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    Playing inside the clay court has been quite a patriarchal sport but nevertheless, women like Martina Navratilova proved to the world that women can certainly do it, too. Navratilova is a Czech tennis player which had been nationalized as an American citizen. All over the web of tennis rankings, she was one of the greatest players in the history of this sport. He went on to win 168 titles, including nine at Wimbledon, four at the US Open, twice at the Roland Garros Cup and three in the Australia

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    Sexism In Sports

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    more specifically, women’s equity in sports. The “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match where Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs is one of the most prominent events from the 20th century that made a significant mark on sports and the sport business world, particularly on women’s involvement in sports. The “Battle of the Sexes” was a key victory for women that represented a major triumph over sexism in sports and brought about change in the entire sport industry. The “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match

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    Simona Halep If you love to watch tennis, you must be known Simona Halep. Simona Halep was born in the Dobrujan city of Constanta on September, 27th, 1991. She is a Romanian professional tennis player in her young age. Currently, she got the fifth world rank. Her first broke into the world’s top 50 at the end of 2012. She got top 20 in August 2013, and after got into the Australian Open quarterfinal in January 2014, she got top 10. She had ever been the most clicked player on WTATennis.com for two

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    The English Lawn Tennis Club which hosts the Wimbledon Tennis Championship has banned people from taking selfies because of its nuisance value of selfie sticks and so that it doesn't disturb the audiences' enjoyment of the event. Similar bans have been observed in Colosseum in Rome and the Smithsonian Museum in the US

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    Open in Mason, Ohio, for example, Roger Federer earned $731,000 for winning, while Serena Williams received $495,000-68 percent of Federer's prize--for her victory the same day (Stoffers). Although Serena Williams works very hard and wins a tennis championship, she gets a dissimilar amount of money to congratulate her victory. Furthermore, as women move up in job positions, the impartial pay value increases. In technology industries, the study found that female technologists earn as much as men with

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    tyres. In addition, the Group has a wide commercial presence (more than 160 countries) with a balanced exposure to both mature and emerging markets. Pirelli tyres are widely used in motor-racing world. Since 2011 until 2018 it will be the exclusive supplier for Formula 1, GP2 and FIM World Superbike Championship. In addition, Pirelli is the sponsor of Italian football club “Internazionale” from

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    musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, with book and lyrics by Tim Rice. The story follows an unexpected relationship between a Soviet chess grandmaster and a woman who manages his opponent during the World Chess Match in Bangkok, Thailand. The significance of the World Chess match in this story is tremendous because it takes place during the climax of the Cold War, and the two adversaries whom are to face each other are from America and the U.S.S.R, and each country wants their grandmaster

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    201 1 Nov. 2017 Magnus the Movie – Psychology relation & Plot Magnus Carlsen is a spectacular person, whilst able to get in contact with Benjamin Ree, a Norwegian film director, to film his documentary on his backstory and how he became the current world chess champion title holder. He then began a life long journey where he ended up, was well explained by the film of his backstory as current events about him are relevant towards his past life and how he made it here. While the film may be in fact

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    Grandmaster and past World Chess Champion. He is defined by the great grandmaster and chess game commentator Lubomir Kavalek as one amongst the very most versatile world champions he has ever seen in his career span. Viswanathan Anand has secured the World Chess Championship for an amazing five times in the years 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 and he was the without doubt the definite World Champion from the year 2007 to the year 2013. Viswanathan Anand has won the World Blitz Chess championship in the year

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    Henry Ford passion and interest in the field of engineering and mechanics lead to creation of Ford motor. First step by Henry Ford in this regard was the development of automotive mechanic in 1899. In 1899 he founded the Detroit automobile company. After this first step by him he established Ford motor in 1903. At the time of creation of Ford motor there already exists 87 different companies with different brands in US. Henry Ford established Ford motors with a new and different vision. That differentiate

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