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Racing Club De Avellaneda
Racing Club () is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Avellaneda, Argentina. They compete in the Argentine Primera División, Primera División, the top tier of Argentine football league system, Argentine football. Founded in 1903, the club joined the Argentine Football Association two years later and played its home matches at Estadio Racing Club, Alsina y Colón, the current site of its stadium, El Cilindro. Historically, it is regarded as one of the ''Big Five (Argentine football), Big Five'' of Football in Argentina, Argentine football. Though mainly a football club, Racing also hosts other sports such as artistic gymnastics, basketball, beach soccer, boxing, chess, field hockey, futsal, handball, martial arts, roller skating, tennis, and volleyball. The club has won the Primera División 18 times, including an unmatched streak of seven consecutive titles—five of them unbeaten—between 1913 Argentine Primera División, 1913 and 1919 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Cilindro
El Cilindro (; , named after its cylindrical structure), officially known as Presidente Perón Stadium (, ; , named after Juan Perón), is an association football stadium in Avellaneda, Argentina. It is the home of Racing. Opened in 1950 on the site of the former stadium, it was designed by engineers from GEOPÉ, a subsidiary of the German firm Philipp Holzmann, known for rebuilding cities after World War II. Its original capacity of 120,000 was gradually reduced over the years due to renovations and safety regulations, and it is currently approved for 55,880 spectators. History Background Racing’s first stadium, featuring wooden stands, was located at Alsina and Colón streets in Avellaneda. With a capacity of about 50,000 spectators, the venue hosted important matches. However, the land belonged to the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway. In 1944, after extended negotiations, the club acquired an additional 30,000 m2 adjacent to the stadium to expand its sports gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Hockey
Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper. Teams must move a hockey ball around a field by hitting it with a field hockey stick, hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting circle and then into the goal (sports), goal. The match is won by the team that scores the most goals. Matches are played on grass, watered turf, artificial turf, although grass has become increasingly rare as a playing surface. Indoor hockey is usually played on a synthetic hard court or hardwood sports flooring, and beach version is played on sand. The stick has evolved significantly over the game's history in its composition and shape. Wooden sticks, though once standard, have become increasingly uncommon as technological advancements have made synthetic materials cheaper. Today, sticks are typicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa De Competencia Británica
The Copa de Competencia Británica George VI was an official Argentine football cup competition, played from 1944 to 1948. It was contested by teams participating in Primera División. The format was a single-elimination tournament and the first editions (1944 and 1945) allowed four semifinalist teams to play the "Copa de la República". The fourth edition was abandoned in the first stage and therefore the Argentine Football Association declared there was not a champion. The trophy was named after King George VI and donated by the ambassador of the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ... in Argentina. Champions Finals Titles by team Topscorers Source: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Beccar Varela
The Copa de Honor Adrián Beccar Varela (or simply Copa Adrián Beccar Varela) was an Argentine official football competition organized by dissident " Liga Argentina de Football", the first league that organised professional competition in Argentina. The trophy was named after Adrián Beccar Varela, president of both bodies, dissident "Asociación Amateurs de Football The Asociación Amateurs de Football (AAmF) was a dissident football association of Argentina that organised its own championships from 1919 to 1926. The Argentine Football Association did not recognise those championships until both associatio ..." (1920) and the official association (1927–28). Overview The first edition was contested by 18 Primera División teams. The format of the tournament was a group stage where teams competed within 3 groups of 6 teams each. Each group played a round-robin tournament, in which each team was scheduled for three matches against other teams in the same group. The tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa De Honor Municipalidad De Buenos Aires
The Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires was an Argentine official football cup competition. It was contested fourteen times between 1905 and 1920. Racing is the most winning team of the competition, with 4 titles. Overview This cup was played by teams from Buenos Aires and Rosario (which belonged to Liga Rosarina de Football). The champion of this tournament qualified to play the Copa de Honor Cousenier versus the winner of Uruguayan Copa de Honor representing the Association of that country. In 1936, a new "Copa de Honor" was played under a regular Primera División season, with 18 teams playing a single-round tournament. San Lorenzo finished 1st and was awarded the cup. In July 2013, the Argentine Football Association recognized the 1936 edition as a Primera División honour awarded to the club. List of champions Finals The following list includes all the editions of the Copa de Honor: ;Notes Titles by team Topscorers by season Source: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Ibarguren
The Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren, also called Campeonato Argentino by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF or simply Copa Ibarguren was an official List of Argentine football national cups, Argentine football cup competition contested between 1913 and 1958. Between 1913 and 1925, the winner of the cup received the honor to be the "Argentine Champion". That is because the cup faced the two strongest champions of the country, represented by the Buenos Aires league (Argentine Primera División, Primera División) and the Liga Rosarina de Football, Rosario league (with its affiliated teams competing in Copa Nicasio Vila, the main division of LRF). History The trophy was donated by the Argentine Minister of Public Instruction Dr. Carlos Ibarguren to be played between the champions of all of the regional leagues in Argentina. The cup was only ever contested as a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Argentine Football National Cups
Since the creation of 1891 in Argentine football, the first league in 1891, several official cups have been played in Argentina apart from the main competition, the Argentine Primera División, Primera División championship. The first cup held in the country was the Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires; launched in 1905, it was played until 1920. The Copa Campeonato, originally awarded to Argentine Primera División, Primera División champion, is the oldest trophy of Football in Argentina, Argentine football for a current competition,"El trofeo más añejo del fútbol argentino" at AFA website , 26 Jun 2013 having been established in 1896, three year after the Association was created, and played without interruption until 1926. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 Argentine Primera División
The 1919 Argentine Primera División was the 28th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The official "Asociación Argentina de Football" (AFA) league championship was abandoned mid season by the majority of the clubs, which joined the new "Asociación Amateurs de Football The Asociación Amateurs de Football (AAmF) was a dissident football association of Argentina that organised its own championships from 1919 to 1926. The Argentine Football Association did not recognise those championships until both associatio ..." (AAmF) while six clubs remained with the official body. In the AFA league, Boca Juniors was crowned champion with 14 fixtures to be played, while Racing Club de Avellaneda, Racing won its 7th league title at AAmF. Club Eureka debuted in the AFA championship, while Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield, Vélez Sársfield played its first Primera División championship in the AAmF after being disaffiliated from the official body. Final tables Asociación Argentin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Argentine Primera División
The 1913 Argentine Primera División was the 22nd season of top-flight football in Argentina. Racing won the official AFA tournament also achieving its first title in Primera División, while Estudiantes (LP) won the FAF title. The AFA season began on April 13 and ended on December (?) while the FAF season began on May 1 and ended on December 21.Argentina 1913 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF.com Asociación Argentina de Football – Copa Campeonato The number of teams was considerably increased (from 6 to 15), adding (promoted as División Intermedia< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964. Beach volleyball was introduced to the program at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics. The adapted version of volleyball at the Summer Paralympic Games is sitting volleyball. Basic play The complete set of rules is extensive, but play essentially proceeds as follows: a player on one of the teams begins a 'rally' by serving the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm), from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's court. The receiving team must not let the ball be grounded within their court. The team may touch the ball up to three times to return the ball to the other side of the court, but individual players may not touch th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roller Skating
Roller skating is the act of travelling on surfaces with roller skates. It is a recreation, recreational activity, a sport, and a form of transportation. Roller rinks and skate parks are built for roller skating, though it also takes place on streets, sidewalks, and bike paths. Roller skating originated in the performing arts in the 18th century. It gained widespread popularity starting in the 1880s. Roller skating was very popular in the United States from the 1930s to the 1950s, then again in the 1970s when it was associated with Disco, disco music and roller discos. During the 1990s, inline skates, inline outdoor roller skating became popular. Roller skating has often been a part of Black people, Black and LGBT history in particular. Sport roller skating includes Inline speed skating, speed skating, roller hockey, roller derby, Artistic roller skating, figure skating and aggressive quad skating. History The earliest roller skates known are from 18th-century Europe. These ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
