Also known as the “Eleven-Town Race” and the “Eleven-City Tour,” Elfstedentocht is a one-day ice skating race in which competitors skate to eleven towns in Friesland Province of the northern Netherlands.
Deaflympics
Deaflympics (formerly known as Deaf World Games,World Games for the Deaf, and International Silent Games) is an international multisport competition held every four years for elite deaf and hard of hearing athletes.
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup, technically the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Team Championship for men, is the largest annual international tennis team competition.
Cricket World Cup
The first attempt to create a world championship of cricket occurred in 1912 when Australia, England, and South Africa played a triangular tournament in England in the longer form of the game,Test cricket.
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games concept dates back to 1891 when Reverend J. Astley Cooper proposed a gathering of sports and other cultural events for nations with ties to the Commonwealth.
Central American and Caribbean Games
On 4 July 1924, during the Paris Olympic Games, representatives from Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, and Venezuela met to establish a gathering to be called the Central American Games, beginning in 1926 and being held every four years.
British Open
The 2004 Open Championship of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club (R&A) marked the 133rd time the contest was held since its inception on Prestwick’s twelve-hole course on 17 October 1860.
Boston Marathon
The Boston Athletic Association’s Boston Marathon, inaugurated just one year after the modern marathon was introduced at the 1896 Olympics, arguably remains the most prestigious running event in North America, and one of the most celebrated in the world.
Boat Race (Cambridge vs. Oxford)
Arowing competition is held annually in late March or early April between the boat clubs of Oxford and Cambridge, two of England’s oldest and most prestigious universities.
Asian Games
The original 1950 charter of the Asian Games begins, “The Asian Games shall be held every four years, exceptional circumstances apart, and assemble amateurs of Asian nations in fair and equal competition under conditions that are to be as perfect as possible.
The Ashes
Symbol of global rivalry, and a colonial relationship fraught with ambiguous feelings, the Ashes tour is a major sporting event: the biennial cricket competition between Australia and England.
Arab Games
The Arab Games, created to promote unity among the Arab states, have a long history of strife, boycott, and violence.
Anthropology Days
Anthropology Days was an extraordinary event in modern Olympic history: It measured the performance of representatives of various non-Western peoples as they competed in mostly Western sports.
America’s Cup
The America’s Cup is the oldest sporting trophy awarded in regular competition. The America’s Cup race—held every three or four years—is the pinnacle of the sport of sailing and a major proving ground for new talent but even more so for new technology in the sailing industry.
African Games
Apartheid, lack of economic resources, government instability, and war, issues affecting Africa in the postcolonial period, have all played a part in creating a difficult environment for continental games to take root in Africa.