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First Marathon Man
In 490 BCE, Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, ran from Marathon to Athens (about 25 miles) to inform the Athenians the outcome of the battle with invading Persians. The distance was filled with hills and other obstacles; thus Pheidippides arrived in Athens exhausted and with bleeding feet. After telling the townspeople of the Greeks` success in the battle, Pheidippides fell to the ground dead. In 1896, at the first modern Olympic Games, held a race of approximately the same length in commemoration of Pheidippides.
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Women in Olympic
Women were first allowed to participate in 1900 at the second modern Olympic Games. The 1900 Olympics was hosted by France. At least 1,066 athletes participated, representing 19 countries.
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Records for M.S. Dhoni
Current Indian batting sensation M.S. Dhoni’s batting average stands at 51.23, which is the highest for any Indian player in one-dayers. Dhoni took his career strike-rate to 108.60 highest by any batsman in ODIs (having batted in at least 20 innings). He went ahead of Pakistan`s Shahid Afridi, who has scored his runs at a rate of 108.20 runs per 100 balls. Dhoni tops the list of wicketkeepers with the highest career batting average in one-dayers and does so by a large margin. His highest score of 183 run is highest by a wicket keeper in the world of cricket. In fact, Dhoni`s career average is second only to Australia`s Michael Bevan among all players in ODIs who have played 20 ODIs.
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While playing in first quarter of the NBA match, Pacers Vs Atlanta Hawks. Reggie Miller, regarded as one of the best shooters takes a league record to be the first player to score 100, 3 pointers in 6 consecutive seasons. Final score Pacers 99, Atlanta Hawks 89.
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Virender Sehwag and his bat carried the hopes of a nation as he walked out to resume his record-breaking innings on Day 2 of the first Test at Multan. And he did not disappoint. When he was finally dismissed for 309, he walked off to a standing ovation from his teammates and, no doubt, the whole of India.
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Rahul Dravid has now aggregated 4,193 runs in 45 `away` Tests keeping an average of 63.53. His average is easily the highest among all the contemporary batsmen and fourth highest among all-time greats (with a minimum qualification of 1,000 runs) after Australia`s Don Bradman (102.85), England`s Ken Barrington (69.18) and Wally Hammond (66.33).
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Sourav Ganguly became the most successful captain in the history of Indian Test cricket following the victory in the Rawalpindi Test.
It was Ganguly`s 15th Test win as India`s captain, one more than Mohammad Azharuddin`s tally of 14. The remarkable aspect about Ganguly`s record is that he needed nine Tests less than Azharuddin to overhaul the record.
Interestingly, Azharuddin won only one Test outside India, while Ganguly has won as many as seven, easily the maximum by an India captain. No other Indian captain has won more than three Tests on foreign soil.
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The last Olympic gold medals that were made entirely out of gold were awarded in 1912.
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The Olympic motto is `Citius, altius, fortius`, a Latin phrase which means `swifter, higher, stronger`. Baron de Coubertin from Father Henri Martin Dideon of Paris borrowed the phrase. Dideon, a headmaster used the phrase to describe the athletic achievements of students at the school. But he did not invent the phrase.
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Traditionally the Olympic flame in Olympia, Greece is rekindled every two years using the sun`s rays and a concave reflective mirror? Note: This year, cloudy skies prevented the "traditional" lighting.
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Once every two years, England and Australia play a test series, alternately in England and Australia, called the `Ashes`. They came to be called the `Ashes` when in Australia first beat England in England, and the bails used were burned, and their ashes were preserved. These ashes are stored at the cricket museum at Lord`s cricket ground in London, and a replica of their container serves as a reward for the `Ashes`.
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The shortest ever test was between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo, in 1996. All but 50 minutes of the match was rained out.
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The first ever test match was held between England and Australia, at Melbourne, from the 15th to the 19th of March 1877. Australia won by 45 runs. Exactly 100 years later (15th-19th March, 1977) a match between England and Australia was again held at Melbourne to mark 100 years of test cricket. Australia won - again by 45 runs!!!
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