Sports have always been an integral part of human lifestyle. The Olympics today is no longer exclusive to the Greeks alone after their revival in the 20th century. Today major sporting events such as the Olympics and World Cup are being held around the world. Hence to accommodate international athletes‚ such sporting events have to be organized in large cities having state-of-art facilities. Hosting sports events certainly benefits the host nations which is evident by the intense bidding to bag the
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Speech for a Sports Event Ladies and Gentlemen Boys and Girls It gives me great pleasure to be at the Opening Ceremony of the 19th Annual Sports Meet. I would like to take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome to all participants and physical education teachers. It is the strong commitment to track and field‚ and to the development of our youth‚ is the reason why we have all gathered here . This event speaks for the commitment that all of us in the school hold for the sport. I am sure
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A sport event I have attended I like speaking about this topic‚ because I am a huge tennis fan. My most memorable match was in the last year‚ the Roland Garros final. I got the ticket‚ and the trip to Paris for my 18th birthday‚ from my niece who came with me because he likes tennis too. When I got the ticket I didn’t know who would play in the final‚ but I was very lucky‚ because my favourite player Maria Sharapova reached the final and she had the chance to win the French Open and to secure a
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Introduction to Specific Sporting Event The specific sporting example that I have chosen to analyse is very distinct in its nature and involves the decision by the Welsh Rugby Union to move two PRO12 fixtures between the Dragons and Scarlets‚ and the Blues v Ospreys to the Millennium Stadium‚ Cardiff to host a back to back double header between the east and west regions which I was fortunate to attend. The match‚ advertised to the Welsh public as ‘Judgment Day’ took place on the 30th of March 2013
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Corey Evans Sports Event Audit Due date 3-11-13 I-L-L-I-N-I Basketball How often have you heard the chant I-L-L-I-N-I? Here on the campus I hear this chant a lot in support of school sprit. This chant is widely used throughout the university at most sporting events and I have personally heard the chant at highly populated social gatherings. This university renowned chant when implemented at the sports aspect is a great crowd pleaser and I am pretty sure it hypes up our home team to a
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Sport events in our school Sports are very important in everyone’s life as they give pleasure‚ health‚ discipline‚ happiness‚ self-control and sporting spirit. Sports can learn students’ physical co-ordination and social lessons about winning and losing. There is a well-known proverb “All works and no play make Jack a dull boy”. It is full of wisdom. After the day’s work in class‚ students need some healthy recreation to refresh their minds. Education without sports is really incomplete. So‚ sports
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Disadvantages of Hosting Major Sporting Events Cost of building stadiums. To host a major sporting event like the Olympics can cost significant sums‚ which have to be paid for by the taxpayer. Costs of Olympics have a tendency to rise over time and be much greater than expected. Short-Term use. Many facilities built for the Olympics can never be fully used again. e.g. an 80‚000 athletic stadium will rarely be full outside of the Olympics. This can be mitigated by careful planning. e.g. the London
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The role of sport events in easing international tensions Popular events like the football World Cup and other international sporting occasions are essential in easing international tensions and releasing patriotic emotions in a safe way. Every four years‚ the whole world stops to watch international sporting events such as the Olympic events the Football World Cup in which athletes show their best performance to make their country proud of them. These sporting occasions have proved to be helpful
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Research The worth of sport event sponsorship: an event study Jin-Woo Kim The University of Texas at Arlington Abstract The authors investigate the relationship between sports-related event sponsorship and stock market valuation and identify factors that influence the financial rewards of sponsorship using World Cup and PGA tour sponsorship data. In particular‚ relationship between sports sponsorship with financial performance is examined in terms of sponsorship fit‚ event characteristics‚ and brand
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1 Sports events and tourism: the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix 60 Joan C. Henderson Nanyang Business School‚ Nanyang Technological University‚ Singapore Ken Foo Grand Hyatt Hotel‚ Singapore Hermes Lim Hilton Hotels‚ Singapore‚ and Serene Yip Resorts World at Sentosa/Universal Studios‚ Singapore Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of the inaugural Singapore Formula One Grand Prix within a tourism context. Impacts of the event and
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