Singapore special needs youngsters set 'indoor skydive' record in wind tunnel
Children with special needs set a world record in Singapore on Friday by performing hundreds of "indoor skydives" in a massive wind tunnel. Scores of youngsters and their teachers did simulated, tandem skydives under the guidance of instructors, floating up and down on air blasting ...
Prince Harry opens Invictus Games in Sydney after thunderstorm causes delay
Britain's Prince Harry on Saturday opened the Olympic-style Invictus Games for disabled and wounded soldiers at a moving ceremony on the forecourt of Sydney's Opera House, