Sportsmatik

Is tennis a hard sport to learn? Which is a better sports game overall: cricket or football? Why are Americans so crazy about baseball? Where was badminton invented? How To Train For Aquathlon. Top 5 Sports list. Six tips for newcomers to the gym. 10 sports exercises to do at home with everyday objects. Extreme ironing. Tactical devices in football. Sepak Takraw. Arnis - Martial Art. American Airlines Center, Dallas, United States of America. Arena Ciudad de México: Boxing, Seating Capacity. Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, United Kingdom. Trivia The Main Stand of the stadium took 76 years to complete and is the oldest stand at Anfield. The stadium was planned to be constructed when a minor land owner John Orrell, granted the pitch to the club for a small amount. Anfield is a soccer and football stadium in Liverpool, Merseyside, England and is the seventh largest soccer / football stadium in England.

This stadium was also home to Liverpool F.C. from 1892 till present and the former home to Everton FC (1884-1892). It was established in 1884 and has hosted leagues and international soccer events such as UEFA Euro 1996 and other sporting events as World Featherweight Title (1934), 1991 World Club Challenge, Super League II, 2016 Rugby League Four Nations final and much more. Apart from football matches, this multi-functional stadium has also hosted live concerts of celebrities such as the Kaiser Chiefs, the Zutons, and Paul McCartney. History of Stadium Construction Significance. Amway Center, Orlando, United States of America. American Airlines Center, Dallas, United States of America. American Airlines Arena, Miami, United States of America. Amalie Arena, Tampa, United States of America. Allianz Parque, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Estádio Palestra Itália. Amalie Arena, Tampa, United States of America. Allianz Arena, Munich | Football Stadium in Germany.

Alexandra Palace | Ally Pally. Trivia In 1936, BBC inaugurated the world’s first regular public high-definition television service in Alexandra Palace. The 52nd edition of the Miss World pageant which was initially slated for Abuja, was relocated to Alexandra Palace due to conflict within Nigeria. Alexandra Palace is also known as an Entertainment venue with the “Ally Pally” nickname. The stadium got located in London, United Kingdom. Details About The Alexandra Palace Alexandra Palace is a historic entertainment venue situated in Alexandra Park, London. History of Alexandra Palace The Palace got designed to provide an area for international and national competitions and other kinds of events. In 1900, when owners of the Palace planned to sell the Alexandra Palace, the neighboring locals managed to acquire it and the “Act of Parliament” created the Alexandra Palace and Park Trust.

Alexandra Palace and Park, also used as refuge camp in the both the World Wars. Alamodome Stadium, Montana Streets, San Antonio. Ageas Bowl: Eastleigh, Cricket, Seating Capacity, History. Trivia As it is located on the sloping hill, the structure of the ground resulted in an amphitheater bowl. Due to this bowl-shaped structure along with the Hampshire County Cricket Club's logo (having crown and rose), the name of the stadium was announced as the "Rose Bowl". The Rose Bowl formerly known as Ageas Bowl is a cricket ground and hotel complex in West End, Hampshire, England. Since 2001, it has been the home of Hampshire Country Cricket Club. It was constructed as a replacement for Hampshire’s homes such as the County Ground in Southampton and also the United Services Recreation Ground in Portsmouth since 1882.

Since, then the ground has hosted international cricket, including One Day Internationals, 2004 Champions Trophy, 2 Twenty20 Internationals, and Test matches in 2011, 2014, and 2018. The ground underwent a redevelopment that started in 2008 in order to host the Test cricket to make the ground more viable and to increase capacity. Early History of Ageas Bowl (Rose Bowl) Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy.

Rungrado May Day Stadium: Pyongyang, Athletics, Gymnastics, Seating Capacity. Stadium Australia: Sydney, ANZ Stadium, Cricket, Football, Capacity. Hall of Fame: Milkha Singh Biography, Records, Family. Awards & Achievements Gold medalist in 200m and 400m events at the Asian Games of 1958 Gold medalist in 440 yards at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games of 1958 Honoured with "Padma Shri" by the Government of India in 1959 At the Olympic Games of 1960, he set up a national record by finishing the 400m event in 45.73 seconds Gold medalist in 400m event and 4x400m relay race at the Asian Games of 1962 Silver medalist in 400m race at the Calcutta National Games of 1964 You can achieve anything in life.

