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1.
The player who introduced the famous X salute to world tennis is outraged Lleyton Hewitt has adopted the trademark and stands to make millions. The former Wimbledon champion is understood to have bought the rights to the distinctive celebratory gesture after former Swedish pro Niclas Kroon inadvertently let it lapse. Kroon, 41, who held the rights along with former world No. 1 Mats Wilander from 1988, often used the signal whenever they won a point or game. Broadly meaning "for sure", it is now widely used by athletes from other sports, including swimmer Grant Hackett and Crows defender Andrew McLeod.

What is X?

Vicht Salute

2. Put funda

Badminton Superseries

3.
Chelsea suffered serious financial troubles during the 1970s and 1980s following a large-scale attempt to renovate Stamford Bridge. The financial crisis and a subsequent change of ownership at the club culminated in the sale of the Stamford Bridge freehold to property developers Marler Estates (and subsequently Cabra Estates). The move almost saw Chelsea lose the stadium.

The future of the stadium (and hence the club) was only secured in 1992, when the property developers were bankrupted by a market crash, allowing the then-chairman Ken Bates to do a deal with their bankers and to regain control of the stadium for the football club.
An independent group was then formed to protect the interests and the property of Chelsea Football Club. But this development has turned out to be a bane to Chelsea's plans of shifting to a stadium of higher capacity.

Put funda

Chelsea cannot move out of Stamford Bridge without changing their name

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A video in which Ben johnson talks about how he was sabotaged by Andre Jackson, who kept lacing his beer with dope.

5.
In ice hockey, a X is a characterization of a player who attempts to antagonize opponent players either by physical play or verbally. X employ legal, illegal, or borderline tactics to accomplish their goals. Some common tactics include trash talk or slashing and hooking while referees are not looking. Also, they may sometimes employ the tactic of goading opponents into a fight but then backing off in order to draw a penalty against them. Some X may not only use these tactics against opposing skaters, but opposing goaltenders as well.The X characterization has been used derogatorily, as a player who incites anger in the opposition but is unwilling to directly confront the result of their actions by engaging in fighting. George McPhee, general manager of the Washington Capitals, said, "X are really the guys who have no courage. They start stuff and don't back it up."

X?

Pest

6.
X , nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Washington Senators.

One of the most celebrated and dominating players in baseball history, Johnson established several pitching records, some of which remain unbroken. He remains by far the all-time career leader in shutouts with 110,second in wins with 417, and fourth in complete games with 531 and many more.

He also held the record for the fastest pitch for a long time. (Pic next slide)

Walter Johnson

7.
Piaffe

A calm, composed, elevated trot in place (although minimal movement forward is allowed and not penalized in competitions as it is the natural way of performing the movement)
Passage A very collected trot. Ideally in both the piaffe and the passage tempo should be exactly the same as in trot. Extended gaits Usually done at the trot and canter. Pirouette A 360 or 180 (depending on the level) degree turn in place. Half-pass moving sideways and forward at the same time, while bent slightly in the direction of movement.

Movements in which sport?

Dressage

8.
"When I took my place on the starting blocks I felt good.

For once I had no injuries, despite eight operations in four years, and Id won the first two rounds without breaking sweat including posting the fastest time in the first round heats. I was confident and when the gun went off I got off to a good start.
I got into my stride running round the first turn and I was feeling comfortable. Then I heard a popping sound. I kept on running for another two or three strides then I felt the pain. I thought Id been shot, but then I recognised the agony.......

What happened next?

Derek Redmond being helped by his dad to finish the race.

9.
X's celebration has received a lot of attention. X holds his one hand at his ear while running down the pitch, to indicate he cant hear anything. He said It is from my days in Spain,. When I was at Celta Vigo in the second division, we played Granada and I missed a penalty. Granada went up that season to the top league, and then I moved to Rayo Vallecano who were also in the top division. In the warm up to that game I could hear the Granada fans shouting Hey X, please take a penalty today. But the game finished 1-0 in our favour and I scored the only goal. So when I scored, I just put my hand to my ear and listened to the Granada support, but they were quiet. It was just a bit of harmless fun with the Granada fans. Of course, now I am at ______, but I still like to do the celebration because it reminds me of my journey here. Who is X?

Michu

Mini connect for next 3 questions +5 for connect You can go only once for the connect.

