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Blue, Yellow, Black, Green, Red are the colours of the rings present in the symbol of the Olympic Games. The rings are five interlocking rings, coloured blue, yellow, black, green and red on a white field, known as the “Olympic rings”. The symbol was originally created in 1913 by Pierre de Coubertin. He appears to have intended the rings to represent the five continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, The Americas, and Oceania. According to Coubertin, the colours of the rings together with the white of the background included the colours composing every competing nation’s flag at the time.

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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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Israel was the target country of the infamous “Munich massacre” in the 1972 Summer Olympics, Munich. The Munich massacre was an attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, who took nine members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage, after killing two of them previously, and killing them along with a West German police officer. The motive was Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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England was the host of the first Cricket World Cup. 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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Roger Binny was the Indian cricketer who took most wickets in the 1983 Cricket World Cup. The 1983 Cricket World Cup (officially the Prudential Cup ’83) was the 3rd edition of the Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 to 25 June 1983 in England and Wales and was won by India, in which India won its first “Cricket World Cup Champion” title.

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England won the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup Champion title. The 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup was an international women’s cricket tournament that took place in England from 24 June to 23 July 2017. It was the eleventh edition of the Women’s Cricket World Cup, and the third to be held in England, after the 1973 and 1993 tournaments. The 2017 World Cup was the first in which all participating players were fully professional. Eight teams qualified to participate in the tournament. England won the final against India at Lord’s on 23 July by 9 runs.

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Round Robin Tournament, in the context of a cricket game, is in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn. A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, in which participants are eliminated after a certain number of losses.

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The first Kabaddi World Cup, an international indoor competition organized by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF), was won by India. This competition, held in a standardized style, allows for participation from both men’s and women’s national teams. There have been three tournaments until now, held in 2004, 2007, and 2016. Interestingly, India has secured the championship in all these tournaments, showcasing a dominant performance.

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Iran is second in the “All-time medal table” of the Kabaddi World Cup. The Kabaddi World Cup is an indoor international Kabaddi competition conducted by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) in a standard style, contested by men’s and women’s national teams. The competition has been previously contested in 2004, 2007 and 2016. All the tournaments have been won by India.

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Iran won the gold medal in the Kabaddi in the 2018 Asian Games. Kabaddi at the 2018 Asian Games was held at the Jakarta, Indonesia, from 19 to 24 August 2018.