It just depends on how desperate you are to achieve it. These words are quoted by "The Flying Sikh" Milkha Singh, the former Indian sprinter who clinched India's first individual gold medal in Athletics at the Commonwealth Games and four gold medals at the Asian Games of 1958 and 1962. The legendary athlete was born in Govindpura, a village 10km away from Muzaffargarh (which is now a district in Pakistan) in a Sikh Rajput family. Credits: YouTube. Mary Kom: Biography, Life Story, Olympic Medals, Profile, Awards, Awards & Achievements People used to say that boxing is for men and not for women and I thought I will show them some day. I promised myself and I proved myself. An ordinary girl from the Kom tribe of Manipur, India who fearlessly pursued her dreams without bothering about the bars and proved the world that nothing is bigger than the desire to win, by being the first Indian female boxer to earn an Olympic medal for her nation.

This six times World Amateur Boxing Champion had numerous face-offs while chasing her dreams, but the best part was that she never quit fighting against the odds which also included her family who never wanted her to become a boxer. Chungneijang Mery Kom Hmangte was born on 1st March 1983 as the eldest daughter of a tenant farmer who worked in ‘Jhum’ fields to meet both ends. The path was not easy for her as the community as well as her parents objected the decision to pursue boxing considering the sport only for boys. Credits: YouTube. Major Dhyan Chand: Biography, Information, Hockey Player, History.

Awards & Achievements 1928- Gold medal at the Olympics, held in Amsterdam 1932- Gold medal at the Olympics, held in Los Angeles 1936- Gold medal at the Olympics, held in Berlin 1956- Bestowed with India's third-highest civilian award "Padma Bhushan" by the Government of India Major Dhyan Chand, the Indian Hockey legend is well-known for the goal-scoring ability that made him earn three gold medals at three consecutive Olympic events, creating history. The iconic personality has served both in Army as well as at the hockey field throughout his life. Widely considered as the magician of hockey, the man had scored around 1000 goals in his active career which is a record feat. Dhyan Chand was born on 29th August 1905, in the city of "Sangam"- Allahabad to a British Indian Army employee Sameshwar Dutt Singh and Sharadha Singh.

Due to his father’s frequent official transfers, he was not able to keep pace with the academics and had to drop down studies after schooling for just six years. Hall of Fame: Mahesh Bhupathi Tennis Player Biography, History. Awards and Achievements - Mahesh won the mixed doubles event at French Open in 1997 and became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title Mahesh and Leander captured 6 ATP doubles titles in each year 1997 and 1998, out of the eight tournament finals the duo reached during both years.

Won three doubles titles including the French Open and Wimbledon with Leander Paes in 1999. Their partnership became pretty famous and they became the world’s no.1 doubles team on April 26, 1999 Mahesh was honoured by India’s Highest Civilian award; Padma Shri in the year 2001 Each year in 2002–04, Mahesh won 5 ATP doubles titles including U.S. Open championship together with Belarus’s Max Mirnyi in 2002 Again Mahesh won Doubles Championship at the Doha Asian Games with Leander Paes in 2006 Became the 8th male player in history to win a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles by winning the Australian Open title in 2006. I am glad that Wimbledon is my last slam.

Early life Tennis Career Personal life Early life. Lin Dan: Biography, Awards & Achievements, Olympic Medals. Lin “Super” Dan is a Chinese badminton player who is considered one of the greatest singles players of all time. Lin is a 2-time Olympic champion, 5-time World champion and also 5-time All England champion. Lin earned the #1 BWF World Ranking for the first time in 2004 and has never looked back since. No one could imagine how great he was going to become in the next 16 years.

At the age of 28, Lin has completed the “Super Grand Slam” and won all nine major championships including the Olympic Games, World Cup, World Championships, All England Open, Sudirman Cup, Thomas Cup, Asian Games, Super Series Masters Finals and Asian Championships. Lin is currently the only tennis player to have accomplished this feat and is therefore considered by many to be the best player to ever appear in the sport. Lin was nicknamed “Super Dan” by Peter Gade, and the legend indeed lives up to his name.

Career Victories World Junior Championships: 1 Gold Medal Asian Junior Championships: 2 Gold Medals Early life. KD Jadhav : Biography, Life story, Information, Profile, Olympics. Achievements Finished sixth in the flyweight section of the London Olympics in 1948 Bagged India’s first individual medal in wrestling through a sturdy performance at the Helsinki Olympics of 1952 He was one of the Indian athletes who participated in the torch run of the Asian Games in 1982 Honoured with Chhatrapati Puraskar in 1992 by the Government of Maharashtra post his death Posthumously honoured with the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 2001 Pain is weakness leaving the body.

