José Meiffret’s 200km/h Bike Ride
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 6, 2024
This strange looking bike with an enormous chain wheel was designed for speed, and speed it did achieve. On July 19, 1962, French cyclist ...
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4 Odd Events That Appeared At The Olympics
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 19, 2024
Since the inception of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, this global sporting event has continuously evolved, introducing fresh and dynamic ...
Bottle Kicking in Hallaton
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 18, 2023
In the village of Hallaton in Leicestershire, England, a unique tradition unfolds every Easter Monday. The residents of Hallaton and the nea...
Cotswold Olimpick Games
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 8, 2022
The town of Chipping Campden, in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, has been holding their own “Olympic” games since the 17t...
Shizo Kanakuri: The Man Who Took 54 Years To Finish a Marathon
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 5, 2022
Shizo Kanakuri was not a slow runner. In fact, he reportedly set the world record by completing a 40-km marathon run in 2 hours, 32 minutes,...
The 1904 Olympic Marathon Was The Worst Race Ever
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 20, 2022
On a hot August afternoon in 1904, with temperatures hovering above the nineties (32 degree centigrade), thirty-two men dressed largely in w...
Australia’s First Tour of England in 1868 Was Made by an Aboriginal Cricket Team
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 29, 2022
Sports has been an important way to bridge different cultures. For the aboriginal Australians and their colonial settlers, it was cricket. ...
Frank Hayes: The Only Dead Man in History to Win a Race
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 4, 2022
Many sports pushes the human body to the limit, and this exertion can prove fatal for some. Frank Hayes was one such casualty, and while the...
The Case of The Missing Sri Lankan Handball Team
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 23, 2021
The Sri Lankan sports authority has a problem. Their athletes keep disappearing. They go to foreign countries to take part in sporting event...
One-Armed Versus One-Legged Cricket
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2021
In 1861, Charles Dickens reported, in his magazine All the Year Round , a rather eccentric cricket match being played at Peckham Rye in the ...
The Wenlock Olympian Games That Inspired Modern Olympics
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 17, 2021
The first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens in 1896, but it was the small British town of Much Wenlock in Shropshire where the Olympic...
Henley-On-Todd: The Waterless Regatta
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 8, 2020
Every August, Alice Springs, a large town in the heart of Australia’s Northern Territory, holds an unusual boat race on Todd River, a river ...
The Disgrace of Gijon: The Match That Changed World Cup Football
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 21, 2020
For the first time in the history of FIFA World Cup, the 1982 edition of the tournament in Spain saw 24 teams take part instead of the usual...
Anthropology Days: The Racist Olympic Event of 1904
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 8, 2020
Starting from the late 19th century through the early 20th, human exhibitions were a routine part of circuses, traveling shows, and major ex...
Vinkensport: Belgium’s Competitive Bird Calling
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 4, 2020
In the Flanders region of Belgium, a favorite pastime among the old Dutch-speaking folks is raising and training the common chaffinch ( Frin...
Bull Running in Britain
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 28, 2020
Bull running as a sport is mostly associated with the city of Pamplona, in northern Spain. But until the 19th century, Britain had a similar...
Battle of Surfaces: The Epic Nadal Vs Federer Match
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 25, 2020
In the spring of 2007, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were two of the best tennis players in the world. But they excelled on different surfa...
Arrhichion, The Olympic Champion Who Won After His Death
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 25, 2020
Pankration was a violet sport. Practiced in ancient Greece, this brutal combination of boxing and wrestling had virtually no rules. The obje...
The Cobbled Hell of Trouée d'Arenberg
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2020
The famous cobblestone road through the forest of Saint-Amand-Wallers, in France. Photo: Radu Razvan/Shutterstock.com The forest of Sain...
Out of Place Ski Jumps
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 25, 2019
Competitive skiing as a sport developed in Norway in the later part of the 19th century. Sondre Norheim, who is recognized as the “Father of...
