The World Series is the annual championship held every October by Major League Baseball (MLB). It pits the champion of the American League (AL) against the champion of the National League (NL) in a best-of-7 matchup. A little over two months into the new season, the relative strength of the 30 teams is beginning to come into focus and fans' dreams for their teams to reach the World Series are being tainted by the reality of the season. So, in today's Viz of the Day, we've brought you data for a quick look back through history at the big winners, leaders by club value, and even a few highlights of top earners in MLB.
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The 104th Tour de France began July 1 in Düsseldorf, Germany and will end on the famous Champs-Elysees in Paris on July 23 after riders complete 21 stages and 3,540 km. Among the world’s most famous and prestigious cycling events, the Tour de France has been held each July since 1903.* A multi-stage race finishing in France but traversing neighboring countries, the Tour is organized around five stage types: flat, medium and high mountain, individual time, and intermediate sprint.The 2017 Tour includes 22 teams and 198 riders, continuing the trend of larger and larger starting fields in each Tour. In 1903, 60 cyclists competed and 21 finished...
July 23, 2012 "Tour de France" is undoubtedly the most prestigeuos race of the many bike races across the World. Some interesting facts about Tour de France:Its one of the few races that are more than 100 years old.The average speed of the winners have gone up from 21 Km/hr to more than 42 km/hr since the beginning of the race.The numner of participants have increased from 84 in 1912 to 198 in 2011.Almost 20% of the entrants dont make it to the finish.The longest race which was 5745 kms, was held in 1926.Last 10 years the race distance has been 3200-3600 kms. To get access to more detailed data, Click here...
The cricket is the wonderful game, where the competition between the teams goes higher in each and every game. Hence the performances over the years speaks more about it. Here are the world cup statistics from the year 1975-2011. This describes about the teams winning and losing data and the number of matches played in all the world cup tournament.