The largest cheer was for the host team Canada, with Clara Hughes, defending 5000m speed skating champion waving the flag and clad all in red.
Sahara made bids for Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Pune, before deciding to host its team in the latter.
The Cubs host the team with baseball's worst record, the Washington Nationals, and it is happy times at Wrigley.
But should a fifth region return it is unlikely to be in the south Wales valleys, north Wales favourites to host a team intended as a development side.
United's 1-0 win at Sunderland ensured the crown will be won on the final day of the season on Sunday when his team host Stoke and Wigan visit Chelsea.
Jurgen Klopp's team will next host Real Madrid on Wednesday, when Jose Mourinho's team will seek to improve on a dismal record of just one victory in 24 visits to Germany in European competitions.
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He added that he had confidence in Tunisia's ability to host the 16-team event.
He did, however, reserve his criticism for the host nation's team, saying he was disappointed with the recent performances of the Bafana Bafana.
"I knew when they got Tebow that Mike was just licking his chops, " said Jensen, whose old team will host the Jets on Sunday.
That day in 1998 when a fallen beam at Yankee Stadium forced the team to host one game eight miles away at the Mets' Shea Stadium?
He's 19-1 playing singles this season, 5-0 in the Ivy League for the Lions, who are currently 16-4 as a team and host Princeton Friday afternoon as they chase a league title and an NCAA tournament bid.
His naturalisation will be a big boost for the Tunisian national team, who host the tournament which starts on 24 January.
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The British Olympic Association confirmed the sport can have the maximum nine host nation qualification places for team and duet competitions.
Earlier, Team GB's women's team gave the host nation a rousing start to the festivities with a 1-0 victory over New Zealand.
Arguably the biggest crowd-pleaser in world sport, Usain Bolt had good reason to thank Birmingham for being the host city for the Jamaican team's training camp during the build-up to the London Olympics.
In the case of Major League Baseball, as Michael Lewis showed in "Moneyball, " the Oakland A's won for a time with their number-crunching strategy, but the team faced a host of imitators after a few seasons.
Lee and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake have agreed that the winning mayor would host the mayor from the opposing team for a day of volunteer service with AmeriCorps members.
Watching the NCAA basketball tournament last March, perhaps you noticed that the floor at each game site was stripped of any preexisting reference to the host school, city or NBA team.
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Cedar Court Hotel in Harrogate is one of six across hotels Yorkshire which will be a host base for the Tour De France team.
Her team of ten will even host your sale.
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One, to clarify, you said -- this is a different track than Mara took -- you said that some big new stimulus plan is not in the offing, but the economic team is looking at a host of issues.
In other women's football matches, Team Great Britain gave the host nation a rousing start to the festivities with a 1-0 victory over New Zealand in front of 25, 000 fans -- the biggest attendance for a women's international match in Britain.
Paul Hart has been placed in charge of first-team affairs at Pompey, who host Manchester City on Saturday.
There will be 12 grounds used at the 32-team World Cup, which will host 64 matches -- four times that of the eight-nation Confederations Cup.
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Finally, Motherwell host Falkirk, with Mark McGhee's team enjoying a fine run of form, while the Bairns haven't won a league game since 15 November - against today's opponents.
One factor that teams take into consideration when deciding to bid to become an NBA All-Star Game host city, is commemorative events surrounding the team taking place in a given year.
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"First of all, I wouldn't want him on my team, " Hardaway told a radio host in 2007.
During the Olympic Games, the U.S. Embassy in London will establish an Olympic Coordination Office, tasked with providing intelligence and timely coordination with the host country and the U.S. Olympic Team.
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Goals in either half from striker Mario Gomez and Dutch winger Arjen Robben sealed a satisfying result for the Bundesliga's second-placed team, whose Allianz Arena stadium will host the May 19 final.
It is one of a number of premises to host the clinics and Mr O'Doherty and his team often leaflet clubbers and hand out safe sex packs.
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