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New Zealand's national football team is known as "All Whites" - a play on their more famous rugby team's "All Blacks" nickname, referring to their predominantly white kit. The Lions is a nickname for several national teams, Greenshirts could refer to Pakistan or others, and Socceroos is Australia.

Brazil's national football team is known as "Seleção" (The Selection) and "Auriverdes" (The Green and Gold) - referring to their iconic yellow and green jerseys that match their flag. The Yanks refers to USA, The Red Tide could be several teams, and The Whites and Blues isn't a standard nickname.

Portugal's national football team is known as "Selecção das Quinas" (The Selection of the Quinas) - referring to the five shields (quinas) on the Portuguese flag. Each shield has five dots representing the five wounds of Christ. Les Bleus is France, Azzuri is Italy, and Comeback Kings isn't a standard national team nickname.

Ivory Coast's national football team is known as "The Elephants" - the elephant is the national animal of Ivory Coast and appears on their coat of arms. Swallows refers to Burkina Faso, The Lions of Teranga is Senegal, and The Pharaohs is Egypt.

Spain's national football team is known as "La Furia Roja" (The Red Fury) - referring to their passionate style of play and their red home jerseys. The Brave Falcons could be several teams, Danish Dynamite is Denmark, and The Boys in Green is Ireland.

Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco set the world record for the 1500m in Rome in 1998 with a time of 3:26.00. Kenenisa Bekele and Haile Gebrselassie are famous for longer distances (5k/10k), while Wilson Kipketer held records in the 800m.

Chile's national football team is known as "La Roja" (The Red One) - simply referring to their red jerseys. The Knights Of Malta refers to Malta, Eagles is a common nickname for several nations, and La albiceleste (white and light blue) is Argentina.

Jack Nicklaus has won the most Major Championships in golf with 18 professional majors (6 Masters, 4 PGA Championships, 3 U.S. Opens, 5 British Opens, and 2 U.S. Amateurs). Tiger Woods has 15 professional majors, and others listed have fewer. Tim Montgomery is a sprinter, not a golfer.

Muhammad Ali developed and famously used the Rope-a-dope strategy, most notably against George Foreman in the 1974 'Rumble in the Jungle.' The tactic involves leaning back against the ropes, covering up defensively, and letting the opponent tire themselves out by throwing ineffective punches, then counter-attacking when they're exhausted. None of the other listed boxers were associated with this revolutionary strategy.