Known as the "Pocket Dynamo", Indian wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav who bagged the first individual Olympic medal for the nation after independence was born on 15th January 1926 in Satara, Maharashtra. Although K.D. Jadhav belonged to a wrestling family, who breathed, eat and live in the sport, his journey as a wrestler had never been so easy. He also took part in the “Quit India Movement”. Photo Credits: todayinya.com, twitter.com Credits: YouTube Achievements Pain is weakness leaving the body. Mahendra Singh Dhoni: MS Dhoni biography, Records, Awards, Story.

Debut Records In ODIs Fourth Indian cricketer to reach 10,000 ODI runs after Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid and also the second wicket-keeper to achieve the feat Most career runs in ODI history (4031 runs) when batting at number 6 position Only player to score more than one century in ODI cricket when batting at number 7 or lower position (Dhoni has 2 tons at number 7) First Indian and fifth overall player to hit 200 sixes in ODIs In 2005, Dhoni scored 183* against Sri Lanka which is the highest score by a wicket-keeper.

He holds the current record of playing most matches in ODI history as a captain who has also served as a wicket-keeper (200). Holds the record of most stumpings (120) by any wicket-keeper in ODIs and is currently the only keeper to pass 100 stumpings. In Tests In 2009, under Dhoni's captaincy, India got the top spot in the Test cricket rankings for the first time. In T20Is Photo Credits: Facebook.com / MSDhoni Early Life Beginning of Cricket Recognition. Tennis player: Maria Sharapova Biography & Career. Career Victories Grand Slam titles: Non-Grand Slam titles: 2005 & 2009 Pan Pacific Open 2006 & 2013 Indian Wells Open 2006 & 2007 Southern California Open 2006 Zurich Open 2008 Qatar Open 2011, 2012 & 2015 Italian Open 2011 Cincinnati Open 2014 Madrid Open 2014 China Open Accolades and Achievements Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a world-renowned professional tennis player from Russia who was born on April 19, 1987, in Nyagan, Siberia, Russia.

Her father worked in various low-paying jobs so that she could take her tennis lessons. Photo Credits: Craig ONeal / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 Tennis Debut Maria made her professional debut on her 14th birthday (April 19, 2001). I'm not the next anyone, I'm the first Maria Sharapova. Journey of Tennis Maria bagged her first WTA title at the 2003 AIG Japan Open and reached the fourth round of Wimbledon in her first attempt during the same year. She made a comeback by defeating Sara Errani in the final of the 2012 French Open in June 2012. The Great Khali: Dalip Singh rana wwe wrestler. Here we are talking about the prominent Indian professional wrestler, actor, and sports promoter- The Great Khali. The name that has ruled almost a decade of professional wrestling from 2000.

One of the tallest professional wrestler who set numerous benchmarks for the upcoming wrestlers. With a huge fan following from all around the world, Khali is counted amongst the top-notch professional wrestlers of the world with the title of the World Heavyweight Champion that he rightly deserves. Early Life Photo Credits: bn.wikipedia.org Born on 27th August 1972 to Jwala Ram and Tandi Devi, Khali, initially known as Dalip Singh Rana raised in the beautiful state of India, Himachal Pradesh; along with his six siblings. To provide financial support to his family, Khali has to enrol himself in many odd jobs at an early age. Professional Wrestling Career After tasting his first definite loss by his opponent The Undertaker; Khali trained hard to uplift his stature in which he subsequently succeeded. AB de Villiers : Cricket Player, Biography, Awards, Career, Birthday.

Awards & Achievements Reached to 1,000 Test runs in just 20 innings in 2005 and is the third fastest South African to reach this benchmark Holds the second-highest individual score as a South African batsman with unbeatable 278 Scripted his name in the ODI history by becoming the second-highest ODI scorer for South Africa with 9,427 runs from 213 innings that he earned in 223 matches Honoured with the ICC ODI Player of the Year in 2010 With his exceptional batting flair, ABD scored two centuries in a single World Cup of 2011 scoring 107* and 134 against the national squads of West Indies and Netherland, respectively. No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart.

Early Life Born in the Transvaal province of South Africa; Villiers enjoyed his early childhood there with his family. Anju Bobby George : Long Jumper, Biography, Awards & Career. Awards & Achievements Entitled as the Sports Woman of the Year in 2004 and 2005 in the Hero Sports Academy Awards Bestowed with the Jimmy George Award in 2004 Won a bronze medal in Long Jump at the IAAF World Championship of 2003, held in Paris and became the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Championship in Athletics with a jump of 6.70 m Won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games of 2002, held in Manchester and received the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 2002 Bagged a gold medal in Long Jump at the Asian Games of 2002 and earned a silver medal in 2006 in the Games Conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2003 Bestowed with the Padma Shri award in 2004 for her sincere efforts in sports Bagged a gold medal at the IAAF World Athletics Final in 2005 It is quite evident that India has potential athletes who have proved their knit and grit on several occasions.

