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Pierre de Coubertin is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games. In 1890, after attending the Olympian Games of the Wenlock Olympian Society, Baron Pierre de Coubertin was inspired to found the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Coubertin built on the ideas and work of Brookes and Zappas with the aim of establishing internationally rotating Olympic Games that would occur every four years. He presented these ideas during the first Olympic Congress of the newly created International Olympic Committee. This meeting was held from 16 to 23 June 1894, at the University of Paris. On the last day of the Congress, it was decided that the first Olympic Games to come under the auspices of the IOC would take place in Athens in 1896. The IOC elected the Greek writer Demetrius Vikelas as its first president.

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The prize for the winner at the ancient Olympic Games is known as “Kotinos” in the context of the Olympic Games. The Olive wreath also is known as kotinos was the prize for the winner at the ancient Olympic Games. It was a branch of the wild olive tree that grew at Olympia, intertwined to form a circle or a horse-shoe.

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The first Commonwealth Games was held in  1930. The Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exception of 1942 and 1946, has taken place every four years since then.

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Festival of Empire event inspired the creation of the Commonwealth Games. As part of the festival, an Inter-Empire sports championship was held in which teams from Australasia (a combined team from Australia and New Zealand), Canada, South Africa, and the United Kingdom competed in five athletics events (100 yards, 220 yards, 880 yards, 1 mile and 120 yards hurdles), two swimming events (100 yards and 1 mile), heavyweight boxing and middleweight wrestling. This is regarded as a forerunner of the British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games), held from 1930.

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Melville Marks Robinson is the father of the modern Commonwealth Games. The Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. Their creation was inspired by the Inter-Empire Championships, as a part of the Festival of Empire, which were held in London, the United Kingdom in 1911. Melville Marks Robinson founded the games as the British Empire Games which were first hosted in Hamilton, Canada in 1930.

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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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Bhin Bhin, Atung, Kaka was the mascot of the 2018 Asian Games. Since the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, India, the Asian Games have had a mascot, usually an animal native to the area or occasionally human figures representing the cultural heritage.

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The 2020 National Games of India, also known as the 36th National Games of India or Goa 2020, were to be held between 20 October and 4 November 2020 in Goa, India. In May 2020, it was announced that games will be postponed as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic. These games will be the 36th edition of the national games of India.

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In the year 1844, the first official international game of any sport took place. The Canadian cricket team in the United States in 1844 was both the first official international cricket match and the first official international game of any sport. The match between the two national teams was billed as ‘The United States of America versus the British Empire’s Canadian Province’. The match took place between 24 and 26 September 1844 at the St George’s Cricket Club’s ground at what is now 30th Street and Broadway (then Bloomingdales) in Manhattan. Canada won by 23 runs. On the first day, there were from 5,000 to 20,000 spectators and an estimated 100,000 to 120,000 worth of bets were placed on the match.

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India houses the largest cricket ground in the world, by capacity. The Motera Stadium, officially known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. As of 2020, it is the largest cricket stadium in the world and the second-largest stadium overall, with a seating capacity of 110,000 spectators. It is owned by the Gujarat Cricket Association and is a venue for Test, ODI, and T20 Internationational cricket matches.