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Pakistan men's national basketball team
The Pakistan National Basketball Team (Urdu: پاکستان باسکٹ بال) is the basketball team representing Pakistan in international competitions, organised and run by the Pakistan Basketball Federation.

Its biggest success came at the Asian Championship in 1979 where Team Pakistan surprisingly finished 6th, ahead of teams such as Team Iran, which did not qualify for the event and Team Malaysia. In the last decades, Pakistan has been a force at the regional stage as the team won the silver medal at the 2013 SABA Championship and three silver medals at the South Asian Games.

SABA Championship
The SABA Championship is a basketball tournament for national teams organized by the South Asia Basketball Association, a sub-zone of the FIBA Asia. It serves as a qualifier for various FIBA Asia events such as the FIBA Asia Championship and the FIBA Asia Cup.

Starting immediately at the end of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, a new qualification format for 2021 FIBA Asia Cup, and for every continental championships thereafter, has been introduced, wherein home and away games will be done during the pre-qualifiers in order to determine the participants for the main qualifiers that will battle for the 16 berths of the continental championships.
Buffalo pound
The buffalo pound was a hunting device constructed by native peoples of the North American plains for the purpose of entrapping and slaughtering American bison, also known as buffalo. It consisted of a circular corral at the terminus of a flared chute through which buffalo were herded and thereby trapped. David Mandelbaum's The Plains Cree contains diagrams and a complete description of the construction and use of such a pound.

In 1758, explorer and fur trader Joseph Smith was the first European to record the use of a buffalo pound while travelling to the Assiniboine River.

The common Cree name "Poundmaker", refers to someone who makes buffalo pounds.

Pen (enclosure)
A pen is a fenced/walled open-air enclosure for holding land animals in captivity, typically for livestock but may also be used for holding other domesticated animals such as pets that are unwanted inside buildings. The term describes types of enclosures that may confine one or many animals. Construction and terminology vary depending on the region of the world, purpose, animal species to be confined, local materials used and tradition. Pen or penning as a verb refers to the act of confining animals in an enclosure.

Similar terms are kraal, boma, and corrals. Encyclopædia Britannica notes usage of the term "kraal" for elephant corrals in India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
Grand Crossing, Florida
Grand Crossing, Florida is a railway junction located in Jacksonville, Florida.

The site was so named in 1899 when two railroads crossed the Waycross–Jacksonville line of the Savannah, Florida & Western (Plant System) at almost the same location near Jacksonville, Florida. One was the Atlantic, Valdosta & Western and the other the Jacksonville & Southwestern Railroad. The AV&W extended from Valdosta, Georgia, to a terminal on East Bay Street in downtown Jacksonville. The J&SW was owned by the Cummer Lumber Company, and extended from its mills on the St. Johns River north of the then-city limits of Jacksonville to Newberry, Florida. The J&SW built a spur paralleling the AV&W to a terminal adjacent to its on East Bay Street.

Thomas Danson owned The Dairy farm surrounding the area of Grand Crossing. He was appointed Postmaster by Franklin D. Roosevelt, which he operated until his death in the late 1940s

Valdosta, Georgia
Valdosta is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Georgia. As the principal city of the Valdosta metropolitan statistical area, which in 2023 had a metropolitan population of 151,118, according to the US Census Bureau its metropolitan area includes Brooks County to the west. With a city population of 55,378 in 2020, Valdosta is the home of Valdosta State University, a regional university in the University System of Georgia with over 12,000 students as of 2021.
Mattias Jons
Mattias Jons (born 19 November 1982) is a Swedish hammer thrower and coach. He finished sixth at the 2012 European Championships, competed at two World Championships, became Swedish champion seven times in a row as well as Swedish indoor champion four times in a row.

2012 European Athletics Championships
The 2012 European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland between 27 June and 1 July 2012. This edition marks the beginning of a new two-year cycle of the European Athletics Championships which were previously held every four years.

The decision to grant the games for Helsinki was made by the European Athletics Congress on 9 November 2009. Another city that showed interest in hosting the event was Nuremberg, Germany, however Helsinki was in pole position during the whole process. This was the third time that the city had hosted the event, 1971 and 1994 being the other occasions.