Mr. K. Credits: YouTube. Anjali Bhagwat : Rifle Shooter, Biography, Awards, Career. Awards & Achievements Won 31 gold, 23 silver and 7 bronze medals at international stages in her career till date including the SAF Games, Commonwealth Championship, Afro Asian Games, Europe Circuit events and Asian Championships Bagged 55 gold, 35 silver and 16 bronze medals, with 8 new records in national competitions Received the Shree Shiv Chattrapati Award in 1992 Honoured with the Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar in 1993 Reached the finals of the Sydney Olympics in 2000 Won the World Cup in 2003 with a score of 399/400 Received the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 2000 for her astounding efforts in sport Spotted the no.1 position in the world ranking in 10m Air rifle in 2002.

The same year, she was honoured by the Indo-American Society with the Young Achiever Award Honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and also received the Hero Indian Sports Award in 2003, being the best sportswoman Credits: YouTube Awards & Achievements Credits: YouTube. Abhinav Bindra : Gold Medalist, Biography, Awards & Career -Sportsmatik. Eddy Merckx : Belgian cyclist, Biography, Awards & Career. Deepa Malik : Paralympic Athlete, Biography, Awards & Career. Dean Smith : Basketball Coach, Biography, Career & Awards. Billie Jean King : Tennis Player, Biography, Career & Awards. Balbir Singh Sr. : Hockey Player, Biography, Career & Awards.

Bachendri Pal: Biography, Mountaineering, Career & Awards. Ayrton Senna : F1 Racing Driver, Biography, Career & Awards. Gagan Narang: Rifle Shooter, Biography, Career & Awards. Garry Kasparov: Chess Player, Biography, Career & Awrads. Gautam Gambhir : Cricket Player, Age, Biography, Career. Jesse Owens: Biography, Facts, Awards, Olympics Career. Cricketer Kapil dev: Biography, Age, Career & Awards. Karnam Malleswari: Weightlifter, Biography, Career & Awards. Limba Ram : Archery Player, Biography, Career & Awards. Lionel Messi : Football Player, Biography, Stats & facts.

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi : Cricketer. Biography, History. Mark Spitz : Biography, Swimmer, Olympic Medals, Swimming, Life Story. Michael Jordan: Autobiography, Story, Facts, Achievements. Michael Phelps : Swimmer, Biography, Age, Olympics Medals. Michael Schumacher : Racing Driver, Biography, Wins, Age. Narain Karthikeyan : Indian Car Racer, Biography, Career, Awards. Pele : Hall of Fame, Footabller Biography, Worldcup & Facts. Pullela Gopichand : Badminton Player, Biography & Awards. Rahul Dravid: Biography, Career, Stats & Age. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore : Hall of Fame, Biography & Awards. Ravi Shastri : Hall of Fame, Biography, Career & Age. Roger Federer : Tennis Player, Bio, News, Family & Age.

Sachin Tendulkar : Hall of Fame, Profile, Biography, Career, Age. Leander Paes : Indian tennis player, Biography, Age & Awards. Sir Alex Ferguson : Hall of Fame, Biography, Trophy, Career & Age. Sir Don Bradman | Sport Australia Hall of Fame | Sir Don Bradman Biography. Sourav Ganguly | Famous Cricket Player | Sourav Ganguly Biography. Sunil Gavaskar | Sunil Gavaskar Information. Sushil Kumar | The Wrestling Sultan of India | Sushil Kumar Story. The Great Gama Pahalwan | Hall of Fame. Tiger Woods | Story of Tiger Woods | Tiger Woods Biography | Hall of Famer Tiger Woods. Russian Weightlifter Alexeev | Vasily Alekseyev | Hall of Fame. Viswanathan Anand Chess | Indian Chess Champion. Cricket Hall of Fame | Yuvraj Singh History | Yuvraj Singh Biography. Sportsmatik Promo Videos | company promo video | promotional video - Sportsmatik. Sports Mascots | Most Popular Mascots | Gillu Mascot - Sportsmatik. Most Famous Sports in the World | What's the Most Popular Sport in the World | Sports Around the World - Sportsmatik.