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Tennis Legends: Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova is an ex-World number 1 female Tennis Player.
Born on October 18, 1956 in Czechoslovakia, she became the citizen of America in 1981.
Her stepfather Miroslav Navratil was her first coach.
Martina won the Czech republic national tennis championship at the age of fifteen.
At the age of seventeen, she got her very first [...]

Summer Activities for Kids

Often parents are left wondering how to make their kids busy in summer time.
Some kids end up spending boring summers and some kids take full advantage of it mainly due to their parents smart planning.
There are plenty of choices available to make your kids summer full of fun and excitement and a memorable [...]

Water Sports - Surfing

Surfing is a kind of water sports where the surfer is carried along by a breaking wave towards the shore.
Apart from surfboards body boards, kneeboards, surf skis and kayaks can be also used to surf.
Various sports involving surfing are sea kayaking, paddle boarding, kite surfing and windsurfing.
The first two do not require [...]

Discontinued Sports in Olympics

The Olympics had lots of games, which are no longer included in today’s Olympics.
The games, which were once a part of the Olympics, are golf, polo, rugby, tug-of-war, cricket, croquet, jeu de paume, power boating, rackets, rink-hockey, lacrosse, basque pelote, roque, and water skiing.
Golf is one of the finest games in the world and [...]

Cycling Great - Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong, born on September 18, 1971 is a professional road-racing cyclist.
He started his career by winning in an adult competition at the age of twelve.
He was initially a tri-athlete and was ranked #1 in 1987-88 Tri-Fred.
He attained the status of professional tri-athlete and in 1989 and 1990; he became the sprint [...]

Art Sports: Wrestling

Wrestling is a sport involving two competitors competing to show their physical strength.
This form of martial arts is as old as the mountains.
Military are given training in wrestling as a part of self-defense systems.
Folk people, who used lethal weapons as part of ritual fighting, also practiced it.
Professional wrestling uses techniques like [...]

Adventure Sports: Bungee Jumping

Bungee jumping is an adventurous sport where the participant jumps from a great height while he is connected to a large rubber rope.
The jump can be made from the top of a tall building, bridge or crane.
To bring in more adrenalin rush, jump can be made from a moving object like helicopter or [...]

Tennis Legends: Steffi Graf

Stefanie Maria Graf is a former World number 1 player in women’s tennis.
Her performance depended mostly in her powerful forehand because of which she was nicknamed Fraulein Forehand.
She even cultivated an impressive slice backhand and consistent volley.
Her serve was so accurate and powerful that it travelled at the speed of 180 km [...]

Sports in Modern Olympics

The Summer and Winter Olympic games includes a total of thirty five sports with fifty three disciplines.
The Summer Olympics comprise of twenty sports with thirty-eight disciplines and the Winter Olympics consists of seven sports with fifteen disciplines.
On a whole four hundred events are conducted.
Each of the sport has an International Governing Body.
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Boxing Legend - Muhammad Ali

Born on January 17, 1942, Muhammad Ali was one of the fearful boxers of his time.
He has won the World Heavyweight Championship thrice and also a gold metal at the Olympics.
BBC and the Sports Illustrated gave him the title of Sportsman of the Century.
His birth name was Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.
, named [...]