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Hurricane Higgins

Alexander "Hurricane" Higgins, a professional snooker player, was born on 18 March 1949 and died on 20 July 2010 at the age of 61. He won 22 titles and two of those were World Champion; he also was a World Doubles Champion with  Jimmy White. Hurricane Higgins was credited with getting snooker to a wider audience. He won the Masters twice against Cliff Thorburn and Terry Griffiths, and in 1989 he won the Irish Masters against Stephan Hendry. In Clive Everton's TV documentary, Higgins was stated to be "one true genius that snooker has produced" although Willie Thorne said that he wasn't a great player. 

Flo Jo

An American track and field star Florence Griffith-Joyner also called Flo-Jo as her nickname. became famous because she was the fastest woman of all time. At the age of 38 she died of epilepsy in 1998. In 1988 she held and still holds the world record for both 100m and 200m. She also ran in the 4x100m and 4x400m relay team. In 1988, she received the James E.Sullivan award as the top amateur athlete in the USA. After a short time, she retired from competitive sports. In 1996, she announced her comeback to competitive athletics only for the 400m. However, tendinitis in her right leg ended her hopes of becoming a triple world record holder. In addition to this, she was accused of using performance-enhancing drugs but she did not die from drugs or banned substances. Away from running, she joined in other activities such as designing basketball uniforms for the Indiana Pacers in 1989.

Amalfi

FIFA World Cup

The World Cup was first held in 1930 in Uruguay, which won it.

Only 8 countries have ever won the Cup.

Brazil has won the World Cup 5 times, Italy 4, Germany 3, Argentina & Uruguay 2 each, England, France & Spain 1 each.

The only player so far to have scored a hat-trick in the final match is Sir Geoff Hurst, for England, in 1966.

Summer Olympics

The United States has hosted four Summer Olympic Games, more than any other nation. The United Kingdom hosted the 2012 Olympic games, its third Summer Olympic Games, in its capital London, making London the first city to host the Summer Olympic Games three times. Australia, France, Germany and Greece have all hosted the Summer Olympic Games twice. Other countries that have hosted the Summer Olympics are Belgium, China, Canada, Finland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, the Soviet Union and Sweden. In 2016, Rio de Janeiro will host the first Summer Games in South America. Three cities have hosted two Summer Olympic Games: Los Angeles, Paris and Athens. Stockholm, Sweden, has hosted events at two Summer Olympic Games, having hosted the games in 1912 and the equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics—which they are usually listed as jointly hosting.^[2] Events at the summer Olympics have also been held in Hong Kong and the Netherlands, with the equestrian events at the 2008 Summer Olympics being held in Sha Tin and Kwu Tung, Hong Kong and two sailing races at the 1920 Summer Olympics being held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Source: Wikipedia (accessed 18.09.2013).