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American women team wins first ever women soccer event at the Olympics

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The inaugural women world cup takes place U.S wins.

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establishment of FIFA

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First soccer game played at the Olympic games

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First international game was played between Scotland and England

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Football association was formed 11 london schools and clubs came together to establish a single set of rules to administer any football match that was to be played.

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First U.S soccer club was established in Boston.

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Eton College of England sets new rules for the game of soccer (Futbol)

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The game becomes legal again in England

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due to the violent nature of the game king Edward bans the game.

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First Futbol games played in Britain. involved kicking around a severed head of a danish prince.

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R000 B.C evidence in china that military forces played a game called "Tsu Chu" that involved kicking a leather ball stuffed with fur in a small hole no hands allowed.

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2010- For the first time, the Pro Bowl was played in the Super Bowl city the week before the Super Bowl

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2005- The New England Patriots became the second team in NFL history to win three Super Bowls in four seasons.

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1998 -The NFL reached agreement on record eight-year television contracts with four networks. ABC (NFL Monday Night Football) and FOX.

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1962- The Western Division defeated the Eastern Division 47-27 in the first AFL All-Star Game.

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1939-An NFL game was televised for the first time.

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1912- A touchdown was increased from five points to six.

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1909- A field goal dropped from four points to three.

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1906 -The forward pass was legalized. The first authenticated pass completion in a pro game came on October 25,  1906.

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1904- A field goal was changed from five points to four

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1898- A touchdown was changed from four points to five.

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1892- In an era in which football was a major attraction of local athletic clubs.

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Going back to the roots where in 2008 open water was added back to the Olympics.

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In 1988 David Berkoff shows that you can go faster doing butterfly kick while under water.

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Lynne Cox, in 1987 swam across the Bering strait without a wetsuit. She also did this during cold war times. Later she became the first person to swim over a mile in icy waters of Antarctica.

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As the sport grew on coaches began messing around with new techniques.1930s Americans David Armbruster and Jack Sieg came up with a double arm recovery with dolphin kick. It was an alternative for breast until the 1950s where it became its own stroke.

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1912 was the first year that they could join the Olympics racing 100 freestyle and the 4x100 free style relay. 1926, 19 year old Gertrude Ederle was the first women to swim the English channel and beat the men's record by 2 hours

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1902 an Australian man Richard Cavill was the first to swim with an up and down kick with alternative arm movement. It was known as Australian Crawl.

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In 1896, Men competed in 4 events all contested in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1900 in Paris all events were in the Seine River.

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Matthew Webb got the public interest in swimming by becoming the first to swim across the English channel. He did only swimming breaststroke.

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Competitive swimming started in 1830 in Britain mostly using breaststroke.

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The World Boxing Organization(WBO) was founded in San Juan, Puerto Rico n 1988.

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The International Boxing Federation (IBF) originated in September 1976 as the United States Boxing Association (USBA)

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The World Boxing Council (WBC) was founded in Mexico City, Mexico on February 14, 1963 in order to establish an international regulating body

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The World Boxing association (WBA) was founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), a national regulating body of the United States.

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In 2013, The Boxing Hall of Fame Las Vegas opened in Las Vegas, Nevada founded by Steve Lott

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The first inductees in 1990 included Jack Johnson, Benny Leonard, Jack Dempsey, Henry Armstrong, Sugar Ray Robinson, Archie Moore, and Muhammad Ali.

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The International Boxing Hall of Fame opened in Canastota in 1989.

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The WBHF was founded by Everett L. Sanders in 1980

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Boxing was at each edition of the Games since, except in 1912 in Stockholm, owing to Swedish law, which forbade the practice.

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When boxing made its Olympic debut at the 1904 Games in St Louis, it was the USA, the only country entered, which took all the medals.

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In 1867, the Marquess of Queensberry rules were drafted by John Chambers.

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The first boxing rules, called the Broughton's rules, were introduced by champion Jack Broughton in 1743 to protect fighters in the ring where deaths sometimes occurred.

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The first English bare-knuckle champion was James Figg in 1719.

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The first documented account of a bare-knuckle fight in England appeared in 1681

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Early Start: Boxing by Timothy Logan Keysear

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Early Start: Boxing by Timothy Logan Keysear

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The earliest known depiction of boxing comes from a Sumerian relief in Iraq from the 3rd millennium BCE.

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2011 Lebron joins Wade, Chris Bosh to form new "Big Three" but Miami is stunned by Dallas.

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1992 Magic's HIV announcement shakes the nation; Bulls become third straight team to repeat.

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June 26, 2002: the Houston Rockets Draft Yao Ming to be the first #1 overall pick to never play College ball in the US.

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February 9, 1997: The NBA announces its 50 greatest players.

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November 4, 1993: The NBA agrees to expand to Toronto.

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April 20, 1986: Michael Jordan scores a playoff high 63 points in a loss to the Celtics.

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1979: The NBA adopts a three point line.

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March 2, 1962: Wilt Chamberlin scores a NBA record 100 Points in a game vs. New York.

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October 30, 1954: The NBA introduces the 24-second clock. As a result the pace of the game quickens.

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April 23, 1950: The Minneapolis Lakers become the first team to win back-to-back championships.

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June 6, 1946: The Basketball Association of America (BAA) is founded. Maurice Podoloff is named the league president.

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August 1-16, 1936: Basketball becomes an official Olympic sport. The United States defeats Canada 19-8 for the gold medal. The games were played in Berlin, Germany.

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1909: Players committing a fourth personal foul are not disqualified from the game.

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1896: The first known professional basketball game is played in Trenton, New Jersey.

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1894: The free throw line is moved from 20 feet to 15 feet.

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December 1891: Dr James Naismith, an instructor at the School for Christian Workers in Springfield, Massachusetts, invents basket ball (then two words).