vania-janet/multiturn-rag-retrieval-data huggingface dataset:
Lithuania
Basketball is the most popular and national sport of Lithuania . The Lithuania national basketball team has had significant success in international basketball events , having won the EuroBasket on three occasions ( 1937 , 1939 and 2003 ) , as well a total of 8 other medals in the Eurobasket , the World Championships and the Olympic Games . The men 's national team also has extremely high TV ratings as about 76 % of the country 's population watched their games live in 2014 . Lithuania hosted the Eurobasket in 1939 and 2011 . The historic Lithuanian basketball team BC Žalgiris , from Kaunas , won the European basketball league Euroleague in 1999 . Lithuania has produced a number of NBA players , including Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees Arvydas Sabonis and Šarūnas Marčiulionis and current NBA players Jonas Valančiūnas , Domantas Sabonis and Mindaugas Kuzminskas .
2017 UEFA Champions League Final
American hip - hop group The Black Eyed Peas performed at the opening ceremony preceding the final . The performance , which included a pyrotechnic display , ran over time and forced the kick - off to be delayed by several minutes .
Basketball
Worldwide , basketball tournaments are held for boys and girls of all age levels . The global popularity of the sport is reflected in the nationalities represented in the NBA . Players from all six inhabited continents currently play in the NBA . Top international players began coming into the NBA in the mid-1990s , including Croatians Dražen Petrović and Toni Kukoč , Serbian Vlade Divac , Lithuanians Arvydas Sabonis and Šarūnas Marčiulionis , Dutchman Rik Smits and German Detlef Schrempf .
Russian culture
As the Soviet Union , Russia was traditionally very strong in basketball , winning various Olympic tournaments , World Championships and Eurobasket . As of 2009 they have various players in the NBA , notably Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko , and are considered as a worldwide basketball force . In 2007 , Russia defeated world champions Spain to win Eurobasket 2007 . Russian basketball clubs such as PBC CSKA Moscow ( 2006 and 2008 Euroleague Champions ) have also had great success in European competitions such as the Euroleague and the ULEB Cup .
2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids
Fourteen cities were included in the proposal , which divided them into five different clusters : one in the north , centered on Saint Petersburg , a central cluster , centered on Moscow , a southern cluster , centered on Sochi , and the Volga River cluster . Only one city beyond the Ural Mountains was cited , Yekaterinburg . The other cities were : Kaliningrad in the north cluster , Rostov - on - Don and Krasnodar in the south cluster and Yaroslavl , Nizhny Novgorod , Kazan , Saransk , Samara and Volgograd in the Volga River cluster . At the time of bidding , Russia did not have a stadium with 80,000 capacity , but the bid called for the expansion of Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow , already a UEFA Elite stadium , from a capacity of slightly over 78,000 to over 89,000 . Russia hoped to have five stadiums fit to host World Cup matches ready by 2013 -- two in Moscow and one stadium each in Saint Petersburg , Kazan and Sochi , which at the time was due to host the 2014 Winter Olympics .
2017 UEFA Champions League Final
Team Previous finals appearances ( bold indicates winners ) Juventus 8 ( 1973 , 1983 , 1985 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 2003 , 2015 ) Real Madrid 14 ( 1956 , 1957 , 1958 , 1959 , 1960 , 1962 , 1964 , 1966 , 1981 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2014 , 2016 )
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
United Kingdom
In most international competitions , separate teams represent England , Scotland and Wales . Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland usually field a single team representing all of Ireland , with notable exceptions being association football and the Commonwealth Games . In sporting contexts , the English , Scottish , Welsh and Irish / Northern Irish teams are often referred to collectively as the Home Nations . There are some sports in which a single team represents the whole of United Kingdom , including the Olympics , where the UK is represented by the Great Britain team . The 1908 , 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics were held in London , making it the first city to host the games three times . Britain has participated in every modern Olympic Games to date and is third in the medal count .
2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids
Belgium and the Netherlands registered their intention to bid jointly in March 2009 . A delegation led by the presidents of the Belgian and Dutch national football associations met FIFA president Sepp Blatter on 14 November 2007 , officially announcing their interest in submitting a joint bid . On 19 March 2008 the delegation also met with UEFA President Michel Platini to convince him that it was a serious offer under one management . Afterwards they claimed to have impressed Platini , who supports the idea of getting the World Cup to Europe . Former French football international Christian Karembeu was presented as official counselor for the joint bid on 23 June 2009 .
