futebol de salão
As the first capital of Brazil, from 1549 to 1763, Salvador de Bahia witnessed the blending of European, African and Amerindian cultures. It was also, from 1558, the first slave market in the New World, with slaves arriving to work on the sugar plantations.
Juan de Cavallon of Spain leads the first successful colonizers into Costa Rica. Columbus discovered and named the area in 1502, but disease and resistance from the local population delayed permanent colonial establishment until 1561. Coffee is introduced from Cuba and becomes Costa Rica's main crop.
The 2005 London Marathon: running races, in their various specialties, represent the oldest and most traditional form of sport.
Sport pertains 💶 to any form of physical activity or game,[1] often competitive and organized, that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical 💶 ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators.
[2] Sports can, through casual or 💶 organized participation, improve participants' physical health.
Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of 💶 simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals.
In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or 💶 consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a match) is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other.