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Sports Club/LA

The club became popular amongst Hollywood celebrities, and was the inspiration behind the 1985 John Travolta / Jamie Lee Curtis film, Perfect.


9 de Julio de Río Tercero

Club Sportivo 9 de Julio, known as 9 de Julio or 9 de Julio de Río Tercero, is a sports club based in Río Tercero, Córdoba Province (Argentina).

Athletic club

A term for a general sports club, umbrella organization for multiple sports teams, e.g. Athletic Bilbao

Carlos Dittborn

Between 1953 and 1954, he was president of Santiago multi-sports club Universidad Católica, most famous for its football branch.

Club Almirante Brown

Club Almirante Brown (mostly known simply as Almirante Brown) is an Argentine sports club headquartered in the San Justo district of La Matanza Partido, in Greater Buenos Aires.

Club Athletico Paulistano

Club Athletico Paulistano – generally known as just Paulistano – is a sports and social club from the Brazilian metropolis São Paulo located in the quarter of Jardim América, close to the city.

Club Atlético Ferrocarril General San Martín

Club Atlético Ferrocarril General San Martín, or simply San Martín, is an Argentine sports club based in the Sáenz Peña neighborhood, Greater Buenos Aires.

Club Atlético General Lamadrid

Club Atlético General Lamadrid (usually General Lamadrid or simply Lamadrid) is an Argentine sports club located in Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires.

Club Nacional de Regatas El Mbiguá

Club Nacional de Regatas El Mbiguá (most commonly known as "Club Mbiguá") is a multisport club based in Asunción, Paraguay.

Club San Albano

Club San Albano, formally known as Asociación de Ex-Alumnos del Colegio San Albano, is an Argentine sports club from the Burzaco district in Greater Buenos Aires.

Defensores de Belgrano

Club Atlético Defensores de Belgrano (usually known as "Defensores de Belgrano") is an Argentine sports club from Núñez, Buenos Aires.

Defensores de Belgrano de Villa Ramallo

Club Atlético y Social Defensores de Belgrano, mostly known as Defensores de Belgrano de Villa Ramallo is an Argentine sports club located in the Ramallo Partido of Buenos Aires Province.

Deportivo Español

Club Deportivo Español (commonly referred to as either Deportivo Español or simply Español) is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Avellaneda district of Buenos Aires.

Dinamo Yerevan

Dinamo Yerevan is a sports association from Yerevan, Armenia.

HAŠK

HAŠK was founded as a multi-sports club in November 1903 by nine Zagreb students (August Adam, Dragutin Albrecht, Petar Čerlek, Vjekoslav Jurković, Marko Kostrenčić, Krešimir Miskić, Oskar Mohr, Lav Wodwarška and Hinko Würth) who are today seen as pioneers of organized sports at the University of Zagreb.

Mens Sana Basket

The basketball club's parent multi-sports club, Polisportiva Mens Sana, founded in 1871, claims to have been the first sports club in Italy to play and organize basketball; asserting that it did so in 1907, just sixteen years after James Naismith invented the sport, in 1891.

Oscar Schmidt

He is unofficially considered to be the all-time leading scorer in the history of basketball, with 49,737 career points scored (club play, plus national team play combined).

Østerbros Boldklub

Østerbros Boldklub (also known as ØB) was a Danish sports club based in the Østerbro area of Copenhagen, active from 1894 to 1998.

Talleres de Remedios de Escalada

Club Atlético Talleres, usually called Talleres de Remedios de Escalada or simply Talleres, is an Argentine sports club sited in the Remedios de Escalada district of Lanús Partido, Greater Buenos Aires.

Tatlısu Halk Odası S.K.

Tatlısu Halk Odası Spor Kulübü is a Turkish Cypriot sports club based in Tatlısu, Famagusta District.

VfL Engelskirchen

VfL Engelskirchen is a German sports club from Engelskirchen, Cologne established in 1883.


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1807 in sports

Establishment of the Royal Montreal Curling Club, the oldest sports club still active in North America

A.F.C. Leopards

All Footballers' Confederation Leopards Sports Club, officially abbreviated as A.F.C. Leopards and commonly known as simply A.F.C., Leopards or Ingwe (Luhya for "Leopards"), is a professional football club based in Nairobi, Kenya and founded in 1964.

Aida Mohamed

Aida trained for 23 years at the MTK sports club in Budapest, with fencing master Antal Solti.

Ali Abdo

He founded Persepolis Sports Club in 1963, which is made up of a basketball team, bowling team, volleyball team and now a football team, Persepolis F.C..

Ansbach Grizzlies

Initially, this team was part of the multi-sports club SpVgg Ansbach.

Babis Vovos International Construction

It is directed by Babis Vovos, the founder, and his son Aris Vovos, a known sportsman and the president of the Greek sports club Maroussi BC.

Bernd Dießner

After retiring he has worked as a coach in the sports club LAC Erdgas Chemnitz, for André Pollmächer among others.

Botas

Botaş SK, a sports club known for its women's basketball team

Comerica Bank Challenger

It is held annually at the Seascape Sports Club in Aptos, California, USA, since 1988.

Dapper Dan Open

It was sponsored by Dapper Dan Charities, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based charitable organization founded in 1936 as a businessman's sports club by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sports editor Al Abrams.

Don Bosco SC

Don Bosco Sports Club is a Sri Lankan football club located in Negombo.

Doug Reffue

Douglas Paul Reffue (born December 1, 1969 in Gloversville, New York) is the Vice President for Operations for Millenium Partners Sports Club Management LLC, the parent company of Sports Club/LA.

Dynamo Berlin

SC Dynamo Berlin, a multi-sports club in East Berlin from 1954 to 1991

Félix Mayol

Shortly after World War I, he purchased a plot of land in Toulon and donated it to the local sports club, RC Toulonnais, for the building of a stadium.

Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar

Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar (Hafnarfjörður gymnastics club), commonly referred to as FH, is an Icelandic sports club based in Hafnarfjörður.

Geisa Coutinho

She joined the BM&F Bovespa sports club in 2009 and this coincided with a period of revival for Coutinho.

Gene Schoor

He expanded into radio, producing "Champ of the Week," "Sports Club of the Air," and "Hour of Champions," and using radio to promote client-athletes including Joe DiMaggio, Jack Dempsey, Tommy Henrich and Phil Rizzuto.

Gerbrunn

The coat of arms also functions as the logo of local sports club TSV Gerbrunn.

GFB

Genç Fenerbahçeliler, a group for supporters of Turkish sports club Fenerbahçe S.K.

Gülşah Kıyak

She is a member of the Altınayak Youth and Sports Club in Esenler, Istanbul, where she is coached by İrfan Doruk.

György Dungyersky

He played occasionally in his home country and was a member of the HAŠK, the Croatian Academic Sports Club.

Herbert Mayr

Mayr studied sport in Bologna during the mid-1960s, at the end of the 1970s was a professor at the University of Innsbruck and from 1987 until 1994 was the chairman of the sports club SSV Bozen.

IF Ready

Idrettsforeningen Ready is a sports club in Vestre Aker, Oslo, Norway.

IK Junkeren

Idrettsklubben Junkeren ("Junkeren means "The Junker") is a Norwegian sports club from Bodø, Nordland.

Incomáti de Xinavane

Incomáti de Xinavane, or simply Xinavane, is a Mozambique multi sports club from Xinavane especially known for its football.

Kali Gwegwe

He is also reputed to have been the first Nigerian to bring a youth team from Europe (Holmlia Sports Club of Oslo, Norway) to participate in a local football competition in Nigeria.

Korsvollbanen

Korsvollbanen is the home ground of the Norwegian sports club Korsvoll IL.

KS Lublinianka

The club was founded in 1921 under the name WKS Lublin (Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Lublin, English: Military Sports Club) and was supported by the Lublin garrison of the Polish Army.

KSV Klein-Karben

KSV Klein-Karben is a German association football club from Karben, Hesse and is part of a larger sports club founded in 1890.

Libolo

The municipality is home to notable Angolan sports club Recreativo do Libolo.

Marines' Memorial Club

The nonprofit Marines Memorial Association owns the large building in the Union Square neighborhood of San Francisco that houses a hotel, theater, restaurant/bar, sports club, special event facilities, library, museum, memorial, and a military history bookstore.

Merve Terzioğlu

Merve Terzioğlu (24 February 1987 in Istanbul, Turkey-7 April 2008 in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.) was a Turkish female swimmer in the sports club Galatasaray the latest and before that (2002-2006) in Fenerbahçe, both teams in leading positions nationally in Turkey.

Monte Castro

The barrios most important sports club is All Boys which was founded in 1913 in the nearby neighborhood of Floresta, later moving to Monte Castro in 1924.

Monteros

The main sports club is Club Atlético Ñuñorco Football club which plays in Zone A of the regionalised 4th level of Argentine football Torneo Argentino B.

Nordstrand IF

Nordstrand Idrettsforening is a sports club in Nordstrand, Oslo, Norway.

Rafael Aghayev

From 2007 to 2008 he served in the armed forces on the territory of Aghjabadi District of the Republic, then he was transferred to the Central Sports Club of the Ministry of Defense as a promising sportsman.

Regatas Lima

Club de Regatas Lima (CRL) (translation= Lima Regatta Club) is a sports club in Lima, Peru.

Renown Sports Club

Renown Sports Club is a Sri Lankan football club located in Kotahena, Colombo.

Rutesheim

The most well-known sports club from Rutesheim is SKV Rutesheim.

SC Komet Berlin

A number of athletes from the sports club participated in the 1908 Olympic Games held in London, England with runner Arthur Hoffmann coming away with a silver medal as part of Germany's men's medley relay team, the country's best result in athletics at these games.

Seaborne Davies

After retirement in 1971, Davies moved to Caernarfon where he indulged his interest in Rugby union (he had been Life President of Liverpool University Rugby Football Club and Vice President of London Welsh RFC, and became President of Pwllheli Sports Club for ten years.

Spelthorne

Spelthorne has three football clubs: Ashford Town (Middlesex) F.C, who are based at the Robert Parker Stadium in Short Lane, Stanwell; Spelthorne Sports F.C. who play at Spelthorne Sports Club, Ashford and Staines Town F.C. who play at Wheatsheaf Park.

Sri Lanka Army Sports Club

Sri Lankan national cricket team member, Ajantha Mendis played for the Sri Lanka Army Sports Club while he was enlisted in the army.

Stjarnan

Stjarnan F.C. is an Icelandic sports club specialising in football, located in Garðabær, which currently plays for the season 2013 in the Úrvalsdeild.

Tadamon

Tadamon Zouk, Lebanese sports club based in Zouk, Keserwan District

Ulrich Reich

In domestic competitions, he represented the sports club TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Ulster Schools' Cup

Before that, finals were played at the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society grounds at Balmoral, the Ulster Sports Club grounds at Cross Parade in Belfast, and one final was even played at the Linfield Football Club ground at Windsor Park.

Village hall

Such a hall is typically used for a variety of public and private events, such as parish council meetings, sports club functions, local drama productions, dances, jumble sales and private parties.

Waseem Ahmad

As always, Waseem Ahmad has been invited to play Hong Kong Premier Hockey League 2013 for Punjab Sports Club together with Sohail Abbas, Mudassar Ali Khan and Gabbar.