Sports Facts

  • M.S.Dhoni scored the highest runs by a wicket keeper in One Day International(ODI). He scored 183 not out against Sri Lanka on October 31,2005.
  • Ronaldo is one of the best International Soccer’s stars. He led Brazil to the World Cup Championship in 2002 and won the ‘Golden Boot’ award.
  • Brian Lara holds a record of scoring 400 not out against England in 2004.
  • Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman weightlifter to win an Olympic medal.
  • Sport symbols are also called pictograms.
  • Football was actually invented in China. It was known as ‘Cuju‘. It is now the most famous game in the world. The Football World Cup Tournament is held after every four years.
  • Milkha Singh was India’s fastest runner. He was nicknamed as the ‘Flying Sikh’. Milkha Singh was the first Indian to reach the finals of the Olympic Athletic events.
  • Sir Donald Bradman, an Australian Cricketer, is the greatest run scoring batsman of all times.
  • Nearly 17 Million Americans Water Ski every year.
  • In water Polo, players swim up to one and a half miles during the course of water polo game.