The sporting world is a strange place.
Evidence #1:
Sevilla, a modestly successful Spanish soccer team
with ONE La Liga title under its belt, has won the UEFA Europa League (formerly
the UEFA Cup) SIX times (all in the last 15 years), which is one more than the La Liga's big three, namely Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have won COMBINED (FIVE).
Evidence #2:
Nick Heidfeld, the retired Formula One driver who is
known for having never won any Formula One races in a 12-year career, had
maintained his perfect winless record in his four-year Formula E career. In
fact, the closest he came to a victory in Formula E was in its and his first-ever race,
when he made a kamikaze late lunge in the final corner in Beijing in 2014, with
disastrous consequences.
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Evidence #33:
On the very first day of the 33rd week this year (i.e., August 9), South African rookie Brad Binder shocked
the MotoGP world by winning the Czech MotoGP race on a KTM. Earlier, Italian
rider Enea Bastianini won the Moto2 race, his second in a row. Later that day,
Dutch driver Max Verstappen came home first in the 70th Anniversary Formula One Grand Prix in
Silverstone.
They all had race number 33.
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Evidence #42:
Part 1:
Jackie Robinson Day is held on April 15 each year. To commemorate Hall of Famer Robinson who broke the colour barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947, all MLB players don a nameless #42 jersey on that day in his honour, while his #42 jersey has also been retired by MLB.
This year, however, due to the coronavirus outbreak, the MLB season has been delayed, and the on-field celebrations have been postponed to August 28.
Part 2:
Chadwick Boseman, the Hollywood actor famous for his role as Black Panther in the Avengers series, as well as playing Robinson in the movie 42, died recently.
He passed away on August 28.
