The first Olympics covered by U.S. television was the 1960 Summer Games in Rome by CBS.
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Olympic rings
The five Olympic rings represent the five major regions of the world – Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceana, and every national flag in the world includes one of the five colors, which are (from left to right) blue, yellow, black, green, and red.
Sachin Tendulkar
The only Test-playing nation where Sachin Tendulkar has never scored a Test century is Zimbabwe.
Sachin Tendulkar
It took Sachin Tendulkar 79 matches to score his first ODI century. After that, he scored 48 more.
Sachin Tendulkar
In the second ODI on the tour of New Zealand in 1994, Sachin Tendulkar opened the batting for the first time.
Sachin Tendulkar
In 1992, Sachin became the first overseas cricketer to play for Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar was the first batsman to be given out by a third umpire in the 1992 Test series in South Africa. The umpire was Karl Liebenberg.
Sachin Tendulkar
In the Kotla Test against Pakistan where Kumble took a perfect 10, whenever Tendulkar handed Kumble's sweater and cap to the umpire at the start of an over, Kumble took a wicket. So he continued doing that until Kumble took all ten.
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar was a big bully in the school. Whenever his friend introduced him to a new kid in the school, Tendulkar would invariably ask, "Will I be able to beat him?" He was famous for picking up a fight.
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar's wife Anjali does not eat or drink whenever the Master is at the crease.
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar is only person born in independent India to receive the honour (as of 2014) of Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India!
The first test cricket
The first official cricket test match was played in the year 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne.
Sachin Tendulkar
Throughout Sachin Tendulkar's test career (190 tests), he has been stumped only once by Ashley Giles in the 3rd test vs England at Bangalore in 2001.
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to score a century on his debuts in all three Ranji, Irani and Duleep trophies.
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin sponsors 200 under-privileged children every year through Apnalaya, a Mumbai based NGO.
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