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Pierre de Coubertin Medal is the name of the award instituted by the International Olympic Committee to athletes who demonstrate the spirit of sportsmanship in the Olympic Games. The Pierre de Coubertin medal, also known as the Coubertin medal or the True Spirit of Sportsmanship medal, is an award given by the International Olympic Committee to athletes who demonstrate the spirit of sportsmanship in the Olympic Games. The medal was inaugurated in the year 1964. Pierre de Coubertin is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games.

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Norway leads the all-time Olympic Games medal table for Winter Olympic Games. Six of these countries have won medals at every Winter Olympic Games – Austria, Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. The only country to have won a gold medal at every Winter Olympic Games is the United States.

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The first Commonwealth Youth Games was held in the United Kingdom. The Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) is an international multi-sport event organized by the Commonwealth Games Federation. The games are held every four years with the current Commonwealth Games format. The first version was held in Edinburgh, Scotland, part of the United Kingdom, from 10 to 14 August 2000. The age limitation of the athletes is 14 to 18.

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China tops the “All-time Asian Games Medal table”. China tops the All-time Asian Games Medal table with 1473 gold medals, 994 silver medals and 720 bronze medals, thereby totalling  3187 medals.

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The first National Games of India was held in the year 1924. In the early 1920s, the Indian chapter of the Olympic movement was born, and India participated in the 1920 Antwerp Olympics. As part of this movement, a provisional Indian Olympic Association (IOA) came about by 1924, and the Indian Olympic Games were held in Feb 1924 in Delhi to select Indian competitors for the 1924 Paris Olympics.

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“George Parr” was an English Cricketer. George Parr (22 May 1826 – 23 June 1891) was an English cricketer whose first-class career lasted from 1844 to 1870. Known popularly as the “Lion of the North”, Parr was a right-handed batsman and bowled occasional right-handed underarm deliveries. Throughout his career, he played mainly for Nottinghamshire and was club captain from 1856 to 1870. He was a stalwart of the All-England Eleven and was captain of the first England touring team, which went to North America in 1859. He also captained England’s second tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1864, returning home unbeaten.

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The “Big Bash League” is a Cricket competition. The Big Bash League is an Australian professional franchise Twenty20 cricket league, which was established in 2011 by Cricket Australia. The Big Bash League replaced the previous competition, the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, and features eight city-based franchises instead of the six state teams which had participated previously. It is one of the two T20 cricket leagues, alongside the Indian Premier League, to feature amongst the top ten domestic sports leagues in average attendance.

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England houses the Perth Stadium. Perth Stadium, also known as Optus Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Perth, Western Australia. It was completed in late 2017 and officially opened on 21 January 2018. The stadium has a capacity of approx. 60,000 people, making it the third-largest stadium in Australia, after the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Stadium Australia. The stadium can be extended up to 65,000 seats for rectangular sports. Perth Stadium is primarily used for Australian rules football and cricket.

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The 1987 Cricket World Cup was known as the “Reliance Cup”. The 1987 Cricket World Cup (known as the Reliance Cup 1987) was the fourth Cricket World Cup. It was held from 8 October to 8 November 1987 in India and Pakistan – the first such tournament to be held outside England. The competition was won, for the first time, by Australia who defeated their arch-rivals England by seven runs in the second-most closely fought World Cup final to date in Kolkata’s Eden Gardens stadium.

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India won the “Cricket World Cup champion” title two times. The Indian cricket team are two times World Champions. In addition to winning the 1983 Cricket World Cup, they triumphed over Sri Lanka in the 2011 Cricket World Cup on home soil. They were also runners-up at the 2003 Cricket World Cup, and semifinalists four times in 1987, 1996, 2015, 2019. India’s historical win-loss record at the cricket world cup is 53-29, with 1 match being tied and another one being abandoned due to rain.