ALL ABOUT SPORTS
Golf is a precision club-and-ball
sport, in which competing players (
golfers), using many types of
clubs, attempt to hit
balls into each hole on a
golf course while employing the fewest number of strokes. Golf is one of the few
ball games that does not require a standardized playing area. Instead, the game is played on golf "courses", each of which features a unique design, although courses typically consist of either nine or 18 holes. Golf is defined, in the
rules of golf, as "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules." Golf competition is generally played for the lowest number of strokes by an individual, known simply as
stroke play, or the lowest score on the most individual holes during a complete round by an individual or team, known as
match play.
Tennis is a
sport played between two players (
singles) or between two teams of two players each (
doubles). Each player uses a strung
racquet to strike a hollow rubber
ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's
court.
The modern game of tennis originated in the
United Kingdom in the late 19th century as "
lawn tennis" which has heavy connections to various field/lawn games as well as to the ancient game of
real tennis. After its creation, tennis spread throughout the upper-class English-speaking population before spreading around the world
[1]. Tennis is an
Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including people
in wheelchairs. In the
United States, there is a collegiate circuit organized by the
National Collegiate Athletic Association.
The rules of tennis have changed very little since the 1890s. Two exceptions are that from 1908 to 1960 the server had to keep one foot on the ground at all times, and then the adoption of the
tie-break in the 1970s. A recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of electronic review technology coupled with a point challenge system, which allows a player to challenge the line (or chair) umpire's call of a point.
Tennis enjoys millions of recreational players and is also a hugely popular worldwide spectator sport, especially the four
Grand Slam tournaments (sometimes referred to as the "majors"): the
Australian Open, the
French Open,
Wimbledon, and the
US Open.
Horse racing is an
equestrian sport that has been practiced over the centuries; the
chariot races of
Roman times are an early example, as is the contest of the steeds of the god
Odin and the giant
Hrungnir in
Norse mythology. It is inextricably associated with
gambling. The common sobriquet for
Thoroughbred horse racing is
The Sport of Kings.
F1 Racing is a monthly
magazine focused on
Formula One racing which launched in March, 1996.
The previous Editor,
Matt Bishop, also writes a fortnightly column for the website of the weekly magazine
Autosport (sister publication of
F1 Racing). Matt Bishop left in 2007 to join McLaren and was replaced by the new executive editor Tim Scott, later by Hans Seeberg.
In July 2005,
F1 Racing celebrated its one hundredth issue; it continues to publish in over twenty countries, and claims the title "The World's Best-Selling Grand Prix Magazine." In the one hundred issues,
Michael Schumacher had been cover feature over forty times — more than any other driver — including the first issue in March, 1996. In February 2001, a "Michael Schumacher Special Edition" was published.
Many well respected
journalists and
photographers contribute to the magazine. Such regulars include journalists
Peter Windsor and
Alan Henry, and renowned photographers
Darren Heath, Steven Tee, Rip (Ripley & Ripley) and Lorenzo Bellanca.
Damon Hill was 'Guest Editor' in January, 2000, which featured an interview between him and Michael Schumacher. From the March 2006 issue of
F1 Racing Max Mosley, president of the
FIA, has a monthly column in the magazine.
At the
1997 Austrian Grand Prix,
Darren Heath, an
F1 Racing photographer, noticed that the rear brakes of the
McLarens were glowing red in an acceleration zone of the track. The magazine discovered through investigation that McLaren had installed a second brake pedal, selectable by the driver to act on one of the rear wheels. This allowed the driver to eliminate
understeer and reduce wheelspin when exiting slow corners. This system was entirely legal, but was an innovation, and hence gave McLaren an advantage. While
F1 Racing suspected what
McLaren were doing, they required proof to publish the story. At the
1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix the two
McLarens retired from the race. This allowed Heath to take a picture of the footwell of
Häkkinen's car and the second brake pedal. The story was run in the November issue of
F1 Racing and lead to the system being dubbed "brake steer".
Ferrari's protestations to the FIA led to the system being banned at the
1998 Brazilian Grand Prix.
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