Teen, 13, Youngest Atop Mount Everest
It took Jordan Romero 13 years to climb Mount Everest – not bad, considering he’s 13 years old.
The California teen reached the summit of the tallest mountain in the world and promptly called his mother on a satellite phone to share the good news. His father stood beside him at “the [...]
Mexico City Embraces Bike Sharing
Mexico City has tens of millions of residents, 4 million cars, and very few bike paths, but that hasn’t stopped city officials from introducing a bike-sharing program.
A full 85 bicycle stations in four districts of the nation’s capital contain a total of 1,114 bright red bikes, to be shared among [...]
Thriathlon Basics…
Thriathlon is probably the world’s fastest-growning mass partcipation sport. It is a multi-discipline endurance event involving a continuous race over various distances in the three disciplines of swimming, cycling and running.
* SWIM: A thriathlon ca start in one of twao ways, from the beach of in the water. Elite ahtletes start in their own small [...]
UAE Women lift Trophy
The UAE women’s national foorball team have made history – win an international trophy at rhe first time of asking. They won the third Western Asia Women’s Football Championship at the weekend, beating Jordan 1 – 0 in the final.
Fatima Al Maleh scored the all important goal in the 64th minute to secure the victory [...]
2010 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship
Sports fans worldwide have been waiting with bated breath for this championship and with three of the world’s top 10 golfers already confirmed to battle it out in January 2010’s Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, they have not waited in vain. The championship will have world number four and two-time Abu Dhabi Golf Championship winner, England’s [...]
