professional badminton player from Malaysia who resides in Bukit Mertajam. He won the silver medal in the 2008 and current 2012 Olympic Games. This achievement earned him the title Datuk‚ and a description by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak as a national hero. As a singles player‚ Lee was ranked first worldwide for 199 consecutive weeks from August 21‚ 2008 to June 14‚ 2012. He is the third Malaysian men’s singles shuttler after Rashid Sidek and Roslin Hashim to achieve such a ranking‚ and is
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2008 Beijing Olympic Games‚ and is the most decorated Olympian in the world. He had been swimming since he was seven years old‚ and competed at only fifteen years old in his first Olympic Games. Michael Phelps has affected the world for good by bringing honor to the United States‚ elevating the sport of swimming‚ and proving there are no limits. Michael Phelps had brought honor to the United States. For example‚ “[Phelps]American swimmer‚ who was the most-decorated athlete in Olympic history with
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oldest sports in the world‚ wrestling in India has a glorious past. The sport of wrestling began its journey in India several centuries ago‚ during the Middle Ages. Wrestling is among the most prestigious and oldest events in the Olympic Games. It was included in the Olympics in 708 BC. In ancient times‚ wrestling in India was mainly used as a way to stay physically fit. It was also used as a military exercisewithout any weapons. Wrestling in India is also known as dangal‚ and it is the basic form of
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Contemporary Developments in Business and Management- Deliotte Touche Tohmatsu’- DTT Executive Summary ‘Deliotte Touche Tohmatsu’- DTT‚ is a blue-chip company providing Audit‚ Consulting‚ Financial Advisory‚ Risk Management‚ and Tax services. DTT has its global member companies operating in assorted markets following specified regulatory and regional obligations of the country of their operation. However‚ the company only facilitates its member firms in providing the stated services‚ and doesn’t
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from foreign rule. Today we have travelled a long way in the path of free India. We have proved ourselves worthy of freedom. We are considered as the largest democracy in the world. How proud we were when Sushil Kumar won the silver medal in 2012 London Olympics or when The Indian Cricket Team lifted The ICC Champions
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has created his own charity foundation in his hometown in Argentina‚ where he has donated over 5 Million Euros to help the less fortunate. 70% of 67 million Euros is spent on helping and nurturing the poor each year in Europe‚ and just in the London Olympics 2012 9 billion Euros was spent Here on TV every day we see terrible pictures and hear the mournful voiceover asking us to save a child from lack of clean water‚ starvation‚ or illness. Many older people say that they have
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Discrimination Discrimination‚ nowadays it is a word which common meaning is "the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people‚ especially on the grounds of race‚ age‚ or sex".1 However this word has a couple more meanings than the one mentioned at the beginning of this essay. I think that the proper formal meaning of this word is to recognize the differences between two or more things. I believe that this definition is the essential one for discrimination taking in account
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Over the past decade‚ soccer has been becoming an even more popular sport than it once was. With this popularity though‚ comes a greater chance for injury. Most soccer-related injuries include ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) tears or meniscus tears‚ but there is a much more dangerous injury making up “22% of the total injuries in football” (Al-Kashmiri 189). Note‚ that in this instance‚ and many more‚ “football” is referring to the non-American term for soccer. A concussion‚ defined by Monica E
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own country. As I began to watch her‚ I started to follow her throughout the volleyball season. Furthermore I learned the basic steps to volleyball by watching her compete in the games she played. In more detail she was also participated in the London Olympic games for two thousand and twelve which really influenced me as an athlete. Even though the US team did not bring back gold for our country‚ Destinee as a player brought gold to my heart because she gave it her all in every
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