Word: stadiums
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Malpartida, however, is not the only woman to be hailed as an athletic superstar in Peru. It seems that majority of Peru's sports stars are female. For example, she is now the 76th name to be added to the "cornice of fame" at the National Stadium in the Peruvian capital Lima - the 39th woman to receive the honor. She has thus widened even more the advantage for women athletes in a country where men take sports very seriously but women win medals and championships. "It is a strange phenomenon. There are few countries in the world where the most...
Another unexpected female star is Sofia Mulanovich, the first Peruvian (and Latin American) to win an Association of Professional Surfers' world championship. Her name was engraved on the National Stadium a few years back. Mulanovich is also highly popular, but following in her footsteps is limited by a number of factors, including the basic necessity of being close to surfing waves...
...seasons in the NBA, he has often been hurt. In February 2008 he suffered a stress fracture in his left foot that kept him out of the NBA playoffs, but he returned to play for his country in the Beijing Olympics. He carried China's flag into the Olympic stadium and led the Chinese men to the quarterfinals, where they lost to Lithuania. This past NBA season was the first since 2004-05 that he didn't miss a significant number of games due to injury...
...offered wine with my meal in a tone of calm civility clearly distinguishable from the intimately friendly manners I had encountered before boarding at Logan. As we swooped over streets that represent personal landmarks and brim with familiar memories, the pilot apologized profusely for the offending view of Arsenal stadium. Naturally, given Arsenal football team’s recent defeat by Chelsea rival, I presumed these were the words of a gloating Chelsea fan. Despite supporting an altogether different team—Tottenham—I nonetheless empathized with the pilot due to Tottenham and Arsenal’s natural...
...Outside the stadium in Seoul, before the game kicked off, dozens of Iranian fans staged a mini-protest of their own, unfurling a banner that read "Go to Hell, Dictator" and chanting, "Compatriots, we will be with you to the end with the same heart." The banner was spotted again during the game, along with signs reading "Where Is My Vote?" (a slogan widely displayed on June 16 during street demonstrations in Tehran) and Iranian national flags with "Free Iran" written across them. (See pictures of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...