Due to 2012 being an Olympic year, there were no racewalking and marathon competitions.
Juha Widing
Juha Markku Widing (July 4, 1947 – December 30, 1984) was a Swedish-Finnish professional ice hockey centre and the third Finn (after Albert Pudas and Pentti Lund) to play in the National Hockey League (NHL). Here he spent eight seasons, mostly with the Los Angeles Kings. His nicknames were "Whitey" and "Flying Finn".

Flying Finn
"The Flying Finn" (Finnish: Lentävä suomalainen, Swedish: Flygande finländaren) is a nickname given to several Finnish athletes who were noted for their speed. It was given to several Finnish middle- and long-distance runners. The term also refers to notable Finnish racing drivers.

Flying Finn is also the title of a documentary about the history of sports in Finland, and is the first English-language documentary produced in Finland.
Wales in the Middle Ages
Wales in the Middle Ages covers the history of the country that is now called Wales, from the departure of the Romans in the early fifth century to the annexation of Wales into the Kingdom of England in the early sixteenth century. This period of about 1,000 years saw the development of regional Welsh kingdoms, Celtic conflict with the Anglo-Saxons, reducing Celtic territories, and conflict between the Welsh and the Anglo-Normans from the 11th century.

Gruffudd ap Cynan
Gruffudd ap Cynan (c. 1055–1137) was King of Gwynedd from 1081 until his death in 1137. In the course of a long and eventful life, he became a key figure in Welsh resistance to Norman rule.

As a descendant of Rhodri Mawr (Rhodri the Great), Gruffudd ap Cynan was a senior member of the princely House of Aberffraw. Through his mother, Gruffudd had close family connections with the Norse settlement around Dublin and he frequently used Ireland as a refuge and as a source of troops. He three times gained the throne of Gwynedd and then lost it again, before regaining it once more in 1099 and this time keeping power until his death. Gruffudd laid the foundations which were built upon by his son Owain Gwynedd and his great-grandson Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (Llywelyn the Great).
Hla Maung Shwe
Hla Maung Shwe (Burmese: လှမောင်ရွှေ; born 29 February 1956) is the former presidential adviser to President Thein Sein, serving as part of the political advisory group from April 2011 to April 2015. He also served as a senior advisor to the Myanmar Peace Center and as a secretary in the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) under former president Thein Sein. He has continued to advise the government's peace team under Aung San Suu Kyi's government-led administration.

In November 2022, he was awarded the title of Wunna Kyawhtin, the country’s highest national honor for civil servants, by the military government.

Thein Sein
Thein Sein (Burmese: သိန်းစိန်; IPA: [θéɪɰ̃ sèɪɰ̃]; born 20 April 1945) is a Burmese politician and retired army general who served as the eighth president of Myanmar from 2011 to 2016. He previously served as 11th prime minister from 2007 to 2010, and was considered by many in and outside Myanmar as a reformist leader in the post-junta government.

His government undertook a series of political reforms including some deregulation of the country's censored media, releasing many political prisoners and halting the country's controversial large Chinese-led hydro-power project. The developments that followed included Myanmar's appointment to chair ASEAN in 2014, improved relations with the United States, the release of Aung San Suu Kyi – his 2015 general election rival – from house arrest, and the reinstatement of major opposition party National League for Democracy (NLD) in the by-election held on 1 April 2012.
Evansville, Owensboro and Nashville Railroad
The Evansville, Owensboro and Nashville Railroad was a 19th-century railway company in western Kentucky in the United States. As of 1880, the railroad passed north and south through Daviess County and McLean County, into Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, but had not yet been completed,

On January 14, 1880, the railroad filed for consolidation with Owensboro and Nashville Railroad and Owensboro and Russellville Railroad.

McLean County, Kentucky
McLean County (/məˈkleɪn/) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,152. Its  county seat is Calhoun and its largest city is Livermore. McLean is a prohibition or dry county. McLean County is part of the Owensboro metropolitan area, which has a population of some 114,752 (2010 census).
Communist Party of Bulgaria
The Communist Party of Bulgaria (CPB) is a communist party in Bulgaria, currently led by Aleksandar Paunov.

