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Thierry Henry is Arsenal's all-time leading goalscorer, netting 228 goals for the club across all competitions. He surpassed Ian Wright's previous record in 2005. Bergkamp, Wiltord, and Ljungberg were key players but scored significantly fewer goals.

Athletic Bilbao, along with Real Madrid and Barcelona, are the only three founding members of La Liga that have never been relegated from the top flight since its inception in 1929. Valencia and Espanyol have both spent time in the second division.

Xerez CD won the Segunda División in the 2008-09 season, earning their first-ever promotion to La Liga for the 2009-10 campaign. Real Betis was actually relegated at the end of the 2008-09 season.

The North London derby is the high-profile football rivalry between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, both based in North London. Matches between Arsenal and Chelsea or Bolton do not carry this specific geographic designation.

Deep Blue, a chess-playing computer developed by IBM, became the first machine to win a game against a reigning world champion (Garry Kasparov) under regular time controls in 1996, and won the entire match in the 1997 rematch.

Anatoly Karpov was the World Chess Champion from 1975 to 1985. After Bobby Fischer forfeited his title in 1975, Karpov dominated the tournament circuit and successfully defended his title twice against Viktor Korchnoi before losing to Garry Kasparov.

Viswanathan Anand became the World Chess Champion in 2007 by defeating Vladimir Kramnik in Mexico City. This was a unified world championship tournament where Anand scored 9/14 points. The other options - Karpov, Kasparov (retired), and Kamsky - were not his 2007 opponents.

Wilhelm Steinitz was officially recognized as the first World Chess Champion after his victory over Johannes Zukertort in 1886. He established the title and held it until 1894, laying the foundation for modern competitive chess.

Judit Polgar is widely considered the strongest female chess player of all time. She famously broke the gender barrier by refusing to play in women-only tournaments, including the Women's World Championship, opting instead to compete against the world's top-ranked male players.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni made his One Day International (ODI) debut for India against Bangladesh on December 23, 2004. Unfortunately, he was run out for a duck in his first innings, though he went on to become a legendary captain.