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.