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Unlike the other sports, the batter and pitcher are on the same team. Oină – a Romanian traditional sport, similar in many ways to Baseball and Lapta played outdoors by two teams of 11 players, taking turns either batting or catching. Nine-Ball — a version of Pocket Billiards played with nine balls, numbered 1 through 9. Most professional tournaments are conducted for the nine-ball format of pool.

As of September 30, 2020 there were 27 countries that had localized school closures. In the United States, an estimated 55.1 million students were forced to cease in-person instruction as of April 10, 2020. A switch to a virtual learning experience is particularly challenging for families that cannot afford the proper technology, such as laptops, printers, or a reliable Internet connection.

That led to some abrupt rule changes that left many athletes with no ability to adjust. The nine-time Olympic medalist Allyson Felix made her fifth, and final, Olympics team. Plus Trayvon Bromell, Ronnie Baker, and Fred Kerley will represent the U.S. in the 100-meter sprint. West Indies failed to take full advantage of the second new ball at the start of the day.

Machine vision technology has been developed to track how fashions spread through society. The industry can now see the direct correlation on how fashion shows influence street-chic outfits. Effects such as these can now be quantified and provide valuable feedback to fashion houses, designers, and consumers regarding trends. Concern and protest over U.S involvement in the failing Vietnam War also influenced fashion . Camouflage patterns in military clothing, developed to help military personnel be less visible to enemy forces, seeped into streetwear designs in the 1960s. Camouflage trends have disappeared and resurfaced several times since then, appearing in high fashion iterations in the 1990s.

What a person chooses to wear can reflect his or her personality or interests. When people who have high cultural status start to wear new or different styles, they may inspire a new fashion trend. People who like or respect these people are influenced by their style and begin wearing similarly styled clothes. The four major current fashion capitals are acknowledged to be Paris, Milan, New York City, and London, which are all headquarters to the most significant fashion companies and are renowned for their major influence on global fashion. Fashion weeks are held in these cities, where designers exhibit their new clothing collections to audiences.

Bridge — a card game which is played by four players, playing in two competing partnerships. Bossaball — played on an inflatable court with trampolines on each side of the net. Boli Khela — a form of wrestling which is practiced in Bangladesh and India.

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For example, in the 21st century, many countries treat education as a positional good. In this competitive approach, people want their own students to get a better education than other students. This approach can lead to unfair treatment of some students, especially those from disadvantaged or marginalized groups. Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations. The terms "educational psychology" and "school psychology" are often used interchangeably. Educational psychology is concerned with the processes of educational attainment in the general population and in sub-populations such as gifted children and those with specific disabilities.

Since the turn of the 21st century, there has been increasing debate about whether transgender sports persons should be able to participate in sport events that conform with their post-transition gender identity. Monuments to the Pharaohs indicate that a number of sports, including swimming and fishing, were well-developed and regulated several thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt. Other Egyptian sports included javelin throwing, high jump, and wrestling. Ancient Persian sports such as the traditional Iranian martial art of Zoorkhaneh had a close connection to warfare skills. Among other sports that originated in ancient Persia are polo and jousting. In competitive events, participants are graded or classified based on their "result" and often divided into groups of comparable performance, (e.g. gender, weight and age).

Goalball — a Paralympic sport for blind athletes using a ball with bells. Glima — a belt wrestling style from Scandinavia, based on a popular sport of the Vikings from over 1200 years ago. Gilli-Danda — a South Asian game played with two sticks; the long stick is used to strike the shorter one in the air. Frontenis — a sport using rackets and a rubber ball on a ‘pelota court’. Flight Archery — a form of archery in which the aim is to shoot the arrow as far as possible.