Eden Hazard
International goals by date , venue , cap , opponent , score , result and competition No . Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition 7 October 2011 King Baudouin Stadium , Brussels , Belgium 23 Kazakhstan 2 -- 0 4 -- 1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification 25 May 2012 27 Montenegro 2 -- 1 2 -- 2 Friendly 6 February 2013 Jan Breydel Stadium , Bruges , Belgium 34 Slovakia 1 -- 0 2 -- 1 22 March 2013 Philip II Arena , Skopje , Macedonia 35 Macedonia 2 -- 0 2 -- 0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 5 26 March 2013 King Baudouin Stadium , Brussels , Belgium 36 1 -- 0 1 -- 0 6 1 June 2014 Friends Arena , Solna , Sweden 44 Sweden 2 -- 0 2 -- 0 Friendly 7 28 March 2015 King Baudouin Stadium , Brussels , Belgium 54 Cyprus 4 -- 0 5 -- 0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification 8 7 June 2015 Stade de France , Saint - Denis , France 56 France 4 -- 1 4 -- 3 Friendly 9 3 September 2015 King Baudouin Stadium , Brussels , Belgium 58 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 -- 1 3 -- 1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification 10 6 September 2015 GSP Stadium , Nicosia , Cyprus 59 Cyprus 1 -- 0 1 -- 0 11 10 October 2015 Estadi Nacional , Andorra la Vella , Andorra 60 Andorra 3 -- 1 4 -- 1 12 13 October 2015 King Baudouin Stadium , Brussels , Belgium 61 Israel 3 -- 0 3 -- 1 13 5 June 2016 65 Norway 2 -- 2 3 -- 2 Friendly 14 26 June 2016 Stadium Municipal , Toulouse , France 69 Hungary 3 -- 0 4 -- 0 UEFA Euro 2016 15 7 October 2016 King Baudouin Stadium , Brussels , Belgium 73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 -- 0 4 -- 0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 16 10 October 2016 Estádio Algarve , Faro / Loulé , Portugal 74 Gibraltar 6 -- 0 6 -- 0 17 13 November 2016 King Baudouin Stadium , Brussels , Belgium 76 Estonia 3 -- 0 8 -- 1 18 31 August 2017 Stade Maurice Dufrasne , Liège , Belgium 77 Gibraltar 6 -- 0 9 -- 0
Scottish Premier League
One of the main criticisms of the SPL was the dominance of the two Old Firm clubs , Celtic and Rangers . No team outside the Old Firm has won the Scottish league championship since 1985 . Until Rangers were ejected from the SPL due to their liquidation , there was only one SPL season ( 2005 -- 06 ) where both clubs failed to occupy first and second positions , with Hearts finishing second behind Celtic . While other European leagues were dominated by a few clubs in the 2000s , the Old Firm dominance in Scotland dated back to the beginning of Scottish league football , with a few exceptional periods . The average home attendances of both clubs is significantly higher than the other Scottish clubs , which resulted in the Old Firm having far greater revenues and therefore more money to spend on players . Both clubs also received significant revenues from participation in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League .
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland have recently created affiliations with several African clubs including Ghana 's Asante Kotoko , Eqypt 's El - Ittihad El - Iskandary and South Africa 's Bidvest Wits . Sunderland also have an affiliation with Belgian side Lierse S.K. , allowing the possibility for young African players who would not qualify for a UK work permit to spend three years with Lierse to gain a Belgian passport . In August 2014 , Sunderland announced a commercial partnership with Washington D.C. based MLS club D.C. United .
Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo scored five goals , including a hat - trick against Armenia , in the qualification for Euro 2016 . With the only goal in another victory over Armenia on 14 November 2014 , he reached 23 goals in the European Championship , including qualifying matches , to become the competition 's all - time leading goalscorer . At the start of the tournament , however , Ronaldo failed to convert his chances in Portugal 's draws against Iceland and Austria , despite taking a total of 20 shots on goal . In the latter match , he overtook Luís Figo as his nation 's most capped player with his 128th international appearance , which ended scoreless after he missed a penalty in the second half . With two goals and an assist in the last match of the group stage , a 3 -- 3 draw against Hungary , Ronaldo became the first player to score in four European Championships , having made a record 17 appearances in the tournament . Though placed third in their group behind Hungary and Iceland , his team qualified for the knockout round as a result of the competition 's newly expanded format . ``
Ballon d'Or
Stanley Matthews of Blackpool was the inaugural winner of the Ballon d'Or . Prior to 1995 , the award was often known in English language media as the European Footballer of the Year award . Milan 's George Weah , the only African recipient , became the first non-European to win the award in the year the rules of eligibility were changed . Ronaldo of Internazionale became the first South American winner two years later . Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have won the award a record five times . Three players have won the award three times each : Johan Cruyff of Ajax and Barcelona , Michel Platini of Juventus and Marco van Basten of Milan . With seven awards each , Dutch and German players won the most Ballons d'Or . Spanish club Barcelona has the most winners , with 11 wins .
FIFA World Cup
In all , 79 nations have played in at least one World Cup . Of these , eight national teams have won the World Cup , and they have added stars to their badges , with each star representing a World Cup victory . ( Uruguay , however , choose to display four stars on their badge , representing their two gold medals at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and their two World Cup titles in 1930 and 1950 ) .
England at the FIFA World Cup
Under Allardyce 's replacement , Gareth Southgate , England went undefeated throughout qualification , winning eight matches out of 10 , drawing with Slovenia 0 -- 0 in Ljubljana , and drawing 2 -- 2 with Scotland in Glasgow thanks to a 90th - minute equaliser from Harry Kane . This was the third successive major tournament that England were undefeated , having been undefeated in 2014 World Cup , and Euro 2016 qualifying . 2018
Free agent
In the European Union , the 1995 Bosman ruling by the European Court of Justice established the right of free agency for association football players in all EU member nations . The Bosman ruling has since been extended to cover other professional sports and players from Eastern Europe . Players were still tied to their clubs unless their contract ran out until the Webster ruling allowed players the opportunity to move between nations , though it does not allow free players to move within the national league in which they currently play .
2017 UEFA Champions League Final
The ambassador for the final was former Wales international Ian Rush , who won the European Cup with Liverpool in 1984 , and also played for Juventus from 1987 to 1988 .
PGA European Tour
When Continental Europe produced its first global golf stars in the 1970s , such as Seve Ballesteros , and especially when Europe began to notch wins over the United States in the Ryder Cup in the mid 1980s , there was widespread optimism about the future standing of the European Tour relative to the PGA Tour . This has ebbed away as several major European countries , such as Germany and Italy , have not produced high - ranked golfers on a regular basis as was formerly anticipated . Nonetheless , the number of European countries which have produced winners on the European Tour has increased steadily , with notable golfing depth developing in the Scandinavian countries . The latter point is illustrated by developments in 2008 and 2009 . Not only did the 2008 end - of - year world top 10 feature two Swedes ( Karlsson and Stenson ) , but five other Swedes won events on either the PGA Tour or European Tour in 2008 ; Karlsson and Stenson were joined by the Dane Søren Hansen on Team Europe at the 2008 Ryder Cup ; and the season - ending Volvo Masters was won in 2008 by Hansen 's countryman Søren Kjeldsen . In 2009 , Karlsson dropped out of the top 10 and Stenson remained . Nine Scandinavians won events on either the European or PGA Tour in 2009 ; four of them -- Dane Jeppe Huldahl and Swedes Oskar Henningsson , Christian Nilsson , and Alexander Norén -- were first - time European Tour winners .
Winter Olympic Games
To date , twelve countries have participated in every Winter Olympic Games -- Austria , Canada , Finland , France , Great Britain , Hungary , Italy , Norway , Poland , Sweden , Switzerland and the United States . Six of those countries have earned medals at every Winter Olympic Games -- Austria , Canada , Finland , Norway , Sweden and the United States . The only country to have earned a gold medal at every Winter Olympics is the United States . Norway leads the all - time medal table for the Winter Olympics both on number of gold and overall medals , followed by the United States and Germany .
Free agent
In Europe , players can only move during transfer windows -- during the close season and halfway through the league season . There are exceptions for unsigned professional players in the lower divisions .
