Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho first gained media attention after he scored every goal in a 23-0 game at the age of 13

Air Jordans were banned from the NBA however Michael Jordan always wore them as Nike was willing to pay the fine for each game

Listening to music can help you run faster and get a better work out at the gym It can help increase endurance by as much as 15%

Listening to music can help you run faster and get a better work out at the gym It can help increase endurance by as much as 15%

125 000 golf balls a year are hit into the water at the famous 17th hole of The PLAYERS Stadium Course at Sawgrass in North Florida

The first competition in the world s first Olympic games 776 B C was a foot race The participants were all males and ran in the nude

Danish cyclist Knut Jensen collapsed and died during the 1960 Rome Olympics It was later revealed that drug overdose led to his death

At the 1st Football World Cup championship in 1930 at Uruguay the soccer balls were actually monkey skulls wrapped in paper and leathe

Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith He set out to invent a game to occupy students between the football and baseball seasons

Baseball player Richie Ashburn hit a foul ball that struck a spectator - As they carried her away he hit another ball and struck her again

The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC They began as a religious festival were held every four years and continued for a thousand years

Mike Tyson was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA WBC and IBF titles and the only heavyweight to successively unify them

The word Nike comes from Greek Mythology Nike is the goddess of victory and was often depicted as a small winged figure whom the goddess Athene carried

In Middle ages a new game was invented in Scotland It was ruled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language

The bow used by Olympic archers measures a max of 6ft for men 5¼ ft for women It is made of laminated wood and is coated with graphite or fiberglass