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1982. 7 November – Coverage of American sport gets its first regular coverage on UK television when Channel 4 starts broadcasting American football on a weekly basis. [2] 1983. 30 January – Live American Football is seen in the UK for the first time when Channel 4 broadcasts live coverage of Super Bowl XVII. 1984.
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1–8 August – Sky Sports broadcasts the first World Matchplay (darts). Sky continues to show this event to this day. 19 August – Sky Sports 2 launches, initially as a weekend-only service. 20 August – The first edition of Saturday morning football-based comedy/talk show Soccer AM is broadcast. 1995.
The history of sports extends back to the Ancient world in 7000 BCE. The physical activity that developed into sports had early links with warfare and entertainment. [1] Study of the history of sport can teach lessons about social changes and about the nature of sport itself, as sport seems involved in the development of basic human skills ...
The winners of the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition advance to participate in prestigious international events such as the European Union Contest for Young Scientists. John Monahan was the inaugural winner of the Young Scientist Exhibition in 1965; then a student of Newbridge College , his project was an explanation of the process of digestion in the human stomach.
22 April to 5 May – The BBC shows daily live coverage of the World Snooker Championship for the first time. [25] 22–29 November – The BBC shows daily coverage of the second week of the UK Championship for the first time. 1981. 29 January to 1 February – The BBC adds an extra day of coverage of the Masters with all quarter-finals being ...
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history. For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history. For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history.
WrestleMania is WWE's biggest premium live event. In 2024, the 40th edition (pictured) took place at Lincoln Financial Field and attracted 72,543 spectators on Night 1 and 72,755 spectators on Night 2 (145,298 spectators in total) This is a list of WWE pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming supercards, detailing all professional wrestling cards ...