Table tennis is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of two, players take alternating turns returning a light, hollow ball over the table's net onto the opposing half of the court using small rackets until they fail to do so, which results in a point for the opponent. Play is fast, requiring quick reaction and constant attention, and is characterized by an emphasis on spin relative to other ball sports, which can heavily affect the ball's trajectory.
2023 (MMXXIII) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2023rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 23rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2020s decade.
Go is an abstract strategy board game for two players in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in China more than 4,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game continuously played to the present day. A 2016 survey by the International Go Federation's 75 member nations found that there are over 46 million people worldwide who know how to play Go, and over 20 million current players, the majority of whom live in East Asia.
The Andorra men's national football team represents Andorra in association football and is controlled by the Andorran Football Federation, the governing body for football in Andorra. The team has enjoyed very little success due to the Principality's tiny population, the fifth smallest of any UEFA country.
The China national football team represents the People's Republic of China in international association football and is governed by the Chinese Football Association.
The Uzbekistan national football team represents Uzbekistan in international football and is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uzbekistan.
The Thailand national football team represents Thailand in senior international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Thailand.
The Vietnam national football team represents Vietnam in men's international football competitions and is controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation, the governing body of football in Vietnam. It has been nicknamed Golden Star Warriors.
The Myanmar national football team represents Myanmar in men's international association football and are governed by the Myanmar Football Federation.
David Chiu is a Chinese American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won five World Series of Poker bracelets. He is also the winner of the 2008 World Poker Tour's WPT World Championship, and the first winner of the Tournament of Champions of Poker.
The 1902 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma as an independent during the 1902 college football season. In their first year under head coach Mark McMahon, the Sooners compiled a 6–3 record, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 175 to 60.
Yogeshwar Dutt is an Indian freestyle wrestler. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the 60 kg category. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013. He won gold medals at the 2010 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He is one of only 5 male wrestlers in India to win an Olympic medal.
Akane Yamaguchi is a Japanese badminton player. She was a two-time world champion who won gold medals in the women's singles at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships. She was a member of the winning Japanese team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and won the World Junior Championships in 2013 and 2014, the Asian Junior Championships in 2014, and the Asian Championships in 2019.
Chen Meng is a Chinese professional table tennis player. She joined the provincial team when she was 9 and joined the national team when she was only 13 in 2007. She is the women's singles champion of the ITTF Women's World Cup in 2020, the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 and also at the inaugural WTT Singapore Smash. She is also the silver medalist of women's singles in the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships and a double gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Rankings for the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) are used to determine placement in overall standings and also to determine seedings at WFTDA Playoffs. Achieving high rankings is also a goal for teams aiming to increase their stature in the organization. Each year at the end of June, teams are seeded into Division 1 and Division 2 playoff tournaments. Historically, the top 40 teams in the WFTDA as of June 30 were eligible for Division 1 tournaments that season, and the teams ranked 41–60 were eligible for Division 2 tournaments. For 2017, the Division 1 cutoff was reduced to the top 36 teams, with the next 16 teams qualifying for Division 2 Playoffs. The 2017 WFTDA Championships winner, Victorian Roller Derby League from Melbourne, Australia, became the first non-American team to achieve the top rankings slot in WFTDA history.
The 1924 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1924 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Joe Maddock, the Webfoots compiled a 4–2–3 record, finished in sixth place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 94 to 60. The team played its home games at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
Chen Yufei is a Chinese badminton player. She is the reigning Olympic champion. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles titles at the 2016 Asian and the World Junior Championships. At the same year, Chen clinched her first senior title at the Macau Open. She won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships and was awarded as the Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year in 2017. On 17 December 2019, she reached a career-high BWF World Ranking as world number 1, and finished the year as the year-end no.1. Other achievements include winning the World Tour Finals in 2019 and silver medals at the 2022 World Championships and Asian Games.
Lee Zii Jia is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalist at the 2019 SEA Games and won his first BWF Super 1000 title at the 2021 All England Open. Lee is the 2022 men's singles Asian champion, winning the title at the 2022 Badminton Asia Championships.
Rodtang Jitmuangnon is a Thai Muay Thai fighter. He currently competes in ONE Championship and is the reigning ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion. Jitmuangnon is also a former Omnoi Stadium 130 lb Champion and MAX Muay Thai 125 lb Champion.
Francis Xavier "Biff" Poggi is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Poggi coached for over twenty years at the Gilman School (1996–2015) and Saint Frances Academy (2017–2020) in Baltimore, and also three seasons as an off-field analyst for the Michigan Wolverines under head coach Jim Harbaugh. Poggi's initial contract included a base salary of $500,000 with an additional $500,000 coming from the athletic foundation with additional performance incentives. Poggi announced he would return $500,000 to the program in order to enhance the salaries of his assistants.
