Extreme Ironing (also called EI) is an extreme sport and a performance art in which people take an ironing board to a remote location and iron items of clothing

According to scientific tests on cricketers the batsmen who are most likely to hit a cricket ball for six are those who watch it for the shortest period of time

In tennis zero points is referred to as love which is possibly derived from the French word for egg l oeuf referring to the physical appearance of the number zero

Kapil Dev is the only batsman in the world to hit four consecutive sixes in four balls in a Test match against the bowling of Eddie Hemmings of England in Headingley

The five interlocking rings of the Olympic flag symbolize the five continents of the world (Africa Asia Australia Europe and the America) linked together in friendship

If Spain are to make history and win a third successive major tournament(UEFA Euro 2012) they must overcome an Italy side they have not beaten in 90 minutes of competitive football since 1920

Olympics founder Pierre de Coubertin claimed that at least one of the rings colors (blue yellow black green and red along with the white background) was present in each country s national flag

The huddle in football was formed due to a deaf football player who used sign language to communicate and his team didn t want the opposition to see the signals he used and in turn huddled around him

In France where tennis became popular the round zero on the score board looked like an egg and was called l oeuf which is French for the egg When tennis was introduced in the US Americans (mis)pronounced it love

R Norris Williams survived the Titanic sinking but spent so much time submerged in the icy Atlantic that doctors wanted to amputate his legs on rescue ship Carpathia He refused the amputation recovered and went on to win the U S Tennis Championship that very yea

The longest Tennis point ever played lasted for 29 minutes and 643 shots between Vicki Nelson and Jean Hepner ranked ranked 93 and 172 respectively Played on September 24 1984 it holds the record of being the longest point played in a professional tennis match The match itself lasted 6 hours and 31 minutes and holds the record for being the longest match completed on the same day

When Mary Queen of Scots went to France as a young girl Louis King of France learned that she loved the Scots game golf He had the first course outside of Scotland built for her enjoyment To make sure she was properly chaperoned (and guarded) while she played Louis hired cadets from a military school to accompany her Mary liked this a lot and when returned to Scotland (not a very good idea in the long run) she took the practice with her In French the word cadet is pronounced ca-day and the Scots changed it into caddie