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in SportsWhich team had the longest championship streak in NBA history?
The Boston Celtics, led by coach Red Auerbach, won eight straight NBA championships from 1959-66, the longest championship streak in NBA history.
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in SportsWho is the only known current male top-flight professional footballer in the world to be out as gay?
Australian professional footballer Josh Cavallo, 21, who plays as a left-back and central midfielder for Adelaide United, became the only known current male top-flight professional footballer in the world to come out as gay on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2021. Cavallo said in a Twitter post and personal video, shared by his club Adelaide United, he…
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in SportsWhat is Chicago Sky?
Chicago Sky is the 2021 WNBA Finals champion with an 80-74 win over Pheonix Mercury. It’s Chicago’s first WNBA title and the city’s first professional basketball championship since 1998._x000D_
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in SportsHow many World Cups has Brazil star Neymar played?
Brazil star striker Neymar has so far played at two World Cups. In 2014, he picked up a back injury in the quarterfinals against Colombia. In 2018 Neymar had just returned from a severe foot injury and turned in a disappointing performance in the quarterfinals._x000D_
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in SportsWhat was Larry Bird’s college basketball team?
Basketball legend, Larry Bird, attended Indiana State University, playing for three years for the Sycamores._x000D_
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in SportsWho is Daniil Medvedev?
Daniil Medvedev is the professional Russian tennis player who defeated Novak Djokovic in the 2021 US Open final to win his first major title, becoming the first Russian man to win the tournament since 2000. Until Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, the No. 1-ranked Djokovic had been undefeated at the sport’s four most important tournaments of 2021.
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in SportsWhich team does Cristiano Ronaldo currently play?
On Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, a decade after he left the club to join Real Madrid, 36-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo signed a two-year contract at Manchester United, with the option to extend for another year. The contract is for an initial 15m euros (£12.85m, $17.75m). "Everyone who knows me knows about my never-ending love for Manchester…
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in SportsWho is the last man to achieve a Calendar-year Grand Slam?
Rod Laver (pictured) hit a Grand Slam (winning all four major tennis titles in the same year) in 1962 and 1969 – the last time a male’s singles tennis player won the title._x000D_
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in SportsWho is the first female swimmer to claim seven medals at one Olympics?
Australia’s Emma McKeon is the first female swimmer to claim seven medals at one Olympics – Four of them were gold, the other three bronze. She is also the second woman to win seven Olympic medals in any sport. The first was gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya of the Soviet Union, who achieved the record at the…
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in SportsWhich country took the top 3 spots at the Tokyo 2020 women’s 100-meter final?
Jamaican athletes took all three top spots in the Tokyo 2020 women’s 100-meter final, as gold medal-winner Elaine Thompson-Herah set an Olympic record with her time of 10.61 seconds. She is now the second-fast woman in history. The fastest being 1988 Olympic champion Florence Griffith-Joyner, with her world record of 10.49 set in the U.S.…
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in SportsIn which team did Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Brazil’s Neymar use to play together?
Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Brazil’s Neymar played together at FC Barcelona between 2013 and 2017 before Neymar’s move to Paris St-Germain._x000D_
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in SportsWhen was the first time Italy won the EURO trophy?
Italy won their first UEFA Euro trophy in 1968, 53 years ago. They won the 2020 Euro for the second time in history on Sunday, July 11, 2021 – the longest gap between titles for any nation in the competition’s history._x000D_
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in SportsWhat was England’s historic achievement in the 2020 UEFA Euro?
On the 2020 Euros (taking place in July 2021), England became the first team to top a group at a Euro finals by scoring just two goals._x000D_
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in SportsWhy isn’t Mohamed Salah on Egypt’s World Cup qualifying matches?
Soccer star Mohamed Salah isn’t on Egypt’s World Cup qualifying matches because on Monday, Aug. 23, Liverpool announced it refused to release him due to quarantine requirements upon his return from Cairo. The two-week quarantine would cause Salah to miss two Premier League games.
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in SportsWhich American sports team is changing its name to “Guardians” in 2022?
After more than 100 years, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team, The Cleveland Indians, is getting a new name — The Cleveland Guardians. The ballclub announced Friday, July 23, 2021, that by the end of 2021, the Indians would transition from the name they held since 1915._x000D_
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in SportsWhat’s NOT true about the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics?
Tokyo hosted the Olympic Games for the first time in 1964. 2021 is the second time Japan hosts the Olympic Summer Games. Japan also hosted the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are also the first without spectators and the first to be played in an odd year._x000D_
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in SportsWhy was Norway’s women’s beach handball team fined?
Norway’s women’s beach handball team was fined by the European Handball Federation on Monday, July 19, 2021, after players wore shorts, instead of the required bikini bottoms, during a game over the weekend._x000D_
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in SportsWhy won’t Sha’Carri Richardson participate in the Tokyo Olympics?
On July 1, 2021, The United States Anti-Doping Agency reported Sha’Carri Richardson tested positive for THC (the main psychoactive component found in cannabis) following her 100 m final at the U.S. Trials – which made her ineligible to compete in the 100 m Olympics._x000D_
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in SportsHow many Japanese Emperors have ever opened the Olympic Games?
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito made the opening declaration of the 2020 Olympic Games, Friday, July 23, 2021. He was the third Japanese Emperor to open an Olympics, following his grandfather Emperor Hirohito (1964 Summer and 1972 Winter Olympics) and his father Emperor Akihito (1998 Winter Olympics).