Author: Kinooze Learning
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Rafael Nadal wins French Open
Spain’s Rafael Nadal defeated Serbia’s Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 to win a record seventh French Open title on Monday. The No. 2 seed overtook Sweden’s Bjorn Borg, who won six Roland Garros titles. “This tournament is probably the most special in the world and having this trophy with me I am really emotional.…
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Maria Sharapova wins French Open Title
Russia’s Maria Sharapova defeated Italy’s Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open final on Saturday. For all of 90 minutes, it was mostly a one-sided contest, in which Sharapova ( now world No.1 ) led from the start. She stunned Errani with her biggest shots, leaving her little chance to show her own talent. …
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A very Long Sleep!
Have you ever seen someone sleeping for a long time? Very quickly you will think of someone who is lazy. Although sometimes, don’t you also secretly wish that you could stretch your sleep-time for a few more hours, especially on a school day. What if someone slept for months together? Now that is not laziness. Such kind…
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Sania-Bhupathi win first French Open title
Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi won their second Grand Slam title together and first French Open trophy after defeating Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Santiago Gonzalez in the mixed doubles final, on Thursday. Sania and Bhupathi had won the 2009 Australia Open and it is their first Grand Slam title since then. Sania had become first woman…
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Hemispheres
There was a boy named Billy. His birthday fell in nice and warm summers. Every year he celebrated his birthday on 22nd December. Are you surprised? I sure was.. You see the Earth is a sphere and can be divided into two hemispheres. The line that divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the…
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Hello? Hola? Hi?
Isn’t it fun when the phone rings and you lift it to hear the voice of your loved one, no matter how far they are. These days many people use cell phones but a lot of people still use the conventional telephones (also known as land lines) which are connected with wires. Telephone networks go…
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Olympic Sport – Athletics
With about 50 days to go for London Olympics, let’s learn some more about sports played at Olympics. How much do you think about Athletics? If not much, then read this. Athletics is collection of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. Athletics perfectly follows the Olympic motto of ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’ …
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Monsoon hits Kerela
The southwest monsoon has finally reached the south of India and has set over entire state of Kerala and also parts of south Tamil Nadu and coastal Karnataka, reaching up to Mangalore. In case you are thinking what are we talking about, we are talking about monsoon. Monsoons are very strong winds and they always blow…
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Sleep tight and Your Brain will be Bright!
Why does your mother insist its time to sleep when you still want to be awake? Why does she always say “Sleep right now, it’s important you get enough sleep?”. Imagine our brain to be a drawer full of papers. Every now and then we have to clean the drawer to trash the old, not…
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Transit of Venus – A Rare Space Event
Can you see that mole on Sun’s face? That’s Venus passing through the Sun!! Transit of Venus simply means passing of Venus between Sun and Earth.We know that the only planets that can ever pass between the Earth and the Sun are Mercury and Venus (since they are the only planets closer to the…
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Vice Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, the new Navy Chief
The Indian Armed forces of the of India consist of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Indian Coast Guard. Of these navy is our military force on water. They maintains security of our country from outside threats and attacks on water. The Chief of the Navy is the highest-ranking officer of the Indian Navy. Vice Admiral Devendra…
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World Environment day
World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year to create worldwide awareness for the environment. World Environment Day was celebrated for the first time in 1972 by United Nations(UN). UN is an international organisation that works towards building cooperation and understanding amongst all the nations of the world so that the whole world can live…