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In the 1968 Winter Olympics, Grenoble, a city of France, Olympic mascot have first started using. Since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, the Olympic Games have had a mascot, usually an animal native to the area or occasionally human figures representing the cultural heritage. Nowadays, most of the merchandise aimed at young people focus on the mascots, rather than the Olympic flag or organization logos.

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Israeli-Palestinian Conflict was the motive behind 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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The first Winter Olympic Games was held in France. 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.

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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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Australia hosted the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April 2018. It was the fifth time Australia had hosted the Commonwealth Games and the first time a major multi-sport event achieved gender equality by having an equal number of events for male and female athletes.

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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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Kerala hosted the 2015 National Games of India. 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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The “Royal London One-Day Cup” is a Cricket competition. The Royal London One-Day Cup is a fifty-over limited-overs cricket competition for the England and Wales first-class counties. It began in 2014 as a replacement for the ECB 40 tournament that ran from 2010 to 2013. The number of overs per innings has been increased to 50 to bring the competition in line with One-Day Internationals.

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In the year 1844, the first official international cricket match 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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In the year 1859, the English team had its first-ever overseas cricket tour. The English cricket team in North America in 1859 was the first-ever overseas cricket tour by an English team. The touring team is sometimes referred to as George Parr’s XI.