Rio de Janeiro was picked as the host city for Olympic 2016, beating Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago at the IOC voting in Copenhagen on Friday.
The Brazilian metropolis will be the first city from South America to host the world’s largest sporting event. The 2016 Olympic Games are scheduled to be held on August 5-21, while Paralympics on September 7-18.
Alain Robert, nicknamed Spiderman, climbed successfully to the top of Malaysia’s iconic 88-storey Petronas Twin Towers on September 1…
The 46-year-old Frenchman is famous for scaling skyscrapers and famous architectures across the world, without safety equipments.
This was Robert’s third attempt to conquer the 452m Petronas Towers, formerly the world’s tallest building. He made the first attempt in 1997, and the second a decade later; both climbs were thwarted by authorities on the 60th floor.
He was subsequently arrested and fined RM2000 (~USD567) for illegal trespassing.
Baseball mascots for the Samsung Lions in Korea Baseball Organization (league), famous for their imitation of popular K-pop dances and various comedic skits. Sharing some fancams of their ‘performances’…
Lee Hyori – U Go Girl [original]
Steven Purugganan is an 11-year-old Filipino-American who holds the world record for all five categories (three individuals, two teams) of sport stacking.
Below is a video of Purugganan breaking the then Cycle record during the 2008 World Championships in Denver, USA… [his latest world record is 5.93s]
[credits to raydavid1965@youtube for the upload]
Both North Korea and South Korea have qualified from the Asian groupings to play in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
It will be the first time in history that both nations are participating in the same tournament.
North Korea will be making only their 2nd appearance; their first was a fairy tale journey in 1966 in which they defeated European giant Italy en route to the quarter finals, a result that stunned the footballing world.
South Korea on the other hand is the most successful Asian team in World Cup history and will be making their 8th appearance in 2010. Their best result was 4th place in 2002 when they were joint host (with Japan) for the event.
The Koreans met in the qualifying stage in which the southern counterpart has the upper hand with a win and a draw. The northern boys are unlikely to get their revenge in 2010 though, as chances are pretty slim for them to meet each other.
The Super GT series is back in Malaysia; Sepang International Circuit will again host the popular Japan-based auto racing championship on June 19-21, 2009.
A panning photo below; taken while collecting my ticket in the afternoon. Didn’t spend much time there, the real show only happens in the next two days…
Beside the super cars and Japanese race queens, the organiser is running a lot more extra activities this year to pull the crowd, such as drift demo, rave party and autograph sessions etc.
Should be an entertaining weekend ahead; hope that the summer heat won’t be too unbearable.
Super GT series
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Yuri from Korean girls group SNSD wow the crowd at Jamsil Baseball Stadium with her stylish opening pitch for the pro-baseball match between Doosan Bears and Kia Tigers; fellow SNSD member Seohyun was on the bat…
After a sensational performance in February’s 4CC, Korean figure skater Kim Yuna has set another new record in the ISU World Figure Skating Championships over the weekend at Los Angeles and won the competition by a huge margin.
Kim broke her own record in the women’s short program with 76.12 points in the short program (video), and took the gold medal with a total of a record 207.71 points… the first woman to surpass 200 since the new scoring system was adapted in 2005.
