SPORT magazine

April 17-2016

Christian Daniel Lopez Serrano

No 0263082014

Track and field is a sport which includes athletic contests established on the

skills of running, jumping, and throwing. The name is derived from the

sport's typical venue: a stadium with an oval running track enclosing a grass

field where the throwing and jumping events take place. It is one of the oldest

sports. In ancient times, it was an event held in conjunction with festivals and

sports meets such as the Ancient Olympic Games in Greece.

The running events, which include sprints, middle and long-distance

events, race walking and hurdling, are won by the athlete with the fastest

time. The jumping and throwing events are won by the athlete who achieves

the greatest distance or height. Regular jumping events include long

jump, triple jump, high jump and pole vault, while the most common throw-

ing events are shot put, weight, javelin, discus and hammer distance, and long

distance events.

A Fronton is a two-walled or single-walled court used as a playing area

for Basque pelota.

A fronton is made up of a rectangular floor and three vertical walls,

named frontis; the front wall is the main one, where the hits are directed

according to the rules. That wall has a line at a determined height

named Bajo Chapa (Lower Zone). Perpendicular to the front wall is at-

tached another longer wall, with marks for the distance to the main wall.

The number of marks depends on the type of fronton used. Perpendicu-

lar to the side wall is the back wall. The height of the three walls must be

the same for professional courts. Often, in common rural open-air courts,

the place where the back wall should be is delimited by a line on the

floor. A free wall sideline is delimited to make watching the game easier

for an audience or other players. In every kind of fronton, the sidelines

are 4.5 m apart.

Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit

a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams,

the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per

side) and "doubles" (with two players per side). Badminton is often

played as a casual outdoor activity in a yard or on a beach; formal games

are played on a rectangular indoor court. Points are scored by striking

the shuttlecock with the racquet and landing it within the opposing side's

half of the court.

Each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the

net. Play ends once the shuttlecock has struck the floor or if a fault has

been called by the umpire, service judge, or (in their absence) the oppos-

ing side.

(born 28 January 1986) is an Eng-

lish track and field athlete, specializ-

ing in multi-eventing disciplines and

100 metres hurdles. A member of

the City of Sheffield & Dearne athletic

club, she is the current Olym-

pic and world heptathlon champion.

She is also the former European hep-

tathlon champion and the former

world indoor pentathlon champion.

She is the current British national re-

cordholder for the heptathlon. She is

a former British record holder in the

100 metres hurdles, the high jump

and the indoor pentathlon.

Wardell Stephen "Steph" Curry II (born

March 14, 1988) is an American profes-

sional basketball player for the Golden State

Warriors of the National Basketball Associa-

tion (NBA).

Many basketball players have called him the

greatest shooter in NBA history.

In 2015, Curry won the NBA Most Valuable

Player Award and led the Warriors to their

first championship since 1975. In 2016, he

led his team to the most wins in an NBA sea-

son.

Curry is the son of former NBA

player Dell and older brother of current NBA

player Seth. He played college basket-

ball for Davidson.

There, he was twice named Southern Con-

ference Player of the Year and set the all-

time scoring record for both Davidson and

the Southern Conference. During his sopho-

more year, he also set the single-

season NCAA record for three-pointers

made.

Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30,

1985)is an American competi-

tion swimmer and the most decorated

Olympian of all time, with a total of 22

medals in three Olympiads.

Phelps also holds the all-time records for

Olympic gold medals (18, double the sec-

ond highest record holders), Olympic gold

medals in individual events (11),

and Olympic medals in individual events

for a male (13).

In winning eight gold medals at the 2008

Beijing Games, Phelps took the record

away from fellow swimmer Mark

Spitz (7) for the most first-place finishes

at any single Olympic Games.

Five of those victories were in individual

events, tying the single Games record. In

the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,

Phelps won four golds and two silver

medals, making him the most success-

ful athlete of the Games for the third

Olympics in a row.

La Selecta is the Nickname of the El Salvador’s National Football Team.

El Salvador has made two FIFA World Cup appearances: first in 1970 and again

in 1982, but have never progressed beyond the first stage of a finals tournament.

They were the 1943 CCCF champions, and finished in second-place in

the 1941 and 1961 championships.

They have competed in the CONCACAF regional tournaments fourteen times, fin-

ishing as runners-up in 1963 and 1981.

La Selecta also competes in the biennial UNCAF Nations Cup, the Pan American

Games, the Olympics, and have achieved two gold medals in the Central Ameri-

can and Caribbean Games.

The national team had accusations of several players purposely losing matches

on purpose in exchange for monetary rewards. Some of these allegations in-

volved games against Venezuela, Mexico, USA, and Costa Rica. After an investiga-

tion, 14 players were handed immediate lifetime bans from football on Septem-

ber 20, 2013. Those players were Luis Anaya, Osael Romero, Ramón

Sánchez, Christian Castillo, Miguel Granadino, Miguel Montes, Dagoberto

Portillo, Dennis Alas, Darwin Bonilla, Ramón Flores, Alfredo Pacheco, José Mardo-

queo Henróquez, Marvin González, and Reynaldo Hernández. Carlos Monteagudo

received a ban of 18 months. Eliseo Quintanilla and Victor Turcíos received 6

month bans. Alexander Escobar, Christian Sánchez, and U-20 goalkeeper Yimmy

Cuellar received a ban of 30 days. Other players were forced to go through the

investigation for 20 more days. After the 20 day investigation, Rodrigo Martinez

was sentenced to a ban of 5 years, Rodolfo Zelaya to a ban of one year, and Benji

Villalobos to a ban of 6 months.

My point of view on Selecta

I think the Salvadorian football player is a very skillful and has a great potential to

be an excellent football player , however it lacks the discipline and abilities that a

professional athlete should have.

We can see that the physical condition is poor , because “La Selecta” usually plays

a very slow football compared to other teams such as Costa Rica and Mexico.

Also the local teams are not competitive enough to produce excellent football

players that can be in the Selecta , most of the local football clubs have older and

really bad foreigner players , so there is small opportunities for the talented young

Salvadorian players

Also the people responsible of developing the football should care more about

looking new talents and also inspire the fans with affordable football ticket

matches and more friendly games against competitive teams in the continent

Football is about passion and the love of the game , but the board of directors at

the Fesfut seems that they only care bout how much profit they can get using the

Selecta .

The fans are very smart and they like to see good football , that’s is why we can

see many supporters of foreign football clubs such as Barcelona and Real Madrid .

We need to have an identity of football and this starts on each community , and

that is why is so important to keep developing the football into the communities

and inspire a new generation that can bring back a good Selecta such as the ones

in the 70s , 80s and 90s

Salvadorians have a great passion about sports , the most popular is football .

However now we can see that many people is interested in new sports that not

long time ago were not so famous in the country , sports such as rugby , Ameri-

can football and skating are some of the examples

I believe the future of sports of El Salvador is very promising , but is very impor-

tant that the authorities encourage and give resources to the future genera-

tions , and also keep a safe environment in the communities

Another important part of develop sports is with education.

The schools need to give more interest into their physical education programs , be-

cause , kids can learn about how to be competitive , learn to win or lose , disci-

pline , team work and many more abilities that with help them in the future

In order to keep a bright fu-

ture in sports , then we need

to give more resources to the

different competitions that

can help to find new talent ,

for example the CODICADER

and the competitions between

school teams

The government need to pro-

mote and give financial re-

sources into the sports , spe-

cially in schools