2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids
The bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups was the process by which the Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ) selected locations for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups . The process began officially in March 2009 ; eleven bids from thirteen countries were received , including one which was withdrawn and one that was rejected before FIFA 's executive committee voted in November 2010 . Two of the remaining nine bids applied only to the 2022 World Cup , while the rest were initially applications for both . Over the course of the bidding , all non-European bids for the 2018 event were withdrawn , resulting in the exclusion of all European bids from consideration for the 2022 edition . By the time of the decision , bids for the 2018 World Cup included England , Russia , a joint bid from Belgium and Netherlands , and a joint bid from Portugal and Spain . Bids for the 2022 World Cup came from Australia , Japan , Qatar , South Korea , and the United States . Indonesia 's bid was disqualified due to lack of governmental support , and Mexico withdrew its bid for financial reasons .
Russian culture
During the Soviet period , Russia was also a competitive footballing nation . Despite having fantastic players , the USSR never really managed to assert itself as one of the major forces of international football , although its teams won various championships ( such as Euro 1960 ) and reached numerous finals ( such as Euro 1988 ) . Along with ice hockey and basketball , football is one of the most popular sports in modern Russia . In recent years , Russian football , which downgraded in 1990 - s , has experienced a revival . Russian clubs ( such as CSKA Moscow , Zenit St Petersburg , Lokomotiv Moscow , and Spartak Moscow ) are becoming increasingly successful on the European stage ( CSKA and Zenit winning the UEFA Cup in 2005 and 2008 respectively ) . The Russian national football team reached the semi-finals of Euro 2008 , losing only to eventual champions Spain .
Cristiano Ronaldo
Most hattricks in the UEFA Champions League : 7 ( shared with Lionel Messi ) First footballer to have won the European Golden Shoe in two different leagues : English Premier League ( 2007 -- 08 ) and Spanish La Liga ( 2010 -- 11 , 2013 -- 14 , 2014 -- 15 ) Most goals scored in the UEFA European Championship , including qualifying : 29 goals , for Portugal Most career goals at UEFA European Championship finals : 9 goals , for Portugal ( shared with Michel Platini ) Only player to have scored at four UEFA European Championship finals : 2004 , 2008 , 2012 , 2016 Only player to have scored three or above ( goals ) at more than one UEFA European Championship finals : 3 goals in 2012 and in 2016 Most headed goals at UEFA European Championship finals : 5 Highest appearance - maker at UEFA European Championship finals : 20 appearances Most goals scored in UEFA European Championship and European FIFA World Cup qualifiers : 50 goals First player to ever score 10 goals in six consecutive UEFA Champions League seasons : 2011 -- 12 to 2016 -- 17 Only player to score for two different winning teams in the European Cup Final : Manchester United ( 2007 -- 08 ) and Real Madrid ( 2013 -- 14 ) Most away goals scored in Champions League history : 42 goals Most consecutive UEFA Champions League away games scored in : 12 Most wins in the UEFA Champions League Knockout phase : 29 wins Most braces scored in the UEFA Champions League : 20 Most European Golden Shoe awards : 4 ( shared with Lionel Messi ) Most UEFA Team of the Year appearances : 12 times Most consecutive appearances in the UEFA Team of the Year : 11 ( 2007 -- 2017 ) Only player to appear in more than one position in the UEFA Team of the Year .
North America
Jump up ^ MLS plans to expand to 21 teams in 2017 , and to 24 teams by 2020 .
List of English football champions
Teams in bold compete in the Premier League as of the 2017 -- 18 season .
UEFA Champions League
Adidas is a secondary sponsor and supplies the official match ball , the Adidas Finale , and referee uniform . Hublot is also a secondary sponsor as the official fourth official board of the competition .
