Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia: 50Years ago, 42KM marathon on Barefoot!

People of the world know Abebe Bikila more than his country Ethiopia. Forty two years ago, Bikila had broken World Marathon record at Rome running at his barefoot. He broke the world Marathon record twice...

Woman Gets Dale Begg-Smith Old Cell Number: Text Message Flood:

The old cell phone number of Australian Free Style Silver Medalist Dale Begg-Smith now belongs to an East Vancouver woman who has been receiving a flood of text messages meant for Aussie mogul skier.Heather Burgess was supplied with the old cell phone number of...

Gold medal athlete Caster Semenya told to prove she is a woman

" The world of athletics was hit by controversy tonightafter a female South African athlete who won the 800m final at the world championships was asked to take a gender verification test to prove she is a woman....

New NASA Rovers To Explore The Red Planet: Mars

From the time of our birth, humans have felt a primordial urge to explore - to blaze new trails, map new lands, and answer profound questions about ourselves and our universe.Robotic missions have found evidence of...

Gold Olympian Usain Bolt sustains minor injury in car accident

Gold Olympic medal holder and World 100 and 200 metre record holder Usain Bolt has been admitted to hospital today, following a car accident, where he sustained minor injuries. He was admitted to hospital on...

Magic on the 18th Hole - He is Back!

What more is there to say, He is Tiger Woods. "Tiger Woods made a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard by one shot, extending his PGA TOUR...

Wheelchair athlete sets high goals

A story of courage and determination.  Juvenile diabetes and type two diabetes are both killers for which research must be continued to find a cure...This reporter has hiked some of the trails that this...

Philippines -- Filipino games experience reborn at Quezon City school

Makati City, Philippines - Selected North Fairview Elementary School students from grades 4, 5 and 6 spent a couple of carefree hours on Oct 21 to help promote the games of the Filipino heritage.  The students were part of the launching of Magna Kultura's Larong...

The end of steroids? New device enhances performance in the palm of your hand

New technology out of Stanford gets you to put gloves on instead of taking them off when things heat up.  Two biologists, Dennis Grahn and Craig Heller have designed a device called “the glove” that cools...

Bindra is ungrateful: IOA officials

"After winning India’s first individual gold in Olympics, the shooter gave credit to his father for the success. Abhinav said that the victory was more in spite of the system than because of it. This comment infuriated Digvijay Singh, the president of the Shooting...

Usain Bolt Completes Zurich in 9.83

The triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt continued his domination of sprinting on Friday with a comfortable 100-meter victory at the Golden League meet.The 22-year-old Jamaican, who set world records in winning the...

Suffering and Sacrifice at the Olympics Opening Ceremony: Zhang & Cultural Di...

For Western viewers, one of the amazing things about this story is Zhang's attack on the west and its people while praising North Korea. Zhang launched ample criticisms of performers he worked with on a Chinese...

Athletic Veil: For Today's Active Muslim Woman

Under developmentIt only takes a snowflake to start an avalanche. The Hijood and Burqini might just be the precipitation million of women of Islam need."SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - First, the burqini, now the...

Phelps wins 10th, 11th golds of Olympic career

" A daily double. Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th and 11th career gold medals — and five world records in five events at the Beijing Games....

MIchael Phelps Joins "Fabulous Five" Most Exclusive Olympic Club in the World

Michael Phelps has joined just four others in the history of humanity to have won a record nine Olympic Golds, joining the likes of Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis.   But how is greatness defined?   I...

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