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12/29/2013
Golf is a precision club and ball sport in which competing players (or golfers) use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course using the fewest number of strokes. Golf is defined, in the rules of golf, as "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules."
It is one of the few ball games that do not require a standardized playing area. Instead, the game is played on a golf course, in general consisting of an arranged progression of either 9 or 18 "holes." Each hole on the course must contain a "tee box" to start from, and a "putting green" containing the actual hole. There are various other standardized forms of terrain in between, such as the fairway, rough, and hazards, but each hole on a course, and indeed among virtually all courses, is unique in its specific layout and arrangement.
Golf competition is generally played for the lowest number of strokes by an individual, known simply as stroke play, or the lowest score on the most individual holes during a complete round by an individual or team, known as match play. Stroke play is the most commonly seen format at virtually all levels of play, although variations of match play, such as "skins" games, are also seen in televised events. Other forms of scoring also exist.
While the modern game of golf originated in 15th-century Scotland, the game's ancient origins are unclear and much debated. Some historians[3] trace the sport back to the Roman game ofpaganica, in which participants used a bent stick to hit a stuffed leather ball. One theory asserts that paganica spread throughout Europe as the Romans conquered most of the continent, during the first century BC, and eventually evolved into the modern game.[4] Others cite chuiwan ("chui" means striking and "wan" means small ball) as the progenitor, a Chinese game played between the eighth and 14th centuries. A Ming Dynasty scroll dating back to 1368 entitled "The Autumn Banquet" shows a member of the Chinese Imperial court swinging what appears to be a golf club at a small ball with the aim of sinking it into a hole. The game is thought to have been introduced into Europe during the Middle Ages. Another early game that resembled modern golf was known as cambuca in England and chambot in France. This game was, in turn, exported to the Low Countries, Germany, and England (where it was called pall-mall, pronounced “pell mell”).[citation needed] Some observers,[who?] however, believe that golf descended from the Persian game, chaugán. In addition, kolven (a game involving a ball and curved bats) was played annually in Loenen, Netherlands, beginning in 1297, to commemorate the capture of the assassin of Floris V, a year earlier.
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12/28/2013
Elephant racing, though unusual as a sporting event, is held in many parts of the world but mostly in Asia. The earliest known such racing event as a tradition is reported from Vietnam. In the 20th century this became a major event (though it generated protests) in Germany in 1920, and an organized International Elephant Race in Nepal from tourism interests in 1982.
Elephant racing, which is a more complex form of racing among animals is now a rage in Afghanistan also. A straight and long trunk is an important factor in the race for the elephants to cross the finish line. The races take a longer time than those involving horses but the animals are clearly visible to every spectator.

In Nepal

In Nepal, the race started as an International Elephant Race in December 2005. The Tharu people of Nepal, who are professional tamers of wild elephants, ride the race elephants. A particular feature of this race is that riders of racing elephants are chosen by lottery and not by choice and this makes the riding difficult for the jockeys who train on their favourite particular elephants. The winning elephant is awarded a trophy. The racing track is of 900 feet (270 m) in length. Heats or elimination rounds, with six elephants in each heat, are involved before the final race is held. A video film documented by Reuters has recorded that the elephants move fast on the chosen straight route, which is flanked by spectators. The Chitwan reserve is a venue for such races, and also for elephant polo and pageants, which are also part of this tourist oriented race. Champakali is the name of the race elephant which won the race in successive years. On this occasion, a soccer match between baby elephants is also an attraction.

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12/14/2013
- The official game of Badminton was born in a stately home in Gloucestershire, England, home of the Duke of Beaufort.

- Badminton is the Fastest Racket Sport with shuttle clocking speed in excess of 200 mph.
- The best shuttlecocks are made from the feathers from the left wing of a goose.

- The International Badminton Federation (IBF) was founded in 1934 with nine members and now has over 150 members.

- The IBF is now headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

- Badminton was introduced into USA in the 1890s and became popular in the 1930s.

- Badminton is the second most popular sport in the world, after soccer.

- Badminton is an Olympic Sport played first in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.

- More than 1.1 billion people watched the 1992 Olympic Badminton competition on television.

- Only 3 countries have won the Thomas Cup since it's inception in 1948: Malaysia, Indonesia and China.

- Only 4 countries have won the Uber Cup since its inception in 1956: USA, Japan, China and Indonesia.
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12/11/2013
GROUP A
MatchDate - TimeVenueResults
112/06 17:00Sao PauloBrazil-Croatia
213/06 13:00NatalMexico-Cameroon
1717/06 16:00FortalezaBrazil-Mexico
1818/06 18:00ManausCameroon-Croatia
3323/06 17:00BrasiliaCameroon-Brazil
3423/06 17:00RecifeCroatia-Mexico

GROUP B
MatchDate - TimeVenueResults
313/06 16:00SalvadorSpain-Netherlands
413/06 18:00CuiabaChile-Australia
1918/06 16:00Rio De JaneiroSpain-Chile
2018/06 13:00Porto AlegreAustralia-Netherlands
3523/06 13:00CuritibaAustralia-Spain
3623/06 13:00Sao PauloNetherlands-Chile
GROUP C
MatchDate - TimeVenueResults
514/06 13:00Belo HorizonteColombia-Greece
614/06 22:00RecifeCôte d'Ivoire-Japan
2119/06 13:00BrasiliaColombia-Côte d'Ivoire
2219/06 19:00NatalJapan-Greece
3724/06 16:00CuiabaJapan-Colombia
3824/06 17:00FortalezaGreece-Côte d'Ivoire
GROUP D
MatchDate - TimeVenueResults
714/06 16:00FortalezaUruguay-Costa Rica
814/06 18:00ManausEngland-Italy
2319/06 16:00Sao PauloUruguay-England
2420/06 13:00RecifeItaly-Costa Rica
3924/06 13:00NatalItaly-Uruguay
4024/06 13:00Belo HorizonteCosta Rica-England
GROUP E
MatchDate - TimeVenueResults
915/06 13:00BrasiliaSwitzerland-Ecuador
1015/06 16:00Porto AlegreFrance-Honduras
2520/06 16:00SalvadorSwitzerland-France
2620/06 19:00CuritibaHonduras-Ecuador
4125/06 16:00ManausHonduras-Switzerland
4225/06 17:00Rio De JaneiroEcuador-France
GROUP F
MatchDate - TimeVenueResults
1115/06 19:00Rio De JaneiroArgentina-Bosnia-Herzegovina
1216/06 16:00CuritibaIran-Nigeria
2721/06 13:00Belo HorizonteArgentina-Iran
2821/06 18:00CuiabaNigeria-Bosnia-Herzegovina
4325/06 13:00Porto AlegreNigeria-Argentina
4425/06 13:00SalvadorBosnia-Herzegovina-Iran
GROUP G
MatchDate - TimeVenueResults
1316/06 13:00SalvadorGermany-Portugal
1416/06 19:00NatalGhana-USA
2921/06 16:00FortalezaGermany-Ghana
3022/06 18:00ManausUSA-Portugal
4526/06 13:00RecifeUSA-Germany
4626/06 13:00BrasiliaPortugal-Ghana

GROUP H
MatchDate - TimeVenueResults
1517/06 13:00Belo HorizonteBelgium-Algeria
1617/06 18:00CuiabaRussia-Korea Republic
3122/06 13:00Rio De JaneiroBelgium-Russia
3222/06 16:00Porto AlegreKorea Republic-Algeria
4726/06 17:00Sao PauloKorea Republic-Belgium
4826/06 17:00CuritibaAlgeria-Russia
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