| Waterskiing was originally called "plank-gliding" in England. |
| Badminton used to be known as "poona." |
| The black lines on a basketball are called the Channels. |
| The first Olympic games to be televised were the 1936 games in Berlin. |
| The best badminton shuttles are made from the feathers from the left wing of a goose. |
| Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith. He set out to invent a game to occupy students between the football and baseball seasons. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| In 1935, Jesse Owens set six track and field world records in less than one hour. |
| The name Reebok was named after the African Gazelle. |