Sports
- 100 metres — the distance a very fast human being can run in about 10 seconds
- 100.584 metres — length of a Canadian football field between the goal lines (110 yards)
- 91.5 metres – 137 metres — length of a soccer field
- 105 metres — length of a typical football field
- 109.73 metres — total length of an American football field (120 yards, including the end zones)
- 110 – 150 metres the width of an Australian football field
- 135 – 185 metres the length of an Australian football field
- 137.16 metres — total length of a Canadian football field, including the end zones (150 yards)
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)
“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“Falling in love is the right adventure for those who dislike sports and travel.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)