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A lot of sports are pretty dangerous, such as auto-racing, MMA or playing for any team in Oakland. But after last week's scary shark attack in South Africa, we can all agree that surfing has ...
At the Summer Olympics, high-speed and high-contact sports are the most dangerous. BMX racing was the most dangerous sport at Tokyo 2020, especially when taking injuries that last longer than a ...
Accra Sports Stadium disaster: Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana: 97: 15 April 1989 Hillsborough stadium crush: Sheffield, England 93: 12 March 1988 Hailstorm & Stadium crush: Kathmandu, Nepal [69] 84: 11 June 1955 1955 Le Mans disaster, motor racing accident Le Mans, France 83: 16 October 1996 Doroteo Guamuch Flores disaster, stadium crowd crush
World Chess Championship 1908: José Raúl Capablanca: Alexander Alekhine: 1927–c.1938: World Chess Championship 1927: Garry Kasparov: Deep Blue: 1996–1997: Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov: Bobby Fischer: Boris Spassky: 1972- 1992: World Chess Championship 1972 Fischer–Spassky (1992 match) Viswanathan Anand: Vladimir Kramnik: 1989–present
Extreme sports may be perceived as extremely dangerous, conducive to fatalities, near-fatalities and other serious injuries. The perceived risk in an extreme sport has been considered a somewhat necessary part of its appeal, [ 25 ] which is partially a result of pressure for athletes to make more money and provide maximum entertainment.
Hang gliding is actually one of the most dangerous in-air sports possible. According to HSE, a U.K.-based watchdog group, the risk of death in a hang-gliding accident is 1 out of every 116,000 ...
The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history.The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding similar combat-related or civilian deaths) and civilian casualties during the battles.
We examine what’s being done to prevent future tragedies in the wake of Gino Mäder’s tragic death during the Tour de Suisse.