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2018 IIHF World U18 Championships


The 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 20th IIHF World U18 Championship. The tournament was played from 19 to 29 April 2018 in Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk, Russia. United States lost to Finland. 12 referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament. List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Most Valuable Player All-star team IIHF best player awards The
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Ping An Insurance


top 50 companies in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Ping An Insurance was also included in the pan-China stock indices CSI 300 Index, FTSE China A50 Index and Hang Seng China 50 Index. Ping An Insurance consistently ranks as the world's top global insurance brand, and as of 2018, was the third most valuable global financial services company in the world. Ping An Insurance is the world's largest and most valuable insurer, worth US$217 billion (1.4 trillion yuan), as of January 2018. It is
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Rolex


Montres Rolex SA" in Geneva as the new company name which eventually became "Rolex SA" in later years. Since 1960, the company has been owned by the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation, a private family trust. Rolex SA and its subsidiary "Montres Tudor SA" design, manufacture, distribute and service wristwatches sold under the Rolex and Tudor brands. In 2018, "Forbes" ranked Rolex as the world's 71st most valuable brand. As of June 2019, among the world's top ten most expensive watches ever sold
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2018 IFSC Climbing World Cup


results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2018: The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2018: The results of the ten most successful countries of the Bouldering World Cup 2018: "Country names as used by the IFSC" An overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. 6 best competition results were counted ("not counting points in brackets") for IFSC Climbing Worldcup 2018. 6 best
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2018 Rally de Portugal


to the Spaniard. Mads Østberg and teammate Craig Breen finished in sixth and seventh overall, which brought some valuable points to Citroën, while WRC-2 leader Pontus Tidemand, Łukasz Pieniążek and Stéphane Lefebvre completed the leaderboard. The following crews finished the rally in each class's top ten. The following notable crews finished the rally outside top ten. The Power stage was an 11.18 km stage at the end of the rally. Additional World Championship points were awarded to the five fastest crews. Junior World Rally Championship crews scored additional points.
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Liverpool F.C.


and the world's eighth most valuable football club in 2018, valued at $1.944 billion. The club is one of the most widely supported teams in the world. Liverpool has long-standing rivalries with Manchester United and Everton. The club's supporters have been involved in two major tragedies: the Heysel Stadium disaster, where escaping fans were pressed against a collapsing wall at the 1985 European Cup Final in Brussels, with 39 people – mostly Italians and Juventus fans – dying, after which English clubs were given a five-
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Washington Redskins


only won the NFC East three times, made five postseason appearances, and had nine seasons with a winning record. According to "Forbes", the Redskins are the fifth most valuable franchise in the NFL, and the 14th most valuable sports franchise in the world as of 2019, valued at approximately 3.1 billion. They also set the NFL record for single-season attendance in 2007, and have the top ten single-season attendance totals in the NFL. Over the team's history, the name and logo have drawn
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Club Athletico Paranaense


Club Athletico Paranaense, commonly known as Athletico-PR, is a Brazilian football team from Curitiba in Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil's top football division, in 2001, and the Copa Sudamericana in 2018. According to the independent auditors BDO RCS, the brand of the club is the thirteenth most valuable in Brazil, surpassing 146.8 million BRL. The club was founded in 1924 thourgh the merger of International Football Club and América Futebol Clube, two traditional clubs
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2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship


The 2018 FIVB Men's Club World Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament. It was held in Poland for the second straight time from 26 November to 2 December 2018. Eight teams competed in the tournament, including four wild cards. In an all-Italian final Trentino Volley defeated Cucine Lube Civitanova and won the title for the fifth time. Russia's Fakel Novy Urengoy claimed the bronze medal by defeating Poland's Asseco Resovia Rzeszów in the 3rd place match. Aaron Russell from Trentino Volley was elected the Most Valuable Player
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Alexander Ovechkin


100 Greatest NHL Players of all-time. After ten playoff runs with the Washington Capitals, Ovechkin won his first Stanley Cup in 2018, as well as the Conn Smythe Trophy for most valuable player in the 2018 playoffs. Internationally, Ovechkin has represented Russia in multiple tournaments. His first IIHF tournament was the 2002 World U18 Championship. The following year he made his debut at the World Junior Championship, helping Russia win the gold medal. He played two more years at the World Juniors, as well as once more at
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Tencent


120 million paying subscribers. The company surpassed the market value of US$500 billion in 2018, becoming the first Asian technology company to cross the valuation mark. It has since then emerged as one of Asia's most valuable companies, and among the world's top technology companies by market value. Tencent has been credited as one of the world's most innovative companies by numerous media and firms. As of 2018, Tencent has the 5th highest global brand value. Tencent controls hundreds of subsidiaries and associates in numerous industries and areas
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2016 IIHF World U18 Championships


The 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 18th IIHF World U18 Championship, and was hosted by Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA. The tournament was played in April 2016. The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship. They were the following: Referees Linesmen List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Most Valuable
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$100,000 infield


and 1914, stolen bases in 1910, singles in 1913 and times on base in 1914. He also finished in the top ten in the American League in batting average, on-base percentage, hits, stolen bases, singles and times on base every year from 1910 through 1914. In addition, he finished in the top ten in American Most Valuable Player voting every year from 1911 through 1914, winning the Most Valuable Player award in 1914. He was sold to the Chicago White Sox after the 1914 season as Athletics
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Shanghai SIPG F.C.


