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___MASK96___ , officially known as the Syrian Arab Republic (""), is a country in Western Asia , bordering ___MASK63___ and the Mediterranean Sea to the west , Turkey to the north , Iraq to the east , Jordan to the south , and Israel to the southwest . ___MASK96___ ' s capital and largest city is Damascus . Basketball is a sport that is played by two teams ___MASK13___ five players on a rectangular court . The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop in diameter and mounted at a height ___MASK13___ to backboards at each end ___MASK13___ the court . The game was invented in 1891 by Dr . James Naismith , who would be the first basketball coach ___MASK13___ the Kansas Jayhawks , one ___MASK13___ the most successful programs in the game ' s history . A team sport includes any sport which involves two or more players working together towards a shared objective . A team sport is an activity in which individuals are organized into opposing teams which compete to win . Examples are basketball , volleyball , water polo , handball , lacrosse , cricket , baseball , and the various forms ___MASK13___ football and hockey . ___MASK39___ , officially the Republic ___MASK13___ ___MASK39___ ( Turkish : ), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia , mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia , with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe . ___MASK39___ is a democratic , secular , unitary , parliamentary republic with a diverse cultural heritage . ___MASK39___ is bordered by eight countries : Greece to the west ; Bulgaria to the northwest ; Georgia to the northeast ; Armenia , the Azerbaijani exclave ___MASK13___ Nakhchivan and Iran to the east ; and Iraq and Syria to the south . The Aegean Sea is to the west , the Black Sea to the north , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . The Bosphorus , the Sea ___MASK13___ Marmara , and the Dardanelles , which together form the Turkish Straits , divide Thrace and Anatolia ; they also separate Europe and Asia . ___MASK39___ ' s location has given it geopolitical and strategic importance throughout history . ___MASK100___ (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . ___MASK100___ ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as ___MASK13___ 2015 . Athens is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . The Lefkotheo arena was the first major indoor sports hall to be constructed in ___MASK53___ . Its construction was finished in 1980 , and it is located next to the Makario Stadium with which it shares a common car park . It caters for basketball , volleyball and handball matches but can also be converted to host badminton , gymnastics and boxing matches . It has a crowd capacity ___MASK13___ 2 , 100 seated spectators . The arena played host to many events during the 1989 Games ___MASK13___ the Small States ___MASK13___ Europe . Now the arena is used only by the basketball and volleyball departments ___MASK13___ APOEL . The Pancyprian Gymnastic Association ___MASK46___ ( GSP ___MASK46___ ) is a football ___MASK46___ in ___MASK78___ , Cyprus . Although small by international standards , it is the largest ___MASK46___ in Cyprus , with a capacity of 22 , 859 and was opened in 1999 . It serves as the home ___MASK46___ for the two ___MASK78___ ' s biggest clubs APOEL and Omonia . It is also the home ___MASK46___ of the Cyprus national football team . A ___MASK46___ under the same name , the old GSP ___MASK46___ , existed from 1902 until 1999 in the centre of ___MASK78___ and had a capacity of 12 , 000 . Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams ___MASK13___ six players are separated by a net . Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team ' s court under organized rules . It has been a part ___MASK13___ the official program ___MASK13___ the Summer Olympic Games since 1964 . ___MASK71___ (; ', , " Kimi "), officially the Arab Republic ___MASK13___ ___MASK71___ , is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner ___MASK13___ Africa and southwest corner ___MASK13___ Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula . ___MASK71___ is a Mediterranean country bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast , the Gulf ___MASK13___ Aqaba to the east , the Red Sea to the east and south , Sudan to the south , and Libya to the west . Across the Gulf ___MASK13___ Aqaba lies Jordan , and across from the Sinai Peninsula lies Saudi Arabia , although Jordan and Saudi Arabia do not share a land border with ___MASK71___ . It is the world ' s only contiguous Afrasian nation . Makario ___MASK46___ , is an all - seater multi - purpose ___MASK46___ in ___MASK78___ , Cyprus . It was the largest and main sports venue of the capital up to the construction of the GSP ___MASK46___ in 1999 . At present it is mostly used for football matches and is the home ground of Digenis Morphou and Ethnikos Assia . The ___MASK46___ holds 16 , 000 seated spectators . The playing field is surrounded by a running track and can be adapted to hold most track and field events . Apart from corporate boxes and the press centre , there are no coverings for spectators . ___MASK78___ ( is the largest city on the island of Cyprus . It is located near the centre of the Mesaoria plain , on the banks of the River Pedieos . James Naismith ( November 6 , 1861  November 28 , 1939 ) was a Canadian - American physical educator , physician , chaplain , sports coach and innovator . He invented the game ___MASK13___ basketball at age 30 in 1891 . He wrote the original basketball rule book and founded the University ___MASK13___ Kansas basketball program . Naismith lived to see basketball adopted as an Olympic demonstration sport in 1904 and as an official event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , as well as the birth ___MASK13___ the National Invitation Tournament ( 1938 ) and the NCAA Tournament ( 1939 ). The Eastern Mediterranean denotes the countries geographically to the ___MASK51___ ___MASK13___ the Mediterranean Sea ( Levantine Seabasin ). This is commonly interpreted in two ways : ___MASK63___ , officially known as the Lebanese Republic , is a sovereign state in Western Asia . It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south , while Cyprus is west across the Mediterranean Sea . ___MASK63___ ' s location at the crossroads ___MASK13___ the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland facilitated its rich history and shaped a cultural identity ___MASK13___ religious and ethnic diversity . At just 10 , 452 km ( 4 , 036 sq . mi .), it is the smallest recognized country on the entire mainland Asian continent . ___MASK53___ , officially the Republic ___MASK13___ ___MASK53___ , is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean . It is located south ___MASK13___ Turkey , west ___MASK13___ Syria and Lebanon , northwest ___MASK13___ Israel and Palestine , north ___MASK13___ Egypt , and southeast ___MASK13___ Greece . Multi - purpose stadiums are a type ___MASK13___ stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types ___MASK13___ events . While any stadium could potentially host more than one type ___MASK13___ sport or event , this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multifunctionality over specificity . It is used most commonly in Canada and the United States , where the two most popular outdoor team sports  football and baseball  require radically different facilities . Football uses a rectangular field ( Canadian football fields are larger than American ones ), while baseball is played on a diamond and large outfield . This requires a particular design to accommodate both , usually an oval . While building stadiums in this way means that sports teams and governments can share costs , it also imposes some challenges . The ___MASK30___ Jayhawks , commonly referred to as KU , are the teams ___MASK13___ the athletic department at the University ___MASK13___ ___MASK30___ . KU is one ___MASK13___ three schools in the state ___MASK13___ ___MASK30___ that participate in NCAA Division I . The Jayhawks are also a member ___MASK13___ the Big 12 Conference . University ___MASK13___ ___MASK30___ athletic teams have won eleven NCAA Division I championships : three in men ' s basketball , one in men ' s cross country , three in men ' s indoor track and field , three in men ' s outdoor track and field , and one in women ' s outdoor track and field . The Summer Olympic Games or the Games ___MASK13___ the Olympiad , first held in 1896 , is an international multi - sport event that is hosted by a different city every four years . The most recent Olympics were held in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . The International Olympic Committee organizes the games and oversees the host city ' s preparations . In each Olympic event , gold medals are awarded for first place , silver medals are awarded for second place , and bronze medals are awarded for third ; this tradition began in 1904 . The Winter Olympic Games were created due to the success ___MASK13___ the Summer Olympics . ___MASK26___ , officially known as the State ___MASK13___ ___MASK26___ , is a country in the Middle East , on the southeastern shore ___MASK13___ the Mediterranean Sea and the ___MASK92___ shore ___MASK13___ the Red Sea . It has land borders with Lebanon to the north , Syria to the northeast , Jordan on the east , the Palestinian territories ___MASK13___ the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west , respectively , and Egypt to the southwest . The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area . ___MASK26___ ' s financial and technology center is Tel Aviv , while its seat ___MASK13___ government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem , although the state ' s sovereignty over the city ___MASK13___ Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized .