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	English Reading Comprehension - Comprensión de lectura en inglés
		As football began to increase in popularity, it was held as a demonstration sport (with no medals awarded) at the 1900, 1904 and 1906 Summer Olympics before football became an official competition at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
		With the Olympic event continuing to be contested only between amateur teams, Sir Thomas Lipton organised the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy tournament in Turin in 1909.
		The 1932 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, did not plan to include football as part of the programme due to the low popularity of football in the United States.
	www.saberingles.com.ar /reading/world-cup3.html (741 words)

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		As football began to increase in popularity, it was held as a demonstration sport (with no medals awarded) at the 1900, 1904 and 1906 Summer Olympics before the idea of a major international tournament came into being with an official competition at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
		With Uruguay as now two-time official football world champions and due to celebrate their centenary of independence in 1930, when the decision was made by FIFA in 1928 to stage their own international tournament they were named as the host country.
		The 1932 Summer Olympics held at Los Angeles in the United States was not supposed to include football as part of the programme, due to the low popularity of football in the United States.
	users.cjb.net /worldcup/history.html (814 words)

	Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, Uruguay dominated the Football (soccer) tournament winning the Gold.
		An appeal by a newspaper, Sport, brought in the needed funds Indeed their performance was indicative of the tournament's short-comings that were increasingly causing FIFA administrators to agitate for a tournament that properly reflected the comparative strengths amongst all footballing nations.
		As it was the organisers drew from a hat, and the Frenchman Marcel Slawick, oversaw proceedings in which two goals in the second period put paid to Swiss aspirations, Uruguay eventually prevailing 3-0.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Football_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics (648 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger, along with the acquisitions of the Bravo and Telemundo networks, made it possible for the network to broadcast over 1200 hours of coverage during the games, triple what was broadcast in the U.S. four years earlier.
		The main Olympic Stadium, the designated facility for the opening and closing ceremonies, was completed only two months before the games opened, with the sliding over of a futuristic glass roof designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
		The Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/2/0/0/2004_Summer_Olympics_330c.html (2001 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
		Rugby football is one of the earliest forms of football in which the ball is carried rather than kicked.
		Rugby union football was held at the Olympics in 1900, 1908, 1920 and 1924.
		Polo was on the Olympic programme in 1900, 1908, 1920, 1924 and 1936.
	www.olympic.org /uk/sports/past/index_uk.asp (349 words)

	Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Until 1994, the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year, but in 1986 the International Olympic Committee, which organises the Olympics, decided to separate them, so as to spread costs for all involved parties.
		As with the Ancient Olympics, once the flame has been lit, it is kept burning throughout the celebration of the Olympics, and is extinguished at end of the closing ceremony of the Games.
		The Olympic fire is then extinguished, and the Olympic flag is lowered, folded, and presented to the mayor of the host city of the next Olympic Games.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 words)

	1976 Summer Olympics: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		In the bid to organise the Olympics, Montreal defeated Moscow and Los Angeles, which would organise the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
		In a protest to a tour of South Africa by the New Zealand rugby team, Tanzania lead a boycott of 22 African nations as the IOC refused not to admit the New Zealand team.
		The Olympic Stadium, a daring design of French architect Roger Taillibert[?], remains a lasting monument to the huge deficit, as it never had an effective retractable roof, and the tower was only completed after the Olympics.
	www.encyclopedian.com /19/1976-Summer-Olympics.html (371 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
		In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies including the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany (but not Romania), boycotted these Olympics.
		Olympic soccer was unexpectedly played before massive crowds throughout America, with several sell-outs at the 100,000+ seat Rose Bowl.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1984_Summer_Olympics (1002 words)

	The History of Profesional Football
		Harvard declined to participate in the inaugural meeting of the Intercollegiate Football Association in NYC in Oct 1873, because the proposed rules were based on the non-handling "Association" code of English football.
		The football playing field is rectangular in shape, measuring 120 yd (110 m) long and 53.3 yd (48.8 m) wide.
		During a football game the teams are designated as the offensive team (the team in possession of the ball) and the defensive team (the team defending a goal line against the offensive team).
	library.thinkquest.org /12590/history.htm (6292 words)