club used graduates from Genbao Football Base, a football academy also founded by Xu, to form their first team as they made their debut in the third tier of China's football league pyramid in the 2006 league season. They worked their way up to the top tier and finished as league champions for the first time in the 2018 Chinese Super League season. According to "Forbes", Shanghai SIPG F.C. are the third-most valuable football club in China, with a club value of $159 million, and an estimated
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Manchester United F.C.


of eight players. In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United became the first English football club to win the European Cup. Alex Ferguson won 38 trophies as manager, including 13 Premier League titles, 5 FA Cups and 2 UEFA Champions Leagues, between 1986 and 2013, when he announced his retirement. Manchester United was the highest-earning football club in the world for 2016–17, with an annual revenue of €676.3 million, and the world's most valuable football club in 2018, valued at £
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Bartosz Kurek


, 2015 during first match of intercontinental round of World League against Russia (3–0). He was top scorer of match (15 points). In 2016, Kurek played in Olympic Games Rio. On September 30, 2018 Poland achieved title of the 2018 World Champion. Poland beat Brazil in the finale 3-0 and defended the title from 2014. Kurek received an individual award for the Most Valuable Player. Bartosz Kurek was born in Wałbrzych, but raised in Nysa, Poland. His father, Adam Kurek, was
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1964 Philadelphia Phillies season


season, sometimes by as many as nine or ten games. During the season Johnny Callison was having a career year and was the top contender for the National League Most Valuable Player award. Richie Allen was the leading candidate for Rookie of the Year (which he won in the post-season). In addition to his pitching, Bunning also added another dimension to the club. Chris Short had been the ace of the staff prior to Bunning joining the club. However, he never was comfortable being the leading pitcher and
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Rajesh Gopinathan


third consecutive year, with the highest retention rate in a competitive industry. Under Rajesh’s leadership, the market capitalization of the company crossed US$100 billion during April 2018, making TCS the most valuable company in India. TCS was recognized as the fastest growing brand in the IT industry for 2018 and consolidated its position as one of the top 3 IT Services brands for the second year in a row, by adding more than $1.3 billion to TCS Brand value and entering the $10+ billion club. Prior to his
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Alibaba Group


one of the world's most admired companies by "Fortune". At closing time on the date of its initial public offering (IPO) – US$25 billion – the world's highest in history, 19 September 2014, Alibaba's market value was US$231 billion. , Alibaba's market cap stood at US$352.28 billion. It is one of the top 10 most valuable and biggest companies in the world. In January 2018, Alibaba became the second Asian company to break the US$500 billion valuation mark, after its
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Paris Saint-Germain F.C. ownership and finances


In 2014–15, for the first time in nearly two decades, PSG registered a profit of €11m. In 2017–18, the club recorded a profit of €32m. PSG's total revenue and value increased in similar fashion. As of the 2017–18 season, PSG have the sixth-highest revenue in the footballing world with an annual revenue of €542m according to Deloitte, and are the world's eleventh most valuable football club, worth €825m according to Forbes. In the time period of 2009–2018,
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Joe DiMaggio


time Most Valuable Player Award winner and an All-Star in each of his 13 seasons. During his tenure with the Yankees, the club won ten American League pennants and nine World Series championships. His nine career World Series rings is second only to fellow Yankee Yogi Berra, who won ten. At the time of his retirement after the 1951 season, he ranked fifth in career home runs (361) and sixth in career slugging percentage (.579). He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955 and
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Aaron Russell


He was a member of Olympic United States men's national team and achieved bronze medal on August 21, 2016. U.S. beat Russia in five sets and claim the bronze medal in Rio de Janeiro. Russell was named one of the Best Outside Spiker's of the Olympic tournament. In June 2018, after 3 years playing for Perugia, Russell signed for another Italian club Diatec Trentino. In the FIVB Club World Championship 2018, he was named the Most Valuable Player for his contribution to Diatec Trentino's 5th gold medal, the
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The Best of Both Worlds (Star Trek: The Next Generation)


I & II) as one of the top ten episodes of all Star Trek. In 2018, "Entertainment Weekly", ranked "The Best of Both Worlds" as one of the top ten moments of Jean-Luc Picard. In 2019, "Screen Rant" ranked "The Best of Both Worlds" (Part I & II) the fourth best episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation". They also ranked it the sixth most important episode to watch in preparation for the series "". The
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MTN Group


Valuable Global Brand ranking, the only South African company on the World Champions list and the Most Admired and Most Valuable Brand in Africa, in the 2014 Brand Africa 100 ranking of the most admired and most valuable brands in Sub-Saharan Africa. On 29 May 2018, MTN Ghana launched its Initial Public Offering (IPO). The IPO closed on 31 July 2018. A total of up to 4,637,394,533 ordinary shares of MTN Ghana, representing 35% of its equity was offered to qualifying applicants. This was part of the
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Princeton University Graduate School


Rankings" ranks nearly every graduate program within the top ten. Similarly, the "National Research Council (NRC)'s" Research rankings, which factors in "faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards" ranks most programs within the top ten. The "Wall Street Journal" / "Times Higher Education College Rankings 2018" lists Princeton University as a top ten institution, while the "QS World University Rankings" ranks it within the top fifteen. Princeton's Graduate School includes a university library system of over
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Manchester City F.C.


