Sports in the United States

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2023: $700 million to one person - Japanese baseball player lands record contract in sports history

In December 2023, Japanese baseball player Sehei Ohtani signed a new contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers MLB club, and this was a record agreement in the history of the sport. The 29-year-old athlete made a deal for 10 years, during which time he will receive $700 million. Read more here.

2022: The most popular sport is American football

Самый популярный вид sport countries of the world to to data June 2022

2002

Boxer Mike Tyson with his two-month-old son Miguel after losing to Lennox Lewis, 2002.

1997

Las Vegas police are trying to stop boxer Mike Tyson after he bit off part of Evander Holyfield's ear in the ring. 1997.

American boxer Tyson gnaws his ear at rival Holyfield, 1997.

1996

The head of Cuba, Fidel Castro, shows his beard to the American boxer Muhammad Ali. September 1996

1989

Extreme skier Doug Coombs descends from a sheer cliff. Wyoming, USA, 1989

1985

Boxer Mike Tyson and his trainer Cass D'Amato in the locker room before Tyson's first fight in the professional ring, March 6, 1985.

1981

The worst accident of the American racer Danny Ongeis in 1981 - fractures of the arms and legs, numerous damage to internal organs. After 2 years, he again raced.

1979

Mexicans and Americans play volleyball over the border fence. Naco, Arizona, 1979.

1978: Boxer Muhammad Ali in Uzbekistan

The first honored journalist of Uzbekistan Abdukhakim Turgunov interviews the American world boxing champion Muhammad Ali, who arrived in Uzbekistan. 1978.

1966

A photo showing the moment boxer Mohammed Ali knocked out Cleveland Williams, 1966.

1961

Muhammad Ali trains underwater, 1961

1959

Actress Marilyn Monroe opens the USA-Israel football game, New York, 1959.

1956

They say that boxer Mohammed Ali loved to listen to his favorite vinyl record in a car.

1926: First woman to swim across the English Channel

In 1926, 19-year-old American Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Before her, only five people were able to overcome this distance. She covered 56 km in 14 hours 31 minute, improving the previous achievement of men by 1 hour 59 minutes.