Bizarre events in sport: guess the city

In what cities did these sporting oddities take place?

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Sporting story	City
In 1894, Aston Villa's Charlie Athersmith played with an umbrella up in extreme weather during a match here.	Birmingham
Their opponents, United (from this city) finished with only six men on the pitch and the goalkeeper, Fatty Foulke, had frostbite.	Sheffield
A war was sparked by violence at a World Cup qualifier featuring Honduras, in this city.	San Salvador
The bizarre 1904 Olympic marathon in this US city saw runners going in cars, stopping for a nap, and drinking rat poison mid-race.	St. Louis
Boxer Mike Tyson bit off part of Evander Holyfield's ear during a bout in this western city.	Las Vegas
Grenada lost a 1994 away game here due to an odd rule which led to their opponents scoring a deliberate own goal and then defending both goals at the same time.	Bridgetown
The University of California scored a winning last-minute touchdown in this college town while their opponents' band was on the field.	Berkeley
Home team Royal, from this Benelux port, scored three goals in the last five minutes of injury time to stun Vitosha Sofia in a UEFA Cup tie.	Antwerp
A dead jockey won a 1923 horse race near Queens in this city.	New York
A 1950s Charlton match here was abandoned to due thick fog; legend has it that the keeper was still in goal, unaware everyone else had gone in for a bath.	London
Live pigeon shooting was a featured sport here in the 1900 Olympics.	Paris
Sunil Gavaskar got the umpire to cut his hair here during a cricket test match against England.	Manchester
This Gloucestershire town held televised track events including a 3 metre run and "under hurdles" race.	Cheltenham
Basketball's Trail Blazers, from this city, found a snake in their locker room in San Antonio.	Portland
When golfer Bernhard Langer's ball got stuck up a tree at Fulford, next to this ancient city, he climbed the tree and played it out.	York

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