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Question of the day #6/78

With technology firms increasingly tying up with sports franchises to boost their visibility, Spanish football giants R and arch rivals of F already have a 4-year business, technology and marketing partnership with M. Identify F, R and M.

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H has recently won a 3-year contract to manage information technology operations at possibly the world's most famous football club I. The deal will see the Indian IT company create an innovation lab at the iconic stadium J. Identify H, I, and J.

Question of the day #266 Sports

Cricket- Sri Lanka
Hockey- Netherlands
Basketball- Argentina
Volleyball- Germany
Rugby- New Zealand
Football- 'X'
What is 'X' and what is the relation between Football and 'X'?

Question of the day #265 Rugby

1.       Name the professional English rugby club which contains the name of a famous character from Indian Mythology. This club took 6 years to win its first Yorkshire Challenge Club after its inception.

Question of the day #264 Sports

1.       X is the youngest and one of the few players who have one all the four major professional championships in his game and he being the only player to do it in a row. He is the only player in his sport to have won U.S. Amateur for three consecutive years. He along with two other athletes, very successful in their sport have endorsed for one of the famous brand of P&G. Who is this ‘X’ I am talking about?

Question of the day #263 Football

      X is one of the most successful European football club in 20^th century. They won European Cup consecutively from 1971-72.  X is the only Dutch club with an IPO listed on the stock exchange, Y.  What are these ‘X’ and ‘Y’ I am talking about? What is the stock price of 'X' as of August 20th 2014?

Question of the day #262 Cricket

      X is the only cricketer under whose captaincy West Indies has never lost any test series. X had played for West Indies in 4 world Cups. He also appeared in a world cup for a sport other than cricket playing for team Y in year Z, which also happens to be his test debut year. Identify X, Y and Z?

Question of the day #261 Olympics

On this day (18th august) in the history of Olympics, a nation was banned from Summer games and did not participate in the next 7 Olympic games. This nation has won 3 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze in 2012 Olympics. 

Which nation am I talking about and what was the reason?

Question of the day #151 Versatility

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Question of the day #148 Out!!

  Complete the list : 

Russel Endean 

Andrew Hilditch 

Mohsin Khan

Desmond Haynes

Graham Gooch

Steve Waugh

_______. 

What is the list about?

Question of the day #147 Banned from Cricket!

1.     X was the reason for something bad in the cricketing fraternity but also something great for mankind. His inclusion led to an uproar which ended many great player's career. Identify X and What was this particular incident he was associated with ?

Question of the day #146 Steyney

        On what incident did Dale Steyn tweet this?

Question of the day #145 75 years!

Which cricketing trophy, for test matches between two specific countries, was instituted in 2007 and named after a person who played for both the countries?

Question Of The Day #112: Achievers...err...not Enough!

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Connect the exhaustive list.

Answer: (Please highlight the text below)

Kathleen McKane Godfree, Cilly Aussem, Karen Hantze Susman, Ann Haydon-Jones, Virginia Wade, Conchita Martínez, Jana Novotná, Petra Kvitová are the only seven women tennis players to have won the Wimbledon title but never reached the No.1 spot in WTA rankings in their career till date. (Add Marion Bartoli to the list this time, provided she never reaches the top spot)

Question Of The Day #111: Respect!

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The practice was in place ever since the origin of the Wimbledon Championships. But, in 2003, HRH the Duke of Kent, the President of the All England Club decided to do away with this. What is being referred to here?

Answer: (Please highlight the text below)

Previously, players bowed or curtsied to members of the Royal Family seated in the Royal Box upon entering or leaving Centre Court. In 2003, however, the President of the All England Club, His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, decided to discontinue the tradition.

Question Of The Day #110: In memoriam!

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Aorangi Terrace is named after the Aorangi Park, the London New Zealand Rugby Club's grounds, which takes its name from Aoraki, the highest mountain in New Zealand. It is more famously known as Murray Mound, Rusedski Ridge or the most famous of all, HENMAN HILL. It is an area in the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club where, during the annual Wimbledon tennis championship, crowds of people without showcourt tickets can watch the tennis matches live on a giant television screen at the side of No. 1 Court.

Question Of The Day #109: Precious commodity!

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The reason for this is not very certain, but the Wimbledon museum sources say that there is a myth that this could probably have had its origins from a particular practice of the captains in British Navy back in the 17th century when they came back from sea to their homes. What is being referred here, and how is it related to the weekly theme? 

Answer: (Please highlight the text below)

Pineapple on top of the Wimbledon men's champion trophy. The pineapple design adorns the top of the lid. The explanation that it could date back to the tradition where captains in the British navy coming back from sea put a pineapple on the gateposts of their home.

Question Of The Day #108: After an Eternity!

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This particular thing has occurred for the first time in this year's Wimbledon Championships, after a gap of 86 years. What is being referred to here?

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This year is the first time since 1927 in which both men and women's defending champions were eliminated before the quarter-finals.  Roger Federer was eliminated in the second round by Sergiy Stakhovsky and Serena Williams lost in the fourth round to Sabine Lisicki.

Question Of The Day #107: Painful Memories!

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What is the significance of this incident in the history of Wimbledon? Put funda.

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The British doubles pair, Jeremy Bates and Tim Henman, became the first players to be disqualified at Wimbledon in the Open era when they were defaulted in 1995 after Henman accidentally fired a ball into the head of a ball-girl. The full video is present at www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaU36uLT_jE