Sport
- Albert Azaryan, gymnast, Olympic champion, 1st person to do the Iron Cross, Crucifix, or Azarian Cross
- Arsen Galstyan, judoka, Olympic champion
- Garry Kasparov (Kasparyan), chess player World champion
- Tigran Petrosian, chess player World champion
- Nikita Simonian, footballer, VP of Russian Football Union
- Yurik Vardanian, weightlifter, Olympic champion, several world records
- Vladimir Yengibaryan, boxer, Olympic champion
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Famous quotes containing the word sport:
“How long, then, Catiline, while you abuse our patience? How long is this madness of yours to make sport of us?”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
““Justice” was done, and the President of the Immortals, in Æschylean phrase, had ended his sport with Tess. And the d’Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing. The two speechless gazers bent themselves down to the earth, as if in prayer, and remained thus a long time, absolutely motionless: the flag continued to wave silently. As soon as they had strength they arose, joined hands again, and went on.
The End”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
“Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting.
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—George Orwell (1903–1950)