club in the world in the 2017–18 season at €527.7 million. In 2018, Forbes estimated the club was the fifth most valuable in the world at $2.47 billion. City gained their first honours by winning the Second Division in 1899; with it came promotion to the highest level in English football, the First Division. They went on to claim their first major honour on 23 April 1904, beating Bolton Wanderers 1–0 at Crystal Palace to win the FA Cup; City narrowly missed out on a League and Cup double that
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Manchester United F.C.


of AAA (Extremely Strong). In July 2012, Manchester United was ranked first by "Forbes" magazine in its list of the ten most valuable sports team brands, valuing the Manchester United brand at $2.23 billion. The club is ranked third in the Deloitte Football Money League (behind Real Madrid and Barcelona). In January 2013, the club became the first sports team in the world to be valued at $3 billion. Forbes Magazine valued the club at $3.3 billion – $1.2 billion higher than the
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2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season


Big Ten players were selected in the MLS SuperDraft, the most of any collegiate conference, and an additional four signed homegrown player contracts with their parent MLS clubs. The preseason poll was released on August 15. Five of the programs were ranked in one of the five major preseason polls. CollegeSoccerNews.com and "Hero Sports" use a Top 30 ranking throughout the season, while United Soccer, "Soccer America", and TopDrawer Soccer use a Top 25 ranking throughout the season. Three Big Ten teams participated in four early season
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List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries


ten league titles. "Clubs and locations as of 2018–19 season:" "Clubs and locations as of 2018–19 season:" Although the country was part of the Soviet Union, the first Azerbaijan-wide football competition took place in 1928, and became an annual occurrence from 1934. Following the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, the first independent Azeri championship took place in 1992, and the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan gained UEFA affiliation in 1994 Since independence, the country's most successful team are PFC
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2018 III liiga


The 2018 III liiga is the 21st season of the III liiga, fifth-highest league for association football clubs in Estonia. The following clubs are competing in II liiga North/East during the 2018 season. League table Results tablE Top scorers Most viewed matches Least viewed matches The following clubs are competing in II liiga South during the 2018 season. League table Results table Top scorers Most viewed matches Least viewed matches The following clubs are competing in III liiga East during the 2018 season. League table Results table Top scorers Most viewed
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SV Real Rincon


SV Real Rincon is a football club from the town of Rincon on Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands. The team has won the Bonaire League on ten occasions, most recently in 2017–18, as well as twice finishing top of the unofficial transitional championships. Real Rincon competed in Concacaf international club competition for the first time in 2018 during the inaugural edition of the Caribbean Club Shield. In the tournament Rincon placed third, winning the bronze, after topping its group in the first stage and defeating SV Deportivo Nacional of Aruba in the third
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Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C.


won promotion and gained their first top tier title in the 2011 season. The club is the only Chinese football club to win the AFC Champions League twice, in 2013 and 2015. The club is also the first Chinese club to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup, making its first appearance in 2013. According to Forbes, Guangzhou Evergrande is the most valuable football team in China, with a team value of US$282 million and an estimated revenue of US$57 million in 2015. However, the actual figures showed total
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FC Bayern Munich


2017 where they also played games in Singapore. In August 2014 Bayern opened an office in New York City as the club wants to strengthen their brand positioning against other top European clubs in the United States. In March 2017, Bayern was the first foreign football club to open an office in mainland China. Bayern hope to attract new sponsors and to increase their merchandising sales. In 2017, Forbes ranks Bayern as the world's fourth-most valuable football club in their annual list, estimating the club's value at €2,500
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China


payments, which amounted to about $30 trillion in China in 2017. China is also second only to the United States in venture capital activity and is home to a large number of unicorn startup companies. In 2018, China attracted $105 billion of venture capital investments, amounting to 38% of global VC investments that year. In late 2018, the world's most valuable startup was ByteDance, a Chinese company; and the two most valuable AI (Artificial Intelligence) startups in the world were SenseTime and Face++, both
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BSN Most Valuable Player Award


The BSN Most Valuable Player ("Jugador Más Valioso") is an annual most valuable player award of Puerto Rico's top-tier level professional basketball league, the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN), that is given to the best performing player of the regular season. The award is decided by a panel of local sportswriters and broadcasters, each of whom casts votes. As of August 2018, the current holder of the award is Reyshawn Terry, of the Piratas de Quebradillas. Juan "Pachín" Vicéns, Teófilo Cruz
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Bouldering at the 2018 IFSC Climbing World Cup


in the season, but only the best six attempts were counted. The national ranking was the sum of the points of that country's three best male and female athletes. Results displayed "(in brackets)" were not counted. The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2018: The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2018: The results of the ten most successful countries of the Bouldering World Cup 2018: "Country names as used by the IFSC" 99
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Carvin Goldstone


