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Nacional are an Association Football team in Montevideo. They were formed in 1899 by the amalgamation of Defensor FC and Montevideo FC.
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In Mountaineering, Naismith's Rule is a rule of thumb for calculating the time needed for a climbing expedition, allowing 1 hour for every 3 miles of distance plus 1 hour for every 2000 feet of height.
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Napoleon or Nap is a British trick-taking card game for three or more players which appeared during the 19th century after the Battle of Waterloo, and in which each of which receives five cards each and subsequently bids how many tricks they will take, five tricks being bid is called a 'Napoleon'. The player who bids the highest number of tricks chooses trumps and tries to win at least that many tricks. If a player has bid Napoleon, a subsequent player may bid 'Wellington' which is also to win five tricks, but they bid more money (usually ten units). A player does not have to bid to win any tricks, they may pass instead. If all players pass the cards are returned to the dealer, shuffled and re-dealt. If the bidder wins the number of tricks declared, each other player pays them that number, three if they bid three tricks, four for four and five for Napoleon or ten for Wellington. Alternatively, if the bidder fails to win the declared number of tricks, he pays each other player the same amount as they would have paid him. The game of Napoleon is particularly played in the south-east of England.
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the premier professional basketball league in the USA, and is generally accepted as the leading basketball competition in the world. The NBA was formed in 1949 with the merger of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League.
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The National Football League (NFL) is an American professional football organisation. It was founded at Canton, Ohio in 1919 with teams in twelve Midwestern cities.
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The National Hockey League (NHL) of North America is ice hockey's major professional competition contested between the foremost clubs in the USA and Canada. It was inaugurated at Montreal in 1917.
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The National League is an American professional baseball league which was founded in 1876.
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The National Sporting Club was a private club opened in Covent Garden, London, in 1891 and which did much to promote boxing with gloves in Britain. In 1955 the club moved to the Cafe Royal in Regent Street, London.
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Neath RFC is a Rugby Union football club founded in 1871. Neath play at The Gnoll in an all black strip.
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The Nemean Games were a Greek athletic contest named after the city of Nemea and dating from 516 BC. They were held every two years and the prize was a crown of wild celery or a pine wreath.
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The card game of Nerts is also known as Pounce, Racing Demon, Peanuts or Squeal. It is a competitive patience game for two or more players, using a pack of cards for each player (or team). The players race to get rid of the cards from their 'Nerts piles' (also known as 'Pounce piles', etc. - depending on what you call the game) by building them from the ace up onto common foundations.
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Netball is a particularly fast and highly skilled seven-a-side ball game played mainly by women. It developed from Basketball after the introduction of basketball into England in 1895, and remains a recognisable variation of the game. The aim of the game is to get the ball in the opposing goal hoop as many times as possible throughout a 60 minute match. The netball court is 100 ft long by 50 ft wide, approximately the size of a tennis court. The court is split by two lines that divide the court into thirds. At both ends of the court there is a shooting semicircle and a ten foot goal post with no back board. Each team member has a specific position that is restricted to an area on the court. These restricted areas have an attacking and defending player in them, each from an opposing team. Some of the main rules are: a) Once the player has caught the ball only two steps may be taken. b) A player can only hold the ball for three seconds. c) A defending player must be three feet away from an attacking player with the ball. d) Only two positions on the court can shoot. e) Shots can only be taken from within the semicircle.
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The New York Giants are an American professional baseball team. The name is also that of an American professional football team formed in 1925.
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The New York Jets are an American professional football team. They joined the American Football League in 1960 as the New York Titans. In 1963 the team was bought by Werblin and renamed the Jets.
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The New York Knickerbockers are an American professional basketball team playing in the National Basketball Association at Madison Square Garden.
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The New York Mets (New York Metropolitans) are an American professional baseball team. They joined the National League in 1962 when it expanded to ten teams. In 1962, the New York Mets were the most inept baseball team ever, winning 40 games and losing 120. Their comic standing endeared the team to New Yorkers and from 1964 they regularly received greater crowd attendances than other baseball teams. In 1969 they won the world series, and at the end of August 1973 they came from last place in the division to win 20 of the remaining 28 games to win their division and go on to defeat Cincinnati for the National League title.
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The New York Rangers are an American Ice Hockey club of New York. They were founded in 1926 as a new team in the professional National Hockey League of North America. Home games are played at Madison Square Garden.
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New York SC is an American Ice Skating club. It was formed in 1860 and in 1862 organised the first skating carnival on the frozen Union Pond in Brooklyn.
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New York Titans was the original name of the New York Jets upon their entry into the American Football League in 1960.
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The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team.
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Newaza, or groundwork, consists of moves, feints and counter-moves used in judo in which a competitor seeks to gain a point from either a strangle, armlock or hold-down.
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Newcastle United FC are an English Association Football club. They were formed as Newcastle East End in 1882 by the amalgamation of the clubs Stanley and Rosewood. Newcastle East End amalgamated with Newcastle West End in 1893 on being elected to the Second Division of the Football League and changed its name to Newcastle United.
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A newmarket was a double-breasted waisted coat with a full skirt worn, especially for riding, in the 19th century.
Newmarket is a simple gambling card game also called boodle.
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Newport RFC are a Rugby Union football club. They were formed as a soccer team in 1874 and started playing rugby in 1875. The club plays home matches at Rodney Parade and plays in a black strip patterned with amber coloured hoops.
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A niblick was a former No. 9 iron golf club, giving a great deal of lift.
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Nine Card Don is a card game and distant relative of All Fours which is played in parts of England and Wales. According to Arthur Taylor's 'Guinness Book of Traditional Pub Games' published in 1992 it is also known as Big Don, Long Don, or Welsh Don. The game is normally played in pubs, where there may be more than four people waiting for a game. In this case, a procedure called 'jacks out' is used to decide which four people will play. Those who wish to take part (5 to 7 people - because if there were 8 you would have two complete tables) each place a stake (typically a pound - maybe 5 pounds) on the table, and the cards are dealt out one at a time, face up to the stakes. When a jack appears, the player who contributed that stake is in the game, and no further cards are dealt to that stake. Where the four jacks eventually land, those are the players. All the stakes, including those of the players who were not selected, form a pool that goes to the eventual winners of the game. Partnerships are then determined by cutting cards. In some pubs, people also bet on whom will be partners.
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Nine Men's Morris is an indoor form of quoits, also known as merels. The basic equipment is a flat board marked out with three squares and having 24 holes (called stations) in it. Each player has nine pegs which he aims to get into a row of three whilst trying to prevent the opponents from doing the same by 'taking' them before they formed a row.
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Ninepenny is an Oxfordshire name for Nine Men's Morris.
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Ninety Eight is a fairly simple drinking card game for two players using a standard 52-card deck.
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Ninety-Nine is a card game that was developed in 1968 by David Parlett in response to the need for a skilled but easily learnt plain-trick game for three players. It was first published in 1975 and has since appeared in card- game books in various countries including Germany, Hungary, Japan and Argentina.
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NLK is a light-hearted Hungarian card game which is best for about six players.
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The Nordic Cup (Scandinavian Championship) is an Association Football competition for the national teams of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
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Norrkoping IFK is a Swedish Association Football club. They were founded in 1897 and came to the forefront of Swedish football after winning the championship in 1943.
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Nos is a Dutch domino game for three, four or five players played with a double-six set of twenty- eight dominoes.
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Notts County FC is an Association Football club of Nottingham founded in 1862, making it the oldest league club in the world. The club became professional in 1895 and was one of the 12 original members of the Football League.
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In card games a number card is any card with a pip value between two and ten inclusive.
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