The party was founded in 1996 as the Communist Party.

Since 2001, it is part of the Coalition for Bulgaria, an alliance led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party. The party publishes the newspaper Rabotnicheski Vestnik. In the 2014 parliamentary election, the Coalition for Bulgaria received 15.4% of the popular vote and 39 out of 240 seats. The party remains represented in Parliament within the coalition after the 2017 election.

The party came under fire during the 2020 protests, when it was alleged that first secretary, Aleksandar Paunov, had had a phone call with convicted businessman Vasil Bozhkov. Alexander Paunov went on to admit that the conversation took place, but denied any wrongdoing. This led to Alexander Paunov being asked to leave the BSP for Bulgaria parliamentary group, of which he was a part, becoming an independent MP.

2014 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 5 October 2014 to elect the 43rd National Assembly. GERB remained the largest party, winning 84 of the 240 seats with around a third of the vote. A total of eight parties won seats, the first time since the beginning of democratic elections in 1990 that more than seven parties entered parliament. Boyko Borisov then became prime minister as head of a coalition with the Reformist Bloc and with outside support from the Patriotic Front and the Alternative for Bulgarian Revival.
Italy at the UEFA Women's Championship
Italy have participated 13 times at UEFA Women's Championship.

While the men's senior team have won the UEFA European Championship, the women's team is yet to win a single edition. Italy have participated in the inaugural European Championship in 1984, where they were eliminated in the semi-finals against Sweden. Italy have failed the qualification once, in 1995.

Italy lost two finals: in 1993 against Norway and in 1997 against Germany. It is the best Italy's record.

UEFA Women's Euro 1995
The 1995 UEFA Women's Championship, often called the 1995 Women's Euros or just the 1995 Euros, was a women's association football tournament which was held between 11 December 1994 and 26 March 1995, involving UEFA-affiliated national teams who have qualified for the competition.

Germany won the competition for the third time, beating Sweden in the final.
Luce Douady
Luce Douady (17 November 2003 – 14 June 2020) was a French climber.
She made her debut professional appearance on the IFSC Climbing World Cup circuit, where she finished in fifth place, and became youth world champion in 2019. She also won the bronze medal at senior level in the 2019 IFSC Climbing European Championships in Edinburgh.

Douady died on 14 June 2020 at the age of 16, after a fall from an approach path at “Le Luisset – St Pancrasse” in the Isère department of France.

IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships
The IFSC Youth World Championships are the annual World Youth Championships for competition climbing organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). The first competition was held in Basel, Switzerland in 1992. The Speed discipline was introduced at the 2001 championships, but was not held in 2003 and 2004. Bouldering was introduced at the 2015 championships. The olympic combined format was added between 2015 and 2021.
Reginald McCahearty
The Ven Reginald George Henry McCahearty (13 June 1902 –  24 June 1966) was the first Archdeacon of Bromley.

He was born in Deal, Kent and educated at the Leeds University and College of the Resurrection, Mirfield and ordained in 1927.incumbencies at  Christ Church, Dartford; Christ Church, Milton-next-Gravesend, All Saints, Orpington and St Nicholas, Chislehurst.

Deal, Kent
Deal is a coastal town in Kent, England, which lies where the North Sea and the English Channel meet, 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Dover and 8 miles (13 km) south of Ramsgate. It is a former fishing, mining and garrison town whose history is closely linked to the anchorage in the Downs. Close to Deal is Walmer, a possible location for Julius Caesar's first arrival in Britain.

Deal became a 'limb port' of the Cinque Ports in 1278 and grew into the busiest port in England; today it is a seaside resort, its streets and houses a reminder of its history along with many ancient buildings and monuments. In 1968, Middle Street was the first conservation area in Kent. The coast of France is approximately 25 miles (40 km) from the town and is visible on clear days. Deal Castle is a device fort commissioned by then-King, Henry VIII.
1812 Virginia gubernatorial special election
A gubernatorial special election was held in Virginia on January 3, 1812. The speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates James Barbour was elected without opposition.