	1924 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were held in 1924 in Paris, France.
		The marathon distance was fixed at 42.195 km, from the distance run at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
		Ireland was given formal recognition as an independent nation in the Olympic Movement in Paris in 1924 and it was at these games that Ireland made its first appearance in an Olympic Games as an independent nation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1924_Summer_Olympics (466 words)

	Reference for 1984 Summer Olympics - Search.com
		The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
		In view of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics caused 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies including the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany (but not Romania) to boycott these Olympics.
		Olympic soccer was unexpectedly played before massive crowds throughout America, with several sell-outs at the 100,000+ seat Rose Bowl.
	www.search.com /reference/1984_Summer_Olympics (2302 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Summer Olympic Games and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in AD 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism.
		However, the 1900 Summer Olympics were already planned for Paris and, barring the so-called Intercalated Games of 1906, the Olympics did not return to Greece until the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		The true origin of the modern Olympics was acknowledged by De Coubertin as being in Much Wenlock, a rural market town in the English county of Shropshire.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics (3849 words)

	Learn more about 1936 Summer Olympics in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although awarded before the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, the government saw the Olympics as a golden opportunity to promote their fascist ideology.
		For the first time the Olympic Flame was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
		In the quarter-finals of the football tournament, Peru beat Austria by 4 to 2 in over-time, but a replay was ordered as Peruvian fans stormed the pitch during the match.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html (481 words)

	Special: Athens Olympics 2004 \| The Christian Science Monitor
		In early February of 1980, the Olympic news at Lake Placid, N.Y. was that US President Jimmy Carter was asking the International Olympic Committee to move the summer games from Moscow.
		The USSR refused to attend the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
		The official reason was "alleged violations of the Olympic Charter by US authorities," but Monitor correspondent Gary Thatcher paints a picture of plain-old politics: "Although the Soviet authorities will never officially admit it, they are exacting belated retribution for the US boycott of the Moscow Olympics of 1980." PDF.
	www.csmonitor.com /specials/oly2004/docs/oly_politics.html (719 words)

	Reference for 1968 Summer Olympics - Search.com
		The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were held in Mexico City in 1968.
		On October 2, 1968, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics the plaza was the scene of the Tlatelolco massacre, in which more than 300 student protesters were killed by army and police.
		Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the gold and bronze medalists in the men's 200-meter race, took their places on the podium for the medal ceremony barefooted and wearing civil rights buttons, lowered their heads and each defiantly raised a fl-gloved fist as the Star Spangled Banner was played.
	www.search.com /reference/1968_Summer_Olympics (1373 words)

	Olympics Timeline: Ancient Greece - 1940s
		The Olympic flag is introduced, as is the Olympic oath.
		In what may be the most famous incident in Olympic history, Jesse Owens wins four gold medals, showing up German claims of Aryan superiority.
		The American Olympic Committee sends a hockey team, as does the American Hockey Association; the IOC bars either from being considered for a medal.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/olympicstimeline.html (1345 words)

	FIFA WORLD CUP FOOTBALL COMPETITION \| CAR AND MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE HASTINGS DIRECT
		The FIFA World Cup (often called the Football World Cup, Soccer World Cup or simply the World Cup) is the most important competition in international football, and the world's most representative team sport event.
		The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930 (except in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II), however, it is more of an ongoing event as the qualifying rounds of the competition take place over the three years preceding the final rounds.
		A group of visionary French football administrators, led in the 1920s by the innovative Jules Rimet, are credited with the original idea of bringing the world's strongest national football teams together to compete for the title of World Champions.
	www.solarnavigator.net /sport/football_world_cup.htm (2694 words)

	History of the Olympics + Cartoon Fun by Brownielocks
		During the last winter Olympics in 1998, winter snowboarding was accepted as an official winter competition.
		The Olympic Flame is said to represent the "Olympic Spirit" of competition.
		The newest tradition, which began with the summer Olympics in Los Angeles, CA (USA) was to have the torch carried across the country by people from all walks of life and have it arrive at the stadium just in time for the opening ceremonies.
	www.brownielocks.com /olympics.html (1019 words)

	The Olympics
		The Olympic Games (or Olympics/however you say it!!) is a competition where people from all over the world come to a central location to compete in different sports.
		The Summer Olympics is the main Olympics and includes a wider range of sports.
		Originally these were held in the same year as the Summer Olympics, but starting with 1994 the Winter Games are in between, two years after the Games of the Olympiad.
	www.projectshum.org /Olympics (274 words)