10.
X is a Thoroughbred horse racing track in New York, United States. Since 1864 the track has been the site of the Travers Stakes, the oldest major thoroughbred hors race in the United States, which is the main draw of the annual summer race meeting. Secretariat was defeated at X Course by Onion after winning the Triple Crown.In 1999, X was rated as Sports Illustrated's #10 sports venue of the 20th Century

Saratoga Race Course

11.
The X is staged at a variety of courses and is set up in such a way that scoring is very difficult with a premium placed on accurate driving. This rotates among a fixed number of superb courses , that test a player's skills to the hilt. It is characterized by tight scoring at or around par by the leaders, with the winner usually emerging at around even par.The course chosen is often noted for its tough conditions and even tougher pin placements. Players are tested every step of the way in this tournament. The best players in the world would struggle to break par. What is X?

US Open
Olympic Club course connects to the theme

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John McEnroe (1979 to Tim Gullikson) Jimmy Connors(1983 to Kevin Curren, 1988 to Patrik Khnen) Pat Cash (1991 to Thierry Champion) Michael Stich (1994 to Bryan Shelton) Andre Agassi (1996 to Doug Flach) Conchita Martnez (1998 to Sam Smith) Richard Krajicek(1999 to Lorenzo Manta) Pete Sampras (2002 to George Bastl) Serena Williams(2005 to Jill Craybas) Venus Williams (2006 to Jelena Jankovi and 2012 to Elena Vesnina) Martina Hingis (2007 to Laura Granville)

ignominious defeats where?

Court Number 2 (Wimbledon)

Connect is Graveyard of Champions

13.

In colloquial usage, an ___________ is used to indicate that a record is somehow tainted by circumstances.This usage arose after the 1961 baseball season in which Roger Maris of the New York Yankees broke Babe Ruth's 34-year-old single-season home run record. Because Ruth had amassed 60 home runs in a season with only 154 games, compared to Maris's 61 over 162 games, baseball commissioner Ford Frick announced that Maris' accomplishment would be recorded in the record books with an explanation (often referred to as "__________" in the retelling). In fact, Major League Baseball had no official record book at the time, but the stigma remained with Maris for many years, and the concept of a real or figurative __________ denoting less-than-official records has become widely used in sports and other competitive endeavors.

FITB

Asterisk (*)

14.

World Records broken in different swimsuits

15.
"There is a mystery behind the 7-1 debacle in the 1982 Asiad hockey final which still haunts me. It can be dismissed as fanciful, but I still have niggling doubts, and I feel I should share it with the reader. There was this man called Iqbal, who always used to accompany the Pakistani hockey team wherever they played - Lahore, Dubai and Bombay during the 1981-82 World Cup. Iqbal was also in Delhi for the 1982 Asiad, and was supposed to be a master of mass hypnotism. I was amazed to see Iqbal at National Stadium a day before the 1982 Asian Games men's hockey final. He was in the stands and came forward to say hello and extended his hand. I automatically shook his hand as one would do when people come over to greet you. I got a strange feeling, as if a spell had been cast over me. I was not my normal self till the final ended. I did not take this fleeting handshake with Iqbal seriously. It was only later when I looked back that I realised that India's dismal show in the final, the frothing in my mouth during the final, and the players' sluggish movements in the field could all be related to something beyond hockey. I never saw Iqbal again after being dropped from the Indian team.

Funda?

Mir Ranjan Negi being sacked from team and accused of fixing the match. Inspiration for Chak De!

16.
In the 14th century, X was also used to mean "a single intense effort or bout of action," most likely from the _____ effects of such exertion. By about 1670, "X" was used to mean the warm-up runs given to horses to prepare them for a race, and at about the same time X also came into use meaning "a single course in a race or other contest," or a single contest in a series. Thus the modern athletic sense of X was born from the sweat of horses.
What be X?

Heats

17.
There are two olympic medals shown. Put funda as to why the medal design was changed

From 1896 to 2000 the medals depicted the Roman Goddess of victory, Vicotria instead of Greek God Nike. The stadium was also changed from Colosseum to Athens Stadium. This basic flaw was changed in 2000 Sydney Olympics.

18.
The rise ________ is one of the most unlikely stories in modern sport. The secret behind its success lies in a small village called Iten, in the Rift Valley, where a 63-year-old Irish priest Brother Colm OConnell, a Catholic missionary has turned into an inspirational coach. Brother O'Connell arrived in Iten, 2,400 metres above sea level in the Rift Valley, in 1976, to teach geography on a three year contract. Thirty-five years later he is still there. In that time he has mentored 25 world champions and four Olympic gold medallists, acquiring what he calls a sixth sense for the sport.

What sport is this excerpt referring to?

Father O'Connel is the guy who trains Kenyan Long Distance runners

19.

Reggie Miller scored 25 points in the 4th quarter of the Knicks-Pacers 1995 ECF Game 5. The New York papers blamed this on Spike Lee who kept trash-talking with him throughout the game from the sidelines. Reggie seemed to draw inspiration from the conversation. This lead to the Knicks giving up a big lead to lose the game and eventually the series.