The origins of the game of Badminton date back at least 2,000 years to the game of battledore and shuttlecock played in ancient Greece, China and India. The 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich saw the first appearance of Badminton as a sport. It was later introduced at the Barcelona 1992 Games where 4 events were […]
Gymnastics was introduced in early Greek civilization. It was developed in ancient Greece, in Sparta and Athens, to prepare men for war. Activities like running and jumping, discus throwing and wrestling were use for preparing the young Greek men. All these activities helped develop the muscles. Later, the term was applied in Greece to all
Kabaddi first received international exposure when India demonstrated the sport during the Berlin Olympics in 1936. The game of kabaddi was introduced in the Indian National Games at Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1938. In 1950, the All India Kabaddi Federation (AIKF) came into existence and framed the rules. The game is also played in Italy,
The first football was discovered in the 1980s in the roof above Mary Queen of Scots’ bedroom at Stirling Castle. This football must have been kicked around 1540, as it lodged in the rafters of the Queen’s castle during James V’s reconstruction of the castle. The oldest football is about half the size of a
The largest cricket stadium in the world is Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Australia. It has the capacity of around 100,000 spectators. It also holds the world record for the highest light towers at any sporting venue. It has been the home of Australian football since 1859 and was the birthplace of Test Cricket in
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Usain Bolt is the world’s fastest runner who belongs to Jamaica. He is the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay. His reign as Olympic Games champion in all of these events is in multiple Olympics. Due to his achievements in running, he is widely considered to
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In 490 BC Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, ran 25 miles to Athens from the town of Marathon. He ran to announce a battleground victory over the Persians. This is considered to be the first Marathon. Marathon made its return at the modern Olympic Games in Greece in 1896. In that event, 17 runners ran 40
The Chail Cricket Stadium in Himachal Pradesh, India, is the highest cricket ground in the world. Built in 1893 after levelling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 metres above the sea-level. It was built by Maharaja of Patiala, Bhupinder Singh, who developed Chail as his summer capital. The ground was used for playing friendly
The Tour de France is staged in France, Europe. It is the world’s longest cycle race that takes place over 23 days and covers over 2,200 miles. The first Tour de France race was held in 1903. The youngest rider ever to win the Tour de France was Henri Comet. The oldest person to win
Rungrado May Day Stadium is the world’s largest stadium. It is located in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its name comes from Rungrado Islet in the Taedong River, upon which it is situated. It is said to resemble a magnolia blossom. It has a total capacity of 150,000 spectators. This multi-purpose stadium was completed on May 1,
The first Olympic Games began in the year 776 BC at Olympia, near Greece. Originally, the games were part of a religious festival to honour Zeus, the god of the sky and the leader of the Greek gods. The games were held once every four years. The first modern Olympics were started by a French
The helicopter is the only aircraft that can move forward, backward, side-to-side and hover. The VS-300 was the world’s first practical helicopter that took flight at Stratford, Connecticut, on September 14, 1939. The first helicopter was designed by Igor Sikorsky and built by the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division of the United Aircraft Corporation. It took 29
Karl Benz invented the world’s first practical internal-combustion engine automobile (car) in Germany. Karl Benz built three forms of his Motor Car in private by 1888. He became the first person to drive a car over a long distance. Model T was the missing link between cars and horse-drawn buggies. Later, Karl Benz patented the
The process of the Invention of the refrigerator started in the 18th century. In 1748, William Cullen of the University of Glasgow developed a process for creating an artificial cooling medium. An American inventor Oliver Evans designed the first refrigerator in 1804. In 1843, Jacob Perkins built the first refrigeration machine in Great Britain. In
The V-2 rocket was the first rocket launched into space. It was launched from Peenemünde, an island off Germany’s Baltic coast on 3 October, 1942. It became the first man-made object to travel into space by crossing the Kármán line with the vertical launch of MW 18014 on 20 June 1944. The first rocket which