The previous governor of Virginia George W. Smith died on December 26, 1811. Peyton Randolph succeeded to office in his capacity as president of the Council of State and acted as governor until the election of a successor. Barbour had narrowly lost the preceding election to Smith and now emerged as the consensus candidate among the members of the legislature.

The election was conducted by the Virginia General Assembly in joint session. Barbour was elected with a majority on the first ballot.

Governor of Virginia
The governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The governor is head of the executive branch of the government of Virginia and is the commander-in-chief of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force.

Three signatories of the Declaration of Independence served as governor of Virginia and three governors became president of the United States: Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Tyler.

The current officeholder is Abigail Spanberger, a member of the Democratic Party who took office on January 17, 2026. She is Virginia's first female governor.
Mikey O'Brien
Michael O'Brien (born 1999) is an Irish hurler who plays for the Limerick Senior Championship club Doon and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left wing-back.

Limerick county hurling team
The Limerick county hurling team represents Limerick in hurling and is governed by Limerick GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and the National Hurling League.

Limerick's home ground is Páirc na nGael, Limerick. The team's manager is John Kiely.

The team last won the Munster Senior Championship in 2024, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2023 and the National League in 2023.
Wojciech Kudlik
Wojciech Kudlik (born 5 January 1954 in Nowy Sącz) is a former Polish slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s and the 1980s.

He won two medals in the C-2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver in 1975 and a bronze in 1979. He also won four medals in the C-2 team event with a gold (1979), a silver (1981) and two bronzes (1975, 1977).

Kudlik finished 13th in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

1979 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 1979 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 16th edition. This marked the first time the championships were held outside Europe. The mixed C2 event was not held at these championships. East Germany did not take part and Czechoslovakia, as the other traditional powerhouse, won only one medal. West Germany won three medals while the United States led the medal count with seven, the first time an English-speaking country had done so.
Apach
Apach (French pronunciation: [apak]; German: Apach; Luxembourgish: Opech [ˈoːpəɕ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Apach is 2 km (1.2 mi) from Sierck-les-Bains, 25 km (16 mi) from Thionville, and 50 km (31 mi) from Metz. It is on the right bank of the river Moselle, on the border of Germany and Luxembourg, the municipalities just across the border being Perl in Germany and Schengen in Luxembourg. It has a station on the Thionville–Trier railway, served by regional trains.

Apach was the scene of a skirmish between the French and German armies during the Saar Offensive of 1939.

A natural reserve for orchids is located along the limestone hillsides, of which there are many in this town.

Schengen, Luxembourg
Schengen (Luxembourgish: [ˈʃæŋən] ⓘ, French: [ʃɛŋɡɛn] ⓘ, German: [ˈʃɛŋən]) is a wine-making village and commune in far south-eastern Luxembourg, on the western bank of the river Moselle. The commune border includes the tripoint where the borders of Germany, France, and Luxembourg meet.

After the mergers with Burmerange and Wellenstein in 2011, the commune has a population of 4,224 with an area of 31.42 square kilometres (12.13 sq mi).

The largest settlement within the commune of Schengen is Remerschen after which the commune used to be named. The name of the commune was changed in 2006 to take advantage of Schengen's name recognition after the signing of the Schengen Agreement there in 1985. The town of Schengen itself had a population of 704 as of 2025.

Schengen Castle dates from 1390 but was almost completely rebuilt in the 19th century.
USS Yuma
USS Yuma has been the name of five ships of the United States Navy.  The name is taken after the Yuma tribe of Arizona.