Melbourne International Comedy Festival MICF - the third largest comedy festival in the world! These tours took place in 2018. Carvin has four sold out comedy shows and three recorded specials under his belt, in standup comedy career that spans 12 years. He is a regular headliner at the comedy clubs across South Africa , including the Cape Town Comedy Club which was voted one of the top ten clubs in the world. Carvin' s comedy explores a variety of international and political issues but is still a clean, no-swearing affair
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Shaun Norris


at 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg, Germany. Norris plays his club basketball for the Perth Wheelcats. In 2002, he played club basketball for the Perth Wheelcats of Australia's National Wheelchair Basketball League. That year, the team won the league championship, and he was named the Most Valuable Player for the Finals series. In 2007, he was still part of the Wheelcats team, and the again won the league championships. That year, he was named the league's MVP and was named as part of the
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Sidney Crosby


member of the Triple Gold Club. He is the first member of the club to captain all three championship teams, and the first member to be a first overall NHL draft pick. In 2016, Hockey Canada named Crosby captain for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey in Toronto. Crosby, who led the tournament in scoring with ten points, helped Team Canada win the championship, and was named the Most Valuable Player. He joined Bobby Orr and Wayne Gretzky as the only players to win the Conn Smythe, Hart Memorial Trophy
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Paris Saint-Germain F.C.


of €542m according to Deloitte, and are the world's eleventh most valuable football club, worth €825m according to Forbes. PSG's strong financial position has been sustained by the club's huge sponsorship deals. The Parisian club currently has 28 commercial partners, including top sponsors Nike, ALL, Ooredoo and QNB Group. Throughout its history, though, PSG has rarely been profitable. Prior to the Qatar buyout, the club's cumulative losses between 1998 and 2010 amounted to €300m. Since its inception
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2017 IIHF World U18 Championships


relegated team. List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Most Valuable Player All-star team IIHF best player awards The Division I A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 7 to 13 April 2017. The Division I B tournament will be played in Bled, Slovenia, from 15 to 21 April 2017. The Division II A tournament was played
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Calgary Stampeders


made a third straight Grey Cup appearance, winning the title over the Redblacks 27-16 in Edmonton. Bo Levi Mitchell won Most Outstanding Player at the 2018 CFL Awards as well as the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player. Lemar Durant was named the game's Most Valuable Canadian. Builders honoured as of 2012 The Presidents' Ring was established in 1967 by Calgary Stampeders Football Club team president George McMahon and general manager Rogers Lehew. Formerly presented to the team's most valuable player, it is currently awarded to the player who best
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Economy of the United States


Walmart, General Electric, Microsoft, IBM, and Chevron Corporation. According to Fortune Global 500 2011, the ten largest U.S. employers were Walmart, U.S. Postal Service, IBM, UPS, McDonald's, Target Corporation, Kroger, The Home Depot, General Electric, and Sears Holdings. Apple, Google, IBM, McDonald's, and Microsoft are the world's five most valuable brands in an index published by Millward Brown. A 2012 Deloitte report published in "STORES" magazine indicated that of the world's top 250
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Luis Tejada


. He scored three goals to end up as joint top scorer, but unfortunately, he missed his penalty kick in the penalty shoot-out against the United States in the final. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament for his efforts. Tejada is currently the all-time leading scorer in Panama history. Tejada was ejected from the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi final against Mexico after receiving a red card. In May 2018, he was named in Panama's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in
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Javier Hernández


friendly match against Colombia. He has represented Mexico at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the Copa América Centenario, the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He was the 2011 Gold Cup's top scorer with seven goals and was named the most valuable player of the tournament. Hernández was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco and first played in a recreation league when he was seven years old. Hernández lived in Morelia,
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1966 Big Ten Conference football season


total yards and won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten's most valuable player and the Sammy Baugh Trophy as the nation's top collegiate passer. Griese also finished second behind Steve Spurrier in the voting for the 1966 Heisman Trophy. Keybr AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1966 seasonbr AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1966 seasonbr PPG = Average of points scored per gamebr PAG = Average of points allowed per gamebr MVP = Most valuable player as voted
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Chelsea F.C.


"Forbes" magazine ranked Chelsea the seventh most valuable football club in the world, at £1.15 billion ($1.66 billion). , Chelsea are ranked eighth in the Deloitte Football Money League with an annual commercial revenue of £322.59 million. Chelsea's kit has been manufactured by Nike since July 2017. Previously, the kit was manufactured by Adidas, which was originally contracted to supply the club's kit from 2006 to 2018. The partnership was extended in October 2010 in a deal worth £160 million over eight years
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Santos FC


reach the milestone of 10,000 goals in the entire history of football and was voted by FIFA as one of the most successful clubs of the 20th century. The "Peixe" play their home games at the Vila Belmiro, which currently holds up to 20,120 spectators. Santos' regular kit is white shirts, with white shorts, accompanied by white socks. In 2013, the club is the 2nd most valuable club in Brazil and South America, and 38th most valuable club in the world according to Brand Finance, worth over $
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Oxford Brookes University


its international outlook in the "Times Higher Education's (THE)" Top 200 international universities. It is among the top 400 universities in the world, ranked 361 in the QS World University Rankings 2018. Hotcourses UK ranked Oxford Brookes University in the top 15 of the most culturally diverse institutions in the UK in July 2016. Oxford Brookes University has retained its top ten world ranking in the QS Distance Online MBA Ranking 2017 for its MBA programme. In July 2016, Headington and Harcourt Hill campuses received a Green Flag Award
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2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships


three series, the loser relegated to Division IA for 2019. All other teams will retain their Top Division status. Most Valuable Player All-star team IIHF best player awards The Division IA tournament was held in Courchevel and Meribel, France from December 10-16, 2017. The Division IB tournament was held in Bled, Slovenia from December 9-15, 2017. As a result of the Division IA tournament, Kazakhstan was promoted to the Top Division, and Hungary was relegated to Division IB. As a result of
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Joseph Ochaya


club SpVgg Greuther Fürth in August 2013. He was the Uganda Premier League 'Most Valuable Player' for the 2015–16 season, while playing for Kampala Capital City Authority. A move to South African club Bidvest Wits in August 2016 fell through. In October 2018, Ochaya signed with Congolese club TP Mazembe from Zambian side Lusaka Dynamos. Ochaya received his first call-up to the Ugandan national team in September 2012, making his debut later that year. He has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. He was a squad
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Virat Kohli


Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan. In 2017, Kohli was ranked 7th in the list released by "Forbes" as the Most Valuable Brand among athletes, ahead of players like Lionel Messi, Rory McIlroy and Stephen Curry with an estimated brand value of $14.5 million. In 2018, Kohli was again listed 83 in the top 100 highest paid athletes in the world. In 2019, Kohli dropped 17 places to No. 100 on "Forbes" World's 100 Highest-Paid Athletes" list, making him the only Indian
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2009 AFC Champions League


The 2009 AFC Champions League was the 28th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 7th under the current AFC Champions League title. The final took place at National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on 7 November. The winners, the K-League club Pohang Steelers, qualified for the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup in United Arab Emirates. The most valuable player of the 2009 AFC Champions League was Pohang Steelers', No Byung-jun The champions league
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National Football League


, and 39 international preseason games were played from 1986 to 2005 as part of the American Bowl series. The Raiders and Houston Texans played a game in Mexico City at Estadio Azteca on November 21, 2016. According to Forbes, the Dallas Cowboys, at approximately US$4 billion, are the most valuable NFL franchise and the most valuable sports team in the world. Also, all 32 NFL teams rank among the Top 50 most valuable sports teams in the world; and 14 of the NFL's owners are listed on the
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List of Canadian Hot 100 top 10 singles in 2018


the top ten on the week ending January 13, 2018. The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending January 27, 2018. The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending February 10, 2018. The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending March 3, 2018. The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending March 31, 2018. The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending April 21, 2018. The single re
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List of Canadian Hot 100 top 10 singles in 2018


-entered the top ten on the week ending May 5, 2018. The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending May 12, 2018. The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending May 19, 2018. The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending June 30, 2018. The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending July 14, 2018. The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending July 21, 2018. The
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Allsvenskan


of the end of the 2018 season. Malmö FF are the current leaders, having had the lead since the end of the 2012 season when they overtook the lead from IFK Göteborg. IFK Göteborg are the club to have spent most seasons in the top spot with 48 seasons as leaders with a record of the most consecutive seasons as leaders with 35 seasons between 1938 and 1972. Six clubs have been in the lead, the lead having changed among them ten times since 1925. The former leader with the lowest current ranking in
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Lajos Mocsai


were trained by him, namely Daniel Stephan and Bojana Radulovics were given the IHF World Player of the Year award. Mocsai also has been honoured many times, from which the most valuable is probably the Life Achievement Award, which he received on the ten years jubilee of the European Handball Federation in 2002. The prestigious prize is adjudged by strict criteria and was awarded only to four coaches in Europe. In 2011 TBV Lemgo celebrated its 100th anniversary and on this occasion the club honoured the greatest individuals who served the club. Mocsai
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List of Canadian Hot 100 top 10 singles in 2018


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Haukur Þrastarson


Haukur Þrastarson (born 14 April 2001) is an Icelandic handball player for Selfoss and the Icelandic national team. He played at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. At age 17,he was the youngest player in the tournament. Haukur Þrastarson made his debut for his boyhood club Selfoss in the 2016/2017 season, when he was only 15 years old. Haukur was chosen the Most Valuable Player of the 2018 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship in Croatia when he helped Iceland's U-18 secure silver at the tournament. On 5 April 2018
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France


colour as well as the national French tricolour flag. Football is the most popular sport in France, with over 1,800,000 registered players, and over 18,000 registered clubs. The football team is among the most successful in the world, with two FIFA World Cup victories in 1998 and 2018, one FIFA World Cup second place in 2006, and two UEFA European Championships in 1984 and 2000. The top national football club competition is Ligue 1. France has produced some of the greatest players in the world, including three time FIFA World
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List of Canadian Hot 100 top 10 singles in 2018


. The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending October 20, 2018. The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending November 3, 2018. The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending November 10, 2018. The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending November 17, 2018. The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending December 1, 2018. The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending December 15
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José Bautista


seasons, seeing time as a utility player, while playing at six different positions, including designated hitter (DH). Bautista was then traded to the Blue Jays, in August . After making adjustments to his swing, he broke through with ten home runs in September . Bautista has since been voted in the top ten in the AL Most Valuable Player Award four times, and is a leader or among the top ten in numerous offensive single-season and career categories in Blue Jays' franchise history. From 2010 to ,
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Olympiacos CFP


and the club itself numerous Olympic, Worldwide and European honours. Olympiacos had 30 of its athletes and coaches from nine of its sports departments participating in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Olympiacos is the most popular Greek club with around four million fans inside Greece and millions of others in the Greek communities all over the world. As of April 2006, Olympiacos has 83,000 registered members and it's placed in the top ten of the clubs with the most paying members in the world, holding the ninth place just ahead of Real
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Kagen Sound


