10 Interesting Fact About The history and impact of sports on society
10 Interesting Fact About The history and impact of sports on society
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Football or Soccer is the most popular sport in the world with more than 4 billion fans worldwide.
BasketBol was created by a sports teacher at Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891 and is now one of the most popular sports worldwide.
The first modern Olympics was held in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
In 1960, Muhammad Ali (formerly known as Cassius Clay) won a boxing gold medal in the Roman Olympics.
Serena Williams became the first female tennis player to win four single grand slam in one year since 1988.
In 1972, Title IX was adopted by the US Congress, which ensured the same treatment in sports funding in US schools for female and male students.
In 1991, Magic Johnson announced that he was infected with HIV and changed the way people saw the disease and began movements to reduce stigma associated with HIV/AIDS.
In 2009, Usain Bolt broke the world record of running 100 meters in 9.58 seconds at the World Championship in Berlin.
In 2016, Simone Biles won four gold medals and one silver at the Rio Olympics, making him the first US female athlete who managed to do this in an Olympics.
Sports can influence political policies and international policies, such as when South Africa is prohibited from participating in the 1964 Olympics because of their apartheid practices.
