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For the social outcomes of Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival, the Hong Kong Tourism Board has extensive publicity of Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival in Hong Kong or other cities, such as major newspapers, internet and TV channels, aims to build awareness of the event and city ambience to attract more people to attend and contact this event (Hong Kong Tourism Board, 2016). According to Hong Kong China Dragon Boat Association (2017), it attracts over 6000 competitors of different race and Hong Kong…

The global team of athletes sponsored by Monster Energy, the caffeinated-beverage company, is a roster of super bros. Conor McGregor, of Ireland, is a densely tattooed mixed-martial-arts champion who trained in Tae Kwon Do, karate, capoeira, and kickboxing while working as a plumber, prior to turning pro in M.M.A. Tom Schaar, of Malibu, became, at the age of twelve, the first person to land a 1080-degree airborne rotation on a skateboard, and was the youngest-ever gold medalist at the X Games,…

Kanila Gunasekara Lecturer – Prof. Daya Edirisinghe Semester – Summer 2015 Assignment 2 Content What is sports? 3  Benefits of sports 3  Rules and regulations 4  Fair play  Level playing field What is Ethics? 5 Sports and Ethics 5  Olympics 5  Violation of ethical principles in sports 6  Drugs  Advertising  Harassments  Bribery  Positive aspects of ethics in sports 7 Reference 9…

Ultra Marathon Man Dean Karnazes, Ultra Marathon Man is a book about without a doubt, the craziest man alive. Dean Karnazes, is a Greece man who grew up in the outskirts of L.A.. Dean has 2 siblings named Kraig, and Pary. His father and mother are Nick Karnazes, and Fran Karnazes. Dean started running around the age of 14, and absolutely fell in love with the sport. He blew away everyone that he raced against in middle school, and in his first year of high school cross country he won the state…

What define true spectacle and was the Olympic game the one? In dictionary “spectacle” means a visually striking performance or display or an event /scene regarded in terms of its visual impact. It has a direct impact on the audience not only visually with a well-performed illustration but also throughout as a whole sensational event. The Olympic opening ceremony is one of an example as a spectacle ritually happening every four years. This show strengthens the inspirational vision of the five…

Winnie Roach-Leuszler was born February 3, 1926 in Port Credit Ontario. She was the third oldest out of her eleven siblings. She began swimming when she was only three years old, and then started competitively swimming. At nine years old, she won her first long distance medal for swimming 1.5 miles in Port Credit River, Ontario. Winnie is mostly known for her skills in swimming but was nominated for Canada’s all-around Athlete of the Year due to her swimming, diving, softball, track and field,…

The Social and Political Outbreaks of the 1960s Olympics “Bang”! The runners jump off their blocks from the start and begin to pick up lightning speed. Faster and faster, one runner breaks away, and you hear the crowd roar with excitement when the runner gets closer and closer to crossing the finish line with a new world record. The Olympics has become an amazing way to showcase worldwide competition while putting political and social issues aside. Although, not every Olympics has run as…

The television series Summer Heights High follows the journey of a young boy names Jonah. Jonah is in year 8 at Summer Heights High and has previously been expelled three times because of disruptive and dangerous behaviour. He is known in the school to have anger and attention deficit problems. Jonah struggles socially as he treats his teachers and classmates with disrespect. Jonah’s also struggles academically. Jonah does not have positive relationships with his teachers and this causes tension…

Overview of the mega-event: “The Olympic Games” The Summer Olympic Games were first held in 1896 in Athens, Greece. At the time, only few competitions were set up and a small number of athletes competed. Until the games of 1948, only one candidate for each Olympic proposed to host. But as the Olympics started to grow rapidly, more countries started to develop an interest in hosting which has led to the creation of the bidding process by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In 2012, the…

To begin with, the running of the bulls is part of the fiesta of San Fermin. This event takes place in the city of Irunea, Pamplona. This is in the region of Navarra. San Fermin is celebrated every year between July 6th to July 14th. The actual start to the running of the bulls takes place the next day on the 7th. A lot of the popularity that came to the San Fermin Fiesta is because of the running of the bulls. This Festival was in honor of patron saint Navarra, which was San Fermin. To…