	Summer Olympics
		Sailing first became an Olympic sport in Paris in 1900, where time handicaps were used to referee the race.
		Olympic racing is now conducted with boats categorised into one-design classes based on similar weights and dimensions.
		Olympic history abounds with tales of athletes who overcame crippling adversity to win gold medals, but Karoly Takacs' comeback may be the best.
	library.thinkquest.org /CR0214546/solympics.html (1844 words)

	Olympics History Quizzes and Olympics History Trivia -- FunTrivia
		Olympic symbols have been a part of the Games as is the competition.
		This is not the be all and end all of Olympic Quizzes.
		This quiz is about the cities that came second place in the International Olympic Committee voting for the Olympic host cities, or that intended to host the Olympics, but for some reason or other could not.
	www.funtrivia.com /quizzes/sports/olympic_games/olympics_history.html (569 words)

	USATODAY.com - Olympics narrow field for 2012 games to five cities (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The field was trimmed by the International Olympic Committee executive board based on a report assessing the technical capabilities of the nine cities.
		The IOC is often reluctant to award consecutive Olympics to the same continent.
		Paris, which hosted the Olympics in 1900 and 1924, is viewed as the front-runner.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/summer/2004-05-18-2012-hosts_x.htm (949 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1980 Summer Olympics
		Moscow won the bid to organise the Games by defeating Los Angeles, which would host the next Olympics.
		Women's field hockey is Olympic for the first time, but all major nations boycott the tournament.
		The team of Zimbabwe is invited just a week before the start of the Games, but it wins the nation's first gold medal.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1980_Summer_Olympics (332 words)

	Summer Olympics: Tennis
		There was tennis in the Olympics from 1896 until 1924.
		There are also professional tournaments like the US Open, the French Open, and the Australian Open, but the best known of all the professional tennis tournaments takes place in Wimbledon, England.
		At the Olympics there will be men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/tennis.htm (433 words)

	ESPN.com - MORESPORTS - Ten cities apply for 2008 Summer Olympics
		LONDON -- The race is on for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
		Paris is the only one of the 10 that has previously held the Olympics, in 1900 and 1924.
		Once the cities are selected, the national Olympic committees in those countries will sign a contract with the IOC, giving them responsibility and oversight for the bid.
	espn.go.com /moresports/news/2000/0201/328682.html (722 words)

	ipedia.com: 1992 Summer Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo lights the Olympic Flame by shooting an arrow into the cauldron.
		Five of the six golds were in individual events, tying Eric Heiden's record for individual gold medals at a single Olympics.
		Badminton and women's judo become part of the Olympic programme, while white water canoeing returns to the Games after a 20-year absence.
	www.ipedia.com /1992_summer_olympics.html (412 words)

	CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Olympics - News: Albertans shine on Olympic stage
		In Sweden during the 1912 Summer Olympics, Edmonton's Alex Decoteau became the first Albertan to ever compete in the Games.
		Part of the reason the Mercurys went to the Games in the first place was thanks to the deep pockets of owner Jim Christiansen, who footed the bill for the Games and a pre-Olympic tour where they went 42-7-2.
		They never won a medal because when they competed (1924, 1928, 1932 and 1936), women's hoops was still a demonstration sport.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Olympics/News/2005/08/28/1191715-sun.html (560 words)

	Olympics: Tennis
		But defending Olympic champion Andre Agassi was likely to withdraw to spend time with his ailing mother and sister, top-ranked Gustavo Kuerten left Brazil's team in a dispute over uniform sponsorship and Russia's seventh-ranked Yevgeny Kafelnikov seemed on the brink of pulling out after a poor U.S. Open performance.
		She is the No. 1 ranked doubles player in the world yet King chose Serena Williams for the doubles team.
		Making the whole thing even more unseemly is that Venus Williams seemed to suggest this summer that she would pull out of the Olympics if her sister was not named to the team.
	www.sptimes.com /News/091000/Olympics/Tennis.shtml (528 words)

	Medal Count for the 1924 Summer Olympics
		Click on Country to view all medals for this country during this Olympics
		Click on Sport to view all events for this sport during this Olympics
		databaseOlympics is not associated with the Olympics or IOC.
	www.databaseolympics.com /games/gamesyear.htm?g=8 (53 words)

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