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The organiser claimed a total number of attendees of over 1.7 million (only counting people in Causeway Bay and Tin Hau areas) while a lot of people gathered around Wan Chai, Central and Sheung Wan. An estimated number of over 2 million people took part in the march. [91] Hajj to Mecca: November 2010 2.8 million Pilgrimage Mecca Saudi Arabia
This is a list of the more notable religious shrines around the world. ... Shrine of Saint Wulfstan in Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, England
The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Gukesh Dommaraju, who defeated the previous champion Ding Liren in the 2024 World Chess Championship. The first event recognized as a world championship was the 1886 match between Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort. Steinitz won ...
Trophy of the FIFA Club World Cup, the world championship of club association football. A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, or ability.
There are 43 members in the World Hall of Fame, including José Raúl Capablanca, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, and Boris Spassky. The winner of the first Women's World Chess Championship, Vera Menchik, was the first woman to be inducted into the WCHOF in 2011. [6]
Tournament Format and Schedules for the Silambam World Championship. The Tournaments: Masters, Continental Championship Senior, Junior and Cadet, World Championship Senior, Junior, and Cadet - normally consist of two sessions, the preliminaries, and the final block. The Tournament phases that take place in the sessions depend on the type of event.
The first Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne was run in 1970, and the event is now one of six oireachtais (championship competitions) under different organisations to be called the World Championships. [2] Of these, Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne, sometimes called the " Olympics of Irish dance", is the largest, attracting some 5,000 competitors and ...
By far the largest number of shrines fell below the rank of District shrine. Their status was clarified by the District Shrine Law ( 郷社定則 , Gōsha Teisoku ) of the fourth day of the seventh month of 1871, in accordance with which "Village shrines" ranked below their respective "District shrines", while the smaller local shrines or ...