muslim basketball player in 1800 century?
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Only Christians can ball.
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Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets\n\n\nBut Watch for Sun Ming-Ming, he's 7-8 and will come to the league in 08...
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i use to play some basketball but i dunno how far it is!!!i read it before in the book of basketball rules and i forgot....damn it
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hey, i am from saudi arabia (jeddah), and i think that he is playing tomorrow against spain, i hope Mohammad Al-Shalhoub also plays, he didn't play the last game because his mother died (may God have mercy on her). so yeah, i think yaser is playing tomorrow against spain.
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The ball dropped for the first time in 1907.  The current ball was built and dropped for the first time in 2000 for the millenium celebration.
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http://www.theottomans.org/english/family/selim1.asp   All the Ottoman emperors were muslim look at him
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Read about the history of the game here:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball#Early_basketball
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I think Zinedine Zidane is a Muslim.\nAli Karimi and Ali Daei also.\nand I see that you are a muslim too!\nnice to meet you.
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Now the Polaks are talking.  Where were you when you had a Nigerian player play for you in 2002 world cup. If a player moves to a country at a very young age, learns his football there, and adopts the country as his own it is well within his right to play there. Murat and Hakan Yakin of Switzerland are Turkish. Mithat the point guard for Germany basketball team is Turkish. Alex is Brazilian plays for Japan. Hell Zidane is Algerian. Lets be objective.  It is a global world.
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Since Abraham fathered two sons, half brothers, that went different ways and founded the two nations. More than 2 thousand, closer to 2,500 years ago
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He is captain of egypt,former player for Ismaili & a Beskitas player now.\n:)
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The inventor of basketball is Dr. James Naismith. He invented it as a sport to play in between football and baseball seasons.
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No, as Iran wasn't a recognized territory in 1160 AD which became reognized in 1935 by decree of Reza Shah Pahlavi.\n\nIf you mean did England and Persia have battles around 1160 AD, then it's highly unlikely. The time frame which you speak of, coined "The Islamic Golden Age" only saw real battle from the Mongol invansion followed by Timur.
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WOW IT MUST BE A NEW SPORT!! \nBASETBALL !! DO U MEAN BASKETBALL OR BASEBALL???\nBASKETBALL- MICHAEL JORDAN\nBASEBALL-ALBERT PUOJOLS!!
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basketball game played generally indoors by two opposing teams of five players each. Basketball was conceived in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a physical education instructor at the YMCA college in Springfield, Mass., as a way to condition outdoor athletes during the winter months. His original list of 13 rules has undergone a century of revision, leading to faster pacing and greater athleticism.\n\nThere more information in the link below.
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Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith.  It originally was played with a soccar ball and peach baskets for hoops.
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In England in 1895 at Madame Ostenburg's College.\n\nNetball traces its roots to basketball, which explains why its rules are related. When James Naismith devised basketball in 1891 for his students in the School for Christian Workers (later called the YMCA), female teachers got curious and started to formulate a version for girls. The outfits of women back in the day hindered them from effectively executing important basketball moves such as running and dribbling, so the game had to be modified to accommodate these restrictions. Women’s basketball, or ‘netball,’ was conceptualized.\n\nNetball was first played in England in 1895 at Madame Ostenburg's College and quickly spread to all the British Commonwealth territories, but it did not yet have hard-and-fast rules. So loose were the regulations, in fact, that some games were played by nine players in each team, while some were played with only five players in each. The nets used were also ineffective – they were not open at both ends, so after each goal was scored, the umpire had to retrieve the ball from the top of the post.\n\nFinally, Clara Baer, a gym teacher from New Orleans, asked Naismith for a copy of the basketball rules, identified the areas within which women players can move, and consequently introduced the ‘zoning areas’ we know today. This was the start of netball’s formalization. This zoning rules along with many other provisions (such as elimination of the dribbling rule) were all included in the first draft of ‘Rules for Women’s Basketball.’ In 1901, this set of rules was ratified and netball officially became a competitive sport.