Women's association football
England and other British Home Nations are not eligible to compete as separate entities because the International Olympic Committee does not recognise their FIFA status as separate teams in competitions . The participation of UK men 's and women 's sides at the 2012 Olympic tournament was a bone of contention between the four national associations in the UK from 2005 , when the Games were awarded to London , to 2009 . England was strongly in favour of unified UK teams , while Scotland , Wales , and Northern Ireland were opposed , fearing adverse consequences for the independent status of the Home Nations within FIFA . At one stage it was reported that England alone would field teams under the UK banner ( officially `` Great Britain '' ) for the 2012 Games . However , both the men 's and women 's Great Britain teams eventually fielded some players from the other home nations . ( See Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics -- Women 's tournament )
FIFA World Cup
Three players share the record for playing in the most World Cups ; Mexico 's Antonio Carbajal ( 1950 -- 1966 ) and Rafael Márquez ( 2002 -- 2018 ) ; and Germany 's Lothar Matthäus ( 1982 -- 1998 ) all played in five tournaments . Matthäus has played the most World Cup matches overall , with 25 appearances . Brazil 's Djalma Santos ( 1954 -- 1962 ) , West Germany 's Franz Beckenbauer ( 1966 -- 1974 ) and Germany 's Philipp Lahm ( 2006 -- 2014 ) are the only players to be named to three Finals All - Star Teams .
2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids
On 23 December 2008 , Angel Villar restated `` We need to present a strong , consistent and winning bid for the 2018 World Cup . '' He further confessed `` Personally , I think it should be with Portugal . '' Subsequently , in the aftermath of a RFEF meeting board , Spain and Portugal announced their intention to bid together . Spanish sports newspaper Marca advanced some details about the potential bid : Spain would lead a twelve - stadium project with eight of the venues , and the opening and final games would be held in Lisbon and Madrid , respectively . Spain has previously hosted the 1982 World Cup , while Portugal organised the Euro 2004 .
2018 FIFA World Cup
The finals involved 32 teams , of which 31 came through qualifying competitions , while the host nation qualified automatically . Of the 32 teams , 20 had also appeared in the last tournament in 2014 , while both Iceland and Panama made their first appearances at a FIFA World Cup . A total of 64 matches were played in 12 venues across 11 cities . The final took place on 15 July at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow , with France and Croatia competing for the World Cup . France won the match 4 -- 2 to claim their second World Cup title , and this result marked the fourth consecutive title won by a European team , after Italy in 2006 , Spain in 2010 and Germany in 2014 .
List of Arsenal F.C. records and statistics
Jump up ^ For a record of all matches participated in by Arsenal , see the AISA Arsenal History Society 's line - ups database . For corroboration , multiple other sources exist . Jump up ^ Although not organised by UEFA , UEFA took over the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1971 and reformed it into the UEFA Cup ( now UEFA Europa League ) . As the official precursor to the UEFA Europa League , it is included here under UEFA . Jump up ^ The Sheriff of London Charity Shield was replaced by the FA Charity Shield ( now FA Community Shield ) in 1908 . Although it is the official precursor to the FA Community Shield , it is not included here under The Football Association because Arsenal only won the fundraising matches that followed the Sheriff of London Charity Shield 's 1931 revival . Jump up ^ Laurie Scott and George Eastham were called up to England squads ( 1950 , and 1962 and 1966 , respectively ) , but did not play . Jump up ^ George Eastham was retrospectively awarded a medal for being a non-playing member of England 's 1966 World Cup - winning side . Jump up ^ Unusually , Arsenal were forced to play two matches on the same day on 12 December 1896 ; while the first team took on Loughborough in the League , the reserves played Leyton in the FA Cup . The irony is that the reserves won handsomely , 5 -- 0 , whilst the seniors suffered Arsenal 's record league defeat . Additionally , Arsenal lost 0 -- 9 to Chelsea in a wartime London Combination match on 21 April 1916 , but this is not counted as an official first - class match .
Ballon d'Or
Country Players Total Germany 5 7 Netherlands 7 Portugal 7 France 6 Italy 5 5 Brazil 5 England 5 Argentina 5 Soviet Union Spain Czech Republic Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Denmark Hungary Liberia Northern Ireland Scotland Ukraine
Catalonia
The Catalan Football Federation also periodically fields a national team against international opposition , organizing friendly matches . In the recent years they have played with Bulgaria , Argentina , Brazil , Basque Country , Colombia , Nigeria , Cape Verde and Tunisia . The biggest football clubs are FC Barcelona ( also known as Barça ) , who have won five European Cups ( UEFA Champions League ) , and RCD Espanyol , who have twice been runner - up of the UEFA Cup . Both play in La Liga .