my %sports= (
    'johnlazybones' => {
        'firstname' => 'John',
        'lastname' => 'lazybones',
        'sport' => 'none known, never, ever', 
         }, 
     
   'michaelflops' => {
        'firstname' => 'Michael',
        'lastname' => 'flops',
        'sport' => 'sillonball', 
        'victories' => {
            '1' => '01-AUG-2012',
            '2' => '12-SEP-2011',
        },
    },
);