Tokyo Olympics

True or false: The Houston Oilers became the first football team to play on artificial turf 

How Vonetta Flowers did make history at the 2002 Winter Olympics? 

Lewis got halfway there on Aug. 6, 1984, by winning gold in the men’s long jump event. 

Can you name all 5 events in the Modern Olympic Pentathon? 

True or false: Each colour of the Olympic rings represents a particular continent 

True or false: 40 cars race in the Indianapolis 500 

Major League Baseball suspended New York Yankees All-Star infielder Alex Rodriguez for 211 games on Aug. 5, 2013, citing his “use and possession of numerous forms of prohibited, performance-enhancing substances” over many years as the reason. 

The more than 67,000 fans who attended the game were also treated to pop concerts, parachutists and fireworks at the event. 

All grand slams were recorded in the final four innings of the game, bringing the Yankees from a six-run deficit to a lead the A’s couldn’t overcome. 

While NFL highlights were shown on television in Great Britain starting in 1982, the game was the first chance fans of the league had to see the sport played on British soil.  

Time Inc. publisher Henry Luce created Sports Illustrated (SI) to be the first weekly printed national magazine focused on live sporting events, with the first issue hitting newsstands on Aug. 16, 1954. 

True or false: Gabrielle Reece was the first female athlete to design a shoe for Nike