USS Yuma (1865) was a river monitor launched in May 1865, but never commissioned, and sold in 1874

USS Yuma (YT-37) was a tug originally named USS Asher J. Hudson and later renamed Yuma; she was sold in 1921

USS Yuma (AT-94) was a Navajo-class fleet tug commissioned in 1943 and transferred to Pakistan in 1959

Yuma (YTM-748) was a Chicopee-class medium harbor tug the Navy acquired in 1964 from the US Army, where she had served with the designation LT-2078 since 1954; she was placed out of service in 1976 and sold into commercial service in 1987

USNS Yuma (T-EPF-8) is a Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

Quechan
The Quechan (Quechan: Kwatsáan 'those who descended'), or Yuma, are a Native American tribe who live on the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation on the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California just north of the Mexican border. Despite their name, they are not related to the Quechua people of the Andes. Members are enrolled in the Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation. The federally recognized Quechan tribe's main office is located in Winterhaven, California.  Its operations and the majority of its reservation land are located in California, United States.
Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's doubles
The women's doubles badminton event at the 2023 Pan American Games was held from October 22 to 25 at the Olympic Training Center, located in Ñuñoa, a suburb of Santiago. The defending Pan American Games champion are Rachel Honderich and Kristen Tsai of Canada, who will not defend their titles.

Each National Olympic Committee could enter a maximum of two pairs into the competition. The athletes will be drawn into an elimination stage draw. Once a pair lost a match, they will be no longer able to compete. Each match will be contested as the best of three games. A total of 32 athletes from 12 NOC's competed.

Ñuñoa
Ñuñoa (Spanish pronunciation: [ɲuˈɲo.a]; from Mapudungun Ñuñohue, "place of yellow flowers") is a commune located in the northeastern sector of Santiago, the capital of Chile. Bordered by Providencia to the north and west, Macul to the south, and Peñalolén and La Reina to the east, it has an area of 16.9 km². As of the 2017 census, its population stood at 208,237.
Həkəri, Qubadli
39°28′N 46°37′E﻿ / ﻿39.467°N 46.617°E﻿ / 39.467; 46.617

Həkəri (Hakari) is a village in the Qubadli District of Azerbaijan

The village takes its name from the Hakari river. It was part of the larger Muradkhanli village council (municipality) during Soviet times. Moreover, most of what Qubadli is today was called Hakara according to the 18th century Ottoman Tax Registry.

Hakari (river)
The Hakari (Azerbaijani: Həkəri, Armenian: Հագարի, romanized: Hagari) is a left tributary of the Aras river in Karabakh, Azerbaijan.

The river is 128 kilometres (80 mi) long. It originates in Lesser Caucasus mountains and flows through the Lachin, Qubadli and Zangilan districts of Azerbaijan.  In a small area, it serves as a border with Armenia. Its largest right tributary is the Vorotan (called Bazarchay in Azerbaijan), which joins the Hakari in its lowermost section.

Populated places along the river, include Aganli (left bank), Alibayli (right bank), Mammadbayli (left bank) and Yenikend (right bank).
The elevation difference between the source and mouth is 2,812 metres (9,226 ft). The river's water is used for irrigation and drinking. Fish like trout and Arctic cisco spawn in the Hakari.
Mas Isman
Mas Isman (1 January 1924 –12 December 1982) was an Indonesian freedom fighter in East Java when it was part of the Dutch East Indies. He received a National Hero of Indonesia award from President Joko Widodo on 5 November 2015.

Mas Isman was the father of Hayono Isman, Indonesia's Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs.

Hayono Isman
Hayono Isman (born 25 April 1955) is a senior figure within Indonesian politics. He was a member of the People's Representative Council, representing Jakarta's 1st electoral district, between 2009 and 2014.

Isman was born in Surabaya, East Java.  He has been a member of the Indonesian parliament twice, and he was the Indonesian minister for sports from 17 March 1993 until the 16 Match 1998.

In March 2010 he met with lords from the British House of Lords where they praised Indonesia's progress in democracy, media freedom and environmental protection.
Pasli
Pasli is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 3.4 km from Rurka Kalan, 19 km from Phillaur, 29 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 134 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative.

Phillaur
Phillaur is a town and a municipal council as well as a tehsil in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab. The city is situated 20 km from Ludhiana, 45 km from Jalandhar and 140 km from Amritsar. It is situated on the border of the Doaba and Puadh regions.This city was Founded by a Rajput Maharaja Ratan Pal Naru, during the 12-13th century to 1947 as Kingdom of Phulnagar, but later came to be known as Phillaur.