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The following is a list of sports and games, divided by category. According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 known indigenous sports and sporting games . [ 1 ]
Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed by six consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m mark. In 2020 ...
This is a list of the largest sports contracts. These figures include signing bonuses but exclude options, buyouts , and the endorsement deals. This list does not reflect the highest annual salaries or career earnings, only the top 100 largest contracts and thus is largely limited to athletes in team sports and auto racing .
Highest score in a penalty shootout in history: 54 – Washington 3–3 Bedlington, (25–24 p), Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup, 9 March 2022 [187] Longest penalty shootout in history: 56 – Dimona 2–2 Shimshon Tel Aviv (23–22 p), Israeli third division, 20 May 2024 [188] [189]
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
This list of winning streaks lists all articles containing lists of Winning streaks in sports. List of winning streaks in the Olympic Games; List of high school boys basketball streaks by state; List of NFL franchise post-season streaks; List of National Hockey League longest winning streaks; List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason ...
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Following the 2014 edition, the FIBA Basketball World Cup (but not the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup) has been reset on a new quadrennial cycle. The 2014 (men's) World Cup will be followed by the 2019 World Cup, avoiding conflict with the FIFA World Cup. Most wins: United States 5, Yugoslavia 5, Soviet Union 3 FIBA 3x3 World Cup: Nations 2012