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Paris hosted the Summer Olympics in 1900, 1924, and 2024.
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Ronaldinho was named FIFA World Player of the Year in 2004 and 2005.
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Real Madrid has won the most UEFA Champions League titles in the tournament's history.
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The UEFA Champions League is the top European club football tournament, contested annually since 1955.
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The Commissioner's Trophy is awarded to the World Series champion in Major League Baseball.
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Marathon runners typically run for hours, with elite times for the 42.195 km distance under 2 hours 5 minutes for men and under 2 hours 15 minutes for women.
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The NHL was founded in 1917 in Montreal, Canada, with four original Canadian teams.
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Simone Biles has won the most World Championship medals in the history of artistic gymnastics.
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The NFL was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association.
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The NBA was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America and merged with the National Basketball League in 1949.
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Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal occurred during the 1986 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match against England.
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Heptathlon is a women's track and field combined event consisting of seven disciplines.
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Decathlon is a track and field combined event consisting of ten different disciplines contested over two days.
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The Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy is awarded to the NBA Finals champion.
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The Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded to the winner of the NFL's Super Bowl.
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The Stanley Cup is awarded annually to the playoff champion of the National Hockey League.
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The first modern Olympic Games featured 14 nations and 241 athletes competing in 43 events.
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The pole vault world record for men exceeded 6.20 meters in the 2020s, set by Armand Duplantis.
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Michael Phelps won 23 Olympic gold medals, the most by any athlete in the history of the Games.
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Pele is the only player to have won three FIFA World Cups, with Brazil in 1958, 1962, and 1970.
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Major League Baseball traces its modern era to 1903, when the American League and National League agreed to coexist.
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The modern Olympic Games were established by Pierre de Coubertin and first held in Athens in 1896.
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Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, having been held since 1877.
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The marathon distance is officially 42.195 kilometers, standardized by the IAAF in 1921.
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Michael Jordan won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s.
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The Olympic Games are held every four years, alternating between Summer and Winter Games every two years.
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FIFA, the international governing body of football (soccer), was founded in 1904.
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The FIFA World Cup is held every four years and is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world.
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The Tour de France, an annual men's multi-stage bicycle race held primarily in France, has been held since 1903.
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Pele, the Brazilian footballer, won three FIFA World Cups, in 1958, 1962, and 1970.
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Usain Bolt holds the world record in the men's 100-meter sprint at 9.58 seconds, set in 2009.
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Volleyball was invented by William G. Morgan in 1895 in Massachusetts.
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Lionel Messi has won the FIFA Ballon d'Or a record number of times, more than any other player.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is the all-time leading goal scorer in men's international football.
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Argentina won the 2022 FIFA World Cup, defeating France in the final on penalties.
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Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic have each won more than 20 men's singles Grand Slam titles in tennis.
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Serena Williams has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in the Open Era of women's tennis.
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Babe Ruth hit 714 career home runs in Major League Baseball.
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Wayne Gretzky holds the NHL record for most career goals and most career points.
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Tom Brady won seven Super Bowl titles, the most by any player in NFL history.
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LeBron James became the all-time leading scorer in NBA regular-season history in February 2023.
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Cricket originated in England and the modern game is regulated globally by the International Cricket Council.
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Formula 1 is the highest class of international single-seater auto racing, governed by the FIA.
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Rugby football emerged in 19th-century England and split into rugby union and rugby league in 1895.
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Basketball was invented by James Naismith in 1891 at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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The Tour de France is generally won by riders who excel in the mountain stages and individual time trials.
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The Boston Marathon, first held in 1897, is the world's oldest annual marathon.
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Field hockey and ice hockey are distinct sports, with field hockey played on grass or turf and ice hockey played on ice.
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Golf as a modern sport was codified in Scotland in the 18th century.
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The four men's golf majors are the Masters, U.S. Open, The Open Championship, and PGA Championship.
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Boxing's modern rules trace back to the Marquess of Queensberry rules published in 1867.
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Skateboarding made its Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games, held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Surfing became an Olympic sport at the Tokyo 2020 Games.