GENERIC ROUND : A - Z

A I and J - Z

A and another sprinter Ralph Metcalfe replaced two Jewish runners, Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller, who were taken off of the 4x100 relay team in the B. At first, A refused, but he was told he must compete. He went on to win 4 gold medals in the B. The stadium in which this feat was achieved continues to be the home stadium of C and it also hosted the finals of a FIFA world cup. The final gained notoriety for the madness of one D, who ironically won the golden ball in that edition. D is currently the sporting director of E, which is one of the clubs he had played for. E is one of the 3 clubs to have never been relegated from the spanish top flight, along with Athletic Bilbao and F, with whom it shares a fierce and passionate rivalry.

G, aptly nicknamed the beast played in various defensive positions for F, and has won a champions league medal in 1992 with them. The sporting lineage of the family continued with his nephew H, who is one of the only 2 men's singles players to win a career golden slam. I, a tournament in 2012 evoked mixed reactions from the participating players including H, with many having complaints over the nature and the bounce.

In 2014, a sporting extravaganza is to be held in the city J. The brand ambassador of this event is K, who Serena Williams beat, to capture her career golden slam . L, also from J, holds the record of being the last man to hold both the singles and doubles titles in the same tournament being, the French Open of 1996. He then quit tennis to try his hand in M. M was brought into the spotlight by the participation of N, a legendary cricketer. He is the subject of a song Jiggery Pokkery by the band by the name of The Duckworth Lewis Method along with O. O was a successful batsman for England. He was ostracized in 1990 for his role in leading an English contingent to the last of the P.

In 2010, the Q, came in for much scrutiny and criticism in the World cup. The R, also took into consideration, this distraction and soon banned it from its annual tournament, fearing that it could be a distraction to the players. The success of S in this prompted a memorable quote by Jimmy Connors "In an era of specialists, you're either a clay court specialist, a grass court specialist, or a hard court specialist...or you're S ". S featured in a series of advertisements along with T and U. T recently starting dating the American Skiing champion V, the current American World Skiing champion.

U holds the distinction of being the captain of the team which holds the record for the most number of minutes played without conceding a goal in the champions league. He currently plays for a team which has the same owners as an F1 team W, which in its inaugural season, was led by X, and driver of Y nationality. A major city of Y will be hosting Z in the same year as the extravaganza being held in J.

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A - Jesse Owens B - 1936 Berlin Olympic Games C - Hertha Berlin or Hertha BSC D - Zinedine Zidane E - Real Madrid F - Barcelona G - Miguel Angel Nadal H - Rafael Nadal I - Blue clay of Madrid Open J - Sochi

K - Maria Sharapova L - Yevgeny Kafelnikov M - World Series poker N - Shane Warne O - Mike Gatting P - Rebel tours to South Africa Q - Vuvuzela R - Wimbledon S - Roger Federer T - Tiger Woods U - Thierry Henry V - Lindsey Vonn W - Reb Bull Racing X - David Coulthard Y - Scotland Z - 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games