, "Lignum vitae", and Bastogne walnutone of the world's most valuable woods. The total cost of materials equated to approximately $10,000 (USD), and was sold for the price of a “nice car”. He experienced a significant increase in demand in 2012, when "Fine Woodworking" magazine published an article about the desk. Another notable design of Sound's is the Lotus Table, the top of which is composed of ten concentric rings of inlaid wood which must be rotated to create geometric patterns.
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Invasion of Privacy (album)


the previous week. It has spent twenty one consecutive weeks within the top ten on the chart—the most weeks by a female rap album— including eight non-consecutive weeks within the top five. It also spent twenty two consecutive weeks within the top ten on the Top R&B/Hip Hop chart. As of July 6, 2018, "Invasion of Privacy" is the best-performing female album of 2018 and the third overall in the United States. The album remained the largest female debut of 2018 in the
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Lafayette College


, which recently ranked it #8 among the Top Ten College Football Rivalries. Lafayette leads the all-time series 78–71–5. In the most recent contest, on November 17, 2018, Lafayette lost to Lehigh by a score of 34–3. Students at Lafayette are involved in over 250 clubs and organizations including athletics, fraternities and sororities, special interest groups, community service clubs and honor societies. The Lafayette College Student Government, consisting of fifteen elected students, is responsible for most of the student organizations on campus, and is
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1976 World Team Tennis season


The 1976 World Team Tennis season was the third season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States. Led by regular season and playoff male most valuable player Sandy Mayer and female playoff most valuable player Billie Jean King, the New York Sets swept the San Francisco Golden Gaters in the WTT Finals to win the league championship. The 1976 World Team Tennis season included 10 teams split into two divisions (Eastern and Western). Each team was scheduled to play a regular-season schedule of 44 matches. The top
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Bartosz Kwolek


Bartosz Kwolek (born 17 July 1997) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national under-19 volleyball team and Polish club ONICO Warszawa, 2018 World Champion, U19 European Champion 2015, U19 World Champion 2015, U20 European Champion 2016, U21 World Champion 2017. On April 12, 2015 Poland men's national under-19 volleyball team, including Kwolek, won title of U19 European Champion 2015. They beat in final Italy U19 (3–1). He was the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. He took
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2018 World Para Swimming European Championships


sports for which they are the governing body, including the 'World Para' title for the committees running each sport. IPC Swimming was rebranded World Para Swimming in 2016; its first World Para Swimming Championships were held in 2017, and the European Championships followed suit in 2018. Ukraine topped the medal table. 25 Athletes won three gold medals or more at the event, while the ten listed below won 4 golds or more. Ihar Boki of Belarus, with seven gold medals, was the most successful swimmer at the event
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UC Ceares


youth teams of the club. However, due to some controversies in the city, the Town Hall preferred to build the second pitch in other area of the neighbourhood. One year later, Ceares authorised Gijón FF to play its games in the women's second division at La Cruz. Below is a list of the ten players with the most caps for Ceares in Tercera División, as of the end of the 2018–19 season. Players in bold are currently playing at Ceares. Below is a list of the top ten goalscorers for
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Jordan Larson


Arsizio. She was named the Most Valuable Player for the competition. This championship qualified her club to the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship and they won again the gold medal. She was named tournament's Most Valuable Player, an award that she defined as a "great end for a perfect year". She was named 2015 USA Volleyball Indoor Female Player of the Year. A year later, she scored the final point for her club in their semifinal match against VakıfBank İstanbul. They went on to become the first club in
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Deniss Vasiļjevs


Deniss Vasiļjevs (born 9 August 1999) is a Latvian figure skater. He is the 2016 Youth Olympics silver medallist. He is also the 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy bronze medalist, the 2016–17 and 2017-18 Cup of Tyrol champion, the 2018 Minsk-Arena Ice Star champion, and a three-time Latvian national champion. He finished in the top ten at the 2017 European Championships, in the top five at the 2018 European Championships and in the top ten at the 2018 World Championships. Earlier in his career,
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Joe Denly


Joseph Liam Denly (born 16 March 1986) is an English professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional leg break bowler who plays as a top-order batsman. Denly played age group cricket for Kent and began his professional career with the county before moving to Middlesex for three seasons between 2012 and 2014. He won the Professional Cricketers' Association Player of the Year award in 2018 and was named the seasons Most Valuable Player. Denly has represented England in One Day
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Étoile Sportive du Sahel


of the most valuable football clubs in Africa and one of the most widely supported teams in the continent. Internationally, Étoile du Sahel was the first Tunisian club to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup. They competed in the fifth edition that took place in 2007 in Japan. The club became the second club to reach the FIFA Club World semi-final as the representative of CAF, after Al Ahly SC in 2006, as they defeated Pachuca CF at the quarter-final of 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. The club
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Durham University


top 30 universities in Europe and the top 100 in the world in the Times Higher Education Supplement international league tables"; Durham ranked 85th in the world (19th in Europe) in 2010 and has since maintained its position in the top 100. Durham consistently places in the top ten in rankings of universities in the United Kingdom. The 2018 "Complete University Guide" ranks Durham 6th overall, "The Guardian University Guide 2018" ranks Durham 4th overall and the 2018 "The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide" ranks
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Lee Eilbracht


