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The United States of America leads the all-time medal table for the summer Olympics. The Games have been held maximum at four times in the United States such as 1904, 1932, 1984, and 1996.

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The 1900 Summer Olympics, Paris was the first Summer Olympic Games in which women were allowed to officially compete for the first time. The 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris attracted more than four times as many athletes from the previous one, including 20 women, who were allowed to officially compete for the first time, in croquet, golf, sailing, and tennis.

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The United States of America hosted the maximum number of Winter Olympic Games. The Winter Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practised on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France. They have been held four times in the United States 1932, 1960, 1980, and 2002.

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The first Paralympic Games has held in the United Kingdom. The first organized athletic event for disabled athletes that coincided with the Olympic Games took place on the day of the opening of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. Jewish-German born Dr Ludwig Guttmann hosted a sports competition for British World War II veteran patients with spinal cord injuries. The first games were called the 1948 International Wheelchair Games and were intended to coincide with the 1948 Olympics.

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Australia hosted the most number of the Commonwealth Games. The Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games five times in 1938, 1962, 1982, 2006 and 2018.

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Kuwait houses the headquarters of the Olympic Council of Asia. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member National Olympic Committees. The current president is Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah. The headquarters of the OCA is located at Kuwait City, Kuwait. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is responsible for the conduct of the Asian Games.

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The 2015 National Games of India, also known as the 35th National Games of India, was held from 31 January 2015 to 14 February 2015 across seven districts of Kerala, India. It was the second time that Kerala hosted the national games, the first being when it hosted the 27th National Games in 1987.

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In the year 1975, the first Cricket World Cup was held. Cricket entered a new era in 1963 when English counties introduced the limited overs variant. As it was sure to produce a result, limited overs cricket was lucrative and the number of matches increased. The first Limited Overs International was played in 1971 and the governing International Cricket Council (ICC), seeing its potential, staged the first limited overs Cricket World Cup in 1975.

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West Indies and England were the participants of the final match of the Second Cricket World Cup of 1979. The 1979 Cricket World Cup (officially called the Prudential Cup ’79) was the second edition of the Cricket World Cup. Organised by the International Cricket Conference, it was held in England from 9 to 23 June 1979.

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the “Man of the Match in the final” in the 2011 Cricket World Cup, in which India won its second “Cricket World Cup Champion” title. The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and (for the first time) Bangladesh. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil.