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Here is an interesting fact about badminton I bet you did not know. This sport originated in India !! Long ago remember when British ruled India? For fun they played a game called ‘Battledore’ -( meaning bat) which was used to hit a shuttlecock. They added net to this game while playing it one day in the city named…

European cup is European football championship played amongst the national football teams. It is also organised by UEFA(Union of European Football Associations). It is being held every four years in between the football world cup but the same year as Olympics (both of which are also held every four years). Euro 2012 is being hosted…

14 year old Andy Zang from China is all set to play in the U.S Open. U.S Open is set to start on August 27,2012 . Andy is the youngest player in the history of championship. Zhang has been training at IMG Leadbetter Academy in Florida. He is from China but is based in the Orlando in…

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.…

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. …

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…

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’ …

Archery existed 10,000 years ago but that time bows and arrows were used only for hunting and warfare. It developed as a competitive sport much later and has now become very popular sport around the world. As an Olympic event, the object of the sport is simple: to shoot arrows as close to the centre…

A recent survey has found that England’s Manchester United is the most popular football club with 659 million followers worldwide. The survey was carried out by leading market research company, Kantar. It was carried out across 39 countries.  The survey also says that Football remains the world’s most popular sport, with 1.6 billion followers all…

Do you know what all sports will be played in London Olympics? Here is a  List of all the sports that would be played : We will tell you more interesting things about each of these sports before the Olympics start. Can you guess how many days are left for Olympics to start-Just 55 days…

Australian Mark Webber of team Red Bull won the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday. This was the sixth race of the Formula One season. There are a total of twenty races that complete the season. With Webber’s win, six different drivers have won the six races of this season. This has happened the first time…

The French Open is one of the major tennis tournaments that takes place every year between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stadium Roland Garros (named after a famous French aviator Roland Garros). French Open is the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US…