the NCAA District Playoffs three times. As an Illini catcher, Eilbracht was a three-time letterwinner in 1943 and from 1946 to 1947. Moreover, he garnered Most Valuable Player in these last seasons and topped the Big Ten in hitting in 1946 with a .484 batting average. In between, he served in the Army during World War II before returning to the University of Illinois. After graduation, Eilbracht pursued a professional career as a player and manager in the Chicago Cubs Minor League system from 1947 to 1952. Eilbracht hit
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New York City


some of the nation's—and the world's—most valuable real estate. 450 Park Avenue was sold on July 2, 2007 for US$510 million, about $1,589 per square foot ($17,104/m²), breaking the barely month-old record for an American office building of $1,476 per square foot ($15,887/m²) set in the June 2007 sale of 660 Madison Avenue. In 2014 Manhattan was home to six of the top ten ZIP Codes in the United States by median housing price. Fifth
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Brynäs IF


league's top flight since 1960 and has won the Swedish championship 13 times, most recently in 2012. Brynäs IF became the world's first ice hockey club to collaborate with the United Nations Program UNICEF, after signing a five-year contract with the organisation on 20 November 2013 (expiring in 2018). On 3 June 2014, the club also signed a five-year contract with Gävle Municipality (expiring after the 2018–19 season). The municipality acquired the naming rights for the club's home arena and renamed it Gavlerinken
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2018 FIFA Club World Cup Final


, and most consecutive titles for a nation (5 for Spain). Al-Ain qualified for their first Club World Cup as winners of the 2017–18 season of the UAE Pro-League, the top-level league in the United Arab Emirates. Al-Ain was the first Emirati team to reach the Club World Cup final, as well as the second Asian team (after Kashima Antlers in 2016). The final was also the third final to feature the host representative (after Corinthians in 2000, Raja Casablanca in
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Emmanuel Ledesma


side FC Cincinnati on January 4, 2018. He was a key player for Cincinnati in the 2018 season, earning 16 goals and a new league record of 16 assists. He was named USL Player of the Month twice (June and September) and appeared on the USL Team of the Week ten times. Following the end of the season, he was named the USL Most Valuable Player of 2018, chosen by a vote of media members and team management. In May 2018, Major League Soccer announced that FC Cincinnati would
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FC Barcelona


, behind Real Madrid and Manchester United, with a value of $2.6 billion. In 2014, "Forbes" ranked them the second most valuable sports team in the world, worth $3.2 billion, and Deloitte ranked them the world's fourth richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €484.6 million. In 2017, "Forbes" ranked them the fourth most valuable sports team in the world with a team value of $3.64 billion. The world's highest paid sports team, in November
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50 home run club


and Judge. Ten players are also members of the 500 home run club and two of them (Willie Mays and Rodriguez) are also members of the 3,000 hit club. Ten players won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in the same year as their 50 home run season. Mantle is the only player to have earned the Major League Triple Crown alongside achieving 50 home runs, leading both leagues in batting average, home runs and runs batted in (RBI). Mantle and Maris—collectively known as the M&M
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Let You Love Me


"Let You Love Me" is a song by British singer Rita Ora, released on 21 September 2018 as the fourth single from her second studio album, "Phoenix" (2018). The music video was released on the same day. The song reached the top ten in sixteen countries, including the United Kingdom where it peaked at number four. It became Ora's 13th song to reach the UK top ten, thus breaking a record for most top ten songs by a British female solo artist. The accompanying music
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Xavier Musketeers men's basketball


, 2004 and 2006). Xavier has won or shared 17 regular season conference championships, while winning 9 conference tournament championships. In addition, they have won one Big East Conference regular season title in 2018. Xavier has been listed among the top-20 most valuable college basketball programs in the US. The first Xavier Basketball game on record was February 20, 1920 at the Fenwick Club in Cincinnati. Coached by Joe Meyer, the Musketeers compiled a 94–52 record during Meyer's's 13-year run as head coach from 1920 to 1933.
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Sara Hughes


The duo won bronze medals at the 2013 U19 and 2014 U21 World Championships. Hughes also played club indoor volleyball as the setter for Mizuno Long Beach, and was named most valuable player after her club won the 16-U Junior Olympics national championship in 2011. She played indoor volleyball for Mater Dei High School as well and was the Orange County Player of the Year as a senior. Regarded as one of the top high school recruits for both beach and indoor, Hughes committed to playing beach volleyball for the USC Trojans in her junior
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Laura Zeng


around 14th and 9th separately with scores of 66.400 and 69.150. Sofia World Championships: On Sept. 10-14 2018 World Championships, Zeng was tenth in all-around qualification with best 3 of 4 routines. In the AA finals, Zeng finished eighth with a score of 73.250. She didn't make any event finals but was reserves for hoop, ball and clubs. This was third straight world championships when Zeng made top ten in the all-around. Pan American Championships: On Sept. 29-Oct 1, Zeng competed Pan
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Economy of California


