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  • 11Abraham Klein (referee) — Abraham Klein (Avraham Klein) ( he. אברהם קליין, born March 29, 1934) was an Israeli international football referee in the 1960s to the 1980s.1970 World CupKlein came to be appointed to some of the most important FIFA World Cup matches between… …

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  • 12Roy Carroll — Football player infobox playername = Roy Carroll fullname = Roy Eric Carroll dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|9|30 cityofbirth = Enniskillen countryofbirth = Northern Ireland height = height|ft=6|in=2 currentclub = Derby County clubnumber =… …

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  • 13Andrew Podnieks — (b. Toronto, Canada, 1962) is one of the most prolific writers of hockey books, numbering more than 45 (as of January 2008). Additionally, he has contributed extensively to international hockey research at the International Ice Hockey Federation …

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  • 142006 FIFA World Cup controversies — The 2006 FIFA World Cup generated various controversies, including onfield disputes, critiques of official decisions, and team salary issues. Most centered around specific refereeing decisions, which led many of the world s media to claim that… …

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  • 152000 Nike U.S. Cup — The 2000 Nike United States Cup (U.S. Cup), a Nike sponsored, United States Soccer Federation (USSF) organized round robin tournament, took place in June 2000. The 2000 U.S. Cup was the seventh, and last, in the series, which began in 1992.For… …

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  • 16Punch-up in Piestany — The Punch up in Piestany was an infamous bench clearing brawl between Canada and the Soviet Union during the final game of the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Piešťany, Czechoslovakia on January 4, 1987. The brawl resulted in the… …

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  • 17Official (ice hockey) — American Hockey League referee Dean Morton In ice hockey, an official is a person who has some responsibility in enforcing the rules and maintaining the order of the game. There are two categories of officials, on ice officials, who are the… …

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  • 18Ice hockey — sport imagesize=250px caption=Two defencemen and a goaltender guard their goal. The referee s raised arm indicates that he intends to call a penalty. union=International Ice Hockey Federation nickname=Hockey first=March 3, 1875, Victoria Skating… …

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  • 19Hurling — (in Irish, iománaíocht or iomáint ) is an outdoor team sport of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. The game, played primarily in Ireland, has… …

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  • 20football, gridiron — Game played, predominantly in the U.S. and Canada, on a rectangular field having two goalposts at each end. In the U.S. it is played between two teams of 11 players each. The object is to get an oblong ball, in possession of one side at a time,… …

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