is the only one to have accomplished this for Jamaica.
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OFF THE WALL - Final minutes of PL season
FOOTBALL - Oh, how we love YouTube. Today we found a clip showing the last five minutes of the 2011/2012 Premier League season. On the left side of your split screen, the Manchester United fans waiting for the other match to finish. On the right side of your screen, the finish they did not hope for. Music by The Verve.
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DAILY FOOTBALL QUIZ QUESTION - 14 May 2012
FOOTBALL - In the top 30 of Premier League goalscorers only one player has scored more goals away from home than in home matches. Who is he?
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Answer to yesterday’s question: Frank Berghuis, Frank de Boer, Ulrich van Gobbel
You will find the answer to today’s question here tomorrow at 14:00 CET. Questions courtesy of Voetbalkenners, masters of the quiz question (find them on...
LONDON CALLING – Countdown to the 2012 Olympics:...
OLYMPICS - With the 2012 Olympic Games in London getting closer by the day, we are in full-on Olympic stats mode here and @Infostrada2012. Every day from 100 days to go until the day of the London 2012 opening ceremony, we will post a statistic related to the number of days left until the Games. Click ‘Read More’ to see today’s 74-stat and all the other ones that we have posted so far.
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BIRTHDAY - 14 May: Marino Lejarreta (Cycling)
CYCLING - Marino Lejarreta is 55 years old today. He could be considered the “Last Of The Mohicans” because he is the only one who complete all three Grand Tours in a single year four times in a career. The Grand Tours are the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España. He managed this feat in 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991. That is a record that stand to this day and will...
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RECORD: Three more players win PL with two clubs
FOOTBALL - In 19 years of Premier League history, only three players had won the championship title with two different clubs. With Manchester City claiming the spoils, that elite club has now doubled its membership, as three City players lifted the trophy with another club previously.
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Players that have won PL title with two clubs (10+ appearances required)
- Henning Berg (95 Blackburn...
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REVIEW: 'Yellow Submarine' sinks 100 years after...
FOOTBALL - Villarreal CF have been relegated to the Segunda División after losing 0-1 against Atlético Madrid in La Liga on Sunday. Earlier this season, the ‘Yellow Submarine’ played in the Champions League, losing all their six group matches.[[MORE]]
Last season, Villarreal finished fourth, making this season a drop by 14 ranks. This is the second biggest drop in successive La Liga...
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REVIEW: Federer equals Nadal's record in Masters...
TENNIS - Roger Federer defeated Tomás Berdých in the final of the ATP Masters tournament in Madrid. He has now won 20 Masters tournaments, which equals Rafael Nadal’s record. Andre Agassi is third on the list at 17 wins in Masters Series.
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This was Federer’s fourth tournament win this year, already the same number of wins from last season.
Federer has now had 10 successive...
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REVIEW: Manchester City take title in dramatic...
FOOTBALL – Manchester City won their first English league title in 44 years after scoring two injury time goals in their 3-2 win over Queens Park Rangers on Sunday. Today’s Premier League ending reminded us of the 2000/01 finish in the Bundesliga when Schalke 04 fans were already celebrating when Bayern München scored in extra time on the final matchday. For more facts on Man City’s title,...
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REVIEW: Juventus complete undefeated season
FOOTBALL - Juventus have finished their championship winning Serie A season on a high note, staying unbeaten and turning in the only the third undefeated campaign in Serie A history.
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Undefeated campaigns in Serie A
1978/1979 - Perugia (W11 D19 L0, finished 2nd)
1991/1992 - AC Milan (W22 D12 L0, finished 1st)
2011/2012 - Juventus (W23 D 15, L0, finished 1st)
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REVIEW: Pioneer Pastor confirms Formula 1 parity
FORMULA 1 - Pastor Maldonado won his first career Grand Prix and made his native Venezuela the 23rd country to produce at least one F1 GP winner. It ended a winless run of 131 straight Grands Prix for Team Williams, which had last triumphed in Brazil in 2004 through Juan Pablo Montoya. For the first time in 29 years and the fourth time in history, a F1 season has started with five different...
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DAILY FOOTBALL QUIZ QUESTION - 13 May 2012
FOOTBALL - Which three Dutch international players have played for Galatasaray?
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Answer to yesterday’s question: Peter Schmeichel
You will find the answer to today’s question here tomorrow at 14:00 CET. Questions courtesy of Voetbalkenners, masters of the quiz question (find them on Twitter @Voetbalkenners).
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LONDON CALLING – Countdown to the 2012 Olympics:...
OLYMPICS - With the 2012 Olympic Games in London getting closer by the day, we are in full-on Olympic stats mode here and @Infostrada2012. Every day from 100 days to go until the day of the London 2012 opening ceremony, we will post a statistic related to the number of days left until the Games. Click ‘Read More’ to see today’s 75-stat and all the other ones that we have posted so far.
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BIRTHDAY - 13 May: Joe Louis (Boxing)
BOXING - If Joe Louis were alive today, he would be 98 years old. The Heavyweight champion of the world from 1937 to 1949, Louis won 69 of 72 career bouts. A defining moment in his career was when he faced German prize fighter Max Schmeling, whom he defeated. Joe Louis is considered one of the greatest boxers of all time.
Click here to see Joe Louis’s profile on the Wall of Fame.
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REVIEW: Dortmund win third DFB Pokal
FOOTBALL - Borussia Dortmund defeated Bayern München 5-2 in the DFB Pokal final on Saturday. This was the third time Borussia won the German Cup following their wins in 1965 and 1989. They are the 10th team to have 3+ DFB Pokal wins. Bayern are still record holders with 15.
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Most DFB Pokal wins
15 - Bayern München (1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005,...
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PREVIEW: Formula 1 could see parity record...
FORMULA 1 - The first four races of the F1 season have all been won by different drivers. This scenario unfolded in 35% of F1 seasons from 1950 to 1983, but in only 7% of the seasons that followed (2003 and 2012 being two of the 29 seasons). If Lewis Hamilton or Mark Webber (for instance) win on Sunday, a F1 all-time parity record will be equalled.
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Most F1 races from start of season...
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DAILY FOOTBALL QUIZ QUESTION - 12 May 2012
FOOTBALL - Who was the first goalkeeper to concede a goal in the Premier League from a penalty?
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Answer to yesterday’s question: Bulgaria
You will find the answer to today’s question here tomorrow at 14:00 CET. Questions courtesy of Voetbalkenners, masters of the quiz question (find them on Twitter @Voetbalkenners).
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BIRTHDAY - 12 May: Jonah Lomu (Rugby Union)
RUGBY UNION - Jonah Lomu is 37 years old today. He is quite possibly one of the most intimidating figures ever to set foot on a rugby pitch. A freakish combination of speed and power, Lomu needed not run around or even hurdle his opponents. He simply plowed through them. The 1995 World Cup was his championship, even though his All Blacks lost the final against South Africa.
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REVIEW: Reims end second longest Ligue 1 absence
FOOTBALL - The champagne is flowing in Reims, the world renowned capital of the famed French bubbly. Stade de Reims football club is returning to the top flight for the first time in 33 years. The two-time Champions Cup runners-up from the 1950s have ended the second longest tier-one absence in French history. In 2008, Grenoble celebrated their return to the French top flight after 46 years.
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AWARDS SHOW: Grapevine - 'LeBron wins 3rd MVP'
BASKETBALL - If LeBron James is presented the NBA’s Most Valuable Player Award on Saturday, it will be his third, which would make him the eighth player in history on which the honour has been bestowed at least three times. He also won it in 2009 and 2010 when still playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He will be the first player of the Miami Heat to take home the trophy.
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