The economy of California is the largest in the United States, boasting a $3.018 trillion gross state product as of 2018. As a sovereign nation (2018), California would rank as the world's fifth largest economy, ahead of the United Kingdom but behind Germany. Additionally, California's Silicon Valley is home to some of the world's most valuable technology companies, including Apple, Alphabet Inc., and Facebook. In total, over 10% of Fortune 1000 companies were based in California in 2018, the most of
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FACEIT Major: London 2018


over the world. A major tournament simply means the tournament features a large prize pool and a good number of top teams; the major tournaments that are shown below are only shown because a team from the major participated in the event. This list also shows where the tournament took place, the number of teams at the tournament, the winner and runner-up, prize pool, and – if applicable – HLTV's most valuable player of the tournament. The New Challengers stage took place from September 5 to September 9,
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Chennai Super Kings


adjudged by Brand Finance to be the most valuable brand at 65 million after the completion of 2018 IPL. The Economic Times commissioned UK-based Brand Finance to carry out brand evaluation of the IPL and also each of the eight franchise teams (that was increased to 10 in 2011). Chennai Super Kings was rated as the "most valuable team" in the Indian Premier League in 2010–11, with a brand value of $100 million (approximately 2.24 billion). In February 2013, London based Brand Finance evaluated the top
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Bengal Club


club has a dining hall, a number of bars, libraries and a gymnasium and is built in the colonial style. Members are also able to visit other reciprocal clubs around India, as well as many parts of the world. The Club has strict dress regulations. This Club is one of the most prestigious clubs in Calcutta. It serves the tradition of Bengal and British culture with a blend of ethics and vision to rule in the heart of culture. In 2018, the club was featured in the Top 100 Platinum City
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2018 Columbus Crew SC season


to play in 27 games to crack the all-time top ten. Although he missed several games while on international duty, Trapp appeared for the 27th time on the season in a draw with Philadelphia on September 29. He initially jumped into the table in a tie for tenth place with Hejduk. By the end of the season, Trapp had appeared in 177 games for the club, enough for sole possession of tenth. Zack Steffen entered the season with the seventh-most clean sheets in club history. He needed to
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World Record Club


valuable service to music lovers in provincial towns, which lacked the record shops and selections available to collectors in the main centres. The Club took full-page advertisements in the "New Zealand Listener" magazine offering a choice of any three LPs for ten shillings to new members. Members received a magazine listing the upcoming monthly releases for that year, which had to be ordered in advance. The magazine featured a classical music column "The Golden Road" by World Record Club editor-in-chief Harvey Blanks. This was
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Rickey Henderson


% higher than the previous record of 938 by Lou Brock. Henderson is the all-time stolen base leader for the Oakland Athletics and previously held the New York Yankees' franchise record from 1988 to 2011. He was among the league's top ten base stealers in 21 different seasons. Henderson was named the AL's Most Valuable Player in 1990, and he was the leadoff hitter for two World Series champions: the 1989 Oakland A's and the 1993 Toronto Blue Jays. A 12-time stolen base champion, Henderson led the
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Walker Cooper


.281, finishing among the National League's top ten players in slugging, doubles and triples as St. Louis won the pennant by two games; brother Mort won the Most Valuable Player Award. Batting fifth, he hit .286 in the World Series against the defending champion New York Yankees, driving in the winning run in Game 4 and scoring the winning run on Whitey Kurowski's home run in the ninth inning of the final Game 5; he then picked Joe Gordon off second base with no outs in the bottom of the ninth
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Football in the Gambia


Football is the most popular sport in The Gambia and still growing in popularity. The Gambia national football team, nicknamed "The Scorpions", is the national team of the Gambia and is administered by the Gambia Football Association. They have never qualified for the World Cup or the Africa Nations Cup finals. The GFA League First Division currently has twelve clubs competing in it. The most successful club is Wallidan. The GFA League First Division currently has ten clubs competing in it. promotion tournament to second division, top-2 qualify for
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List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries


to the 2. Bundesliga, while the team finishing in 16th place enters into a two-legged play-off with the team finishing 3rd in the lower division. "Clubs and locations as of 2018–19 season:" The Gibraltar Football Association was founded in 1895, making it one of the ten oldest active football associations in the world. League football has been organized by the GFA since 1905. The first league season after Gibraltar were accepted as full members of UEFA was 2013–14, making qualification to the UEFA Champions League and
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Louis Vuitton


he is the label's first African-American artistic director and one of few black designers of a major European fashion house. His debut show was held at the 2018 Paris Men's Fashion Week and staged in the historical Palais-Royal gardens' courtyard. The Louis Vuitton brand and the LV monogram are among the world's most valuable brands. According to a Millward Brown 2010 study, Louis Vuitton was then the world's 19th most valuable brand, and was estimated to be worth over US$19 billion. For six consecutive
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Federation of International Polo


display of international competition. It is the most valuable tournament after the World Polo Championships because of its history, participants and people involved. In 2018, XII. FIP European Polo Championship and II. FIP Ladies European Polo Championship, Italy - Villa a Sesta Polo Club - the organization achieved a record attendance of European Polo Teams and Countries. Children's Polo Children are the future and everyone’s hope. In some places, three generations, children, parents and grandparents, are involved in polo, something that is passed on
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Chicago Cubs


however, no Cubs pitcher has thrown a perfect game. As of 2018, the Chicago Cubs are ranked as the 16th most valuable sports team in the world, 12th in the United States, third in MLB behind the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers, and first in the city of Chicago. The Chicago Cubs retired numbers are commemorated on pinstriped flags flying from the foul poles at Wrigley Field, with the exception of Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers player whose number 42 was retired for all clubs. The first
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