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- The name of Seema Antil is associated with this sport
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Seema Antil is an Indian discus thrower. She originally won the gold medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships, but lost it due to a positive drugs test for pseudoephedrine.
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Seema Antil is an Indian discus thrower. She originally won the gold medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships, but lost it due to a positive drugs test for pseudoephedrine.
- Name the sportsman who has made maximum centuries in one day cricket.
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Sachin Tendulkar scored 49 centuries in One Day International matches which is a record. He is the only cricketer along with compatriot Virender Sehwag to ever score a double hundred in the ODI format - against South Africa at Gwalior. Besides, he scored maximum 18426 runs in 452 innings of ODI cricket at an astonishing average of 44.83.
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Sachin Tendulkar scored 49 centuries in One Day International matches which is a record. He is the only cricketer along with compatriot Virender Sehwag to ever score a double hundred in the ODI format - against South Africa at Gwalior. Besides, he scored maximum 18426 runs in 452 innings of ODI cricket at an astonishing average of 44.83.
- Free-throw is given in this sport
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In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points from a restricted area on the court (the free throw line; informally known as the foul line), and are generally awarded after a foul on the shooter by the opposing team. Each successful free throw is worth one point.
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In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points from a restricted area on the court (the free throw line; informally known as the foul line), and are generally awarded after a foul on the shooter by the opposing team. Each successful free throw is worth one point.
- Which country is to host the First Afro-Asian Games in 2001?
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The Inaugural Afro-Asian Games were held in 2003 in Hyderabad, India. The second Games were set to take place in Algiers, Algeria in 2007. However, the Games were indefinitely postponed because "Asians failed to line up the Asian Games gold medalists".
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The Inaugural Afro-Asian Games were held in 2003 in Hyderabad, India. The second Games were set to take place in Algiers, Algeria in 2007. However, the Games were indefinitely postponed because "Asians failed to line up the Asian Games gold medalists".
- The first World Cup in cricket was held in
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The inaugural Cricket World Cup was hosted in 1975 by England, the only nation able to put forward the resources to stage an event of such magnitude at that time. The 1975 tournament started on 7 June. The first three events were held in England and officially known as the Prudential Cup after the sponsors Prudential plc.
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The inaugural Cricket World Cup was hosted in 1975 by England, the only nation able to put forward the resources to stage an event of such magnitude at that time. The 1975 tournament started on 7 June. The first three events were held in England and officially known as the Prudential Cup after the sponsors Prudential plc.