Football (soccer) is the most attended or watched sport in the world.

The Major League Baseball teams use about 850,000 balls per season.

Volleyball was invented by William George Morgan of Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1895.

The very first Olympic race, held in 776 BC, was won by Corubus, a chef.

Basketball and rugby balls are made from synthetic material. Earlier, pigs’ bladders were used as rugby balls.

The crawler, the machine that takes the Space Shuttle to the launching pad moves at 3km/h (2 mph).

Luke Howard used Latin words to categorize clouds in 1803.

Earth is slowing down – in a few million years there won’t be a leap year.

A storm officially becomes a hurricane when cyclone winds reach 119 km/h (74 mph).

Earth is not round; it is slightly pear-shaped. The North Pole radius is 44mm longer than the South Pole radius.

Boxing became a legal sport in 1901.

The baseball home plate is 17 inches wide.

Fishing is the biggest participant sports in the world.

More than 100 million people hold hunting licenses.

A badminton shuttle easily travels 180 km/h (112 mph).