The Centre Pompidou (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃tʁ pɔ̃pidu]), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil, and the Marais.It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture by the …

Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima (born 4 July 1969) is a Brazilian retired long-distance runner.He was born in Cruzeiro do Oeste, Paraná.While leading the marathon after 35 km at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was attacked on the course by Irish former priest Cornelius "Neil" Horan.Following the incident, de Lima fell from first to third place, eventually winning the bronze medal.

History Beginning. Modern Olympics founder Pierre de Coubertin conceived the Pan African Games as early as 1920. The colonial powers who ruled Africa at the time were wary of the idea, suspecting the unifying aspect of sport among African people would cause them to assert their independence.. Attempts were made to host the games in Algiers, Algeria in 1925 and …

Pierre de Coubertin a fait la rencontre du père Henri Didon à l’occasion de l’organisation conjointe de jeux sportifs entre des adolescents de l’école publique et de l’école religieuse et c’est lors de cet évènement que le discours a été prononcé [6]. Les deux hommes deviennent très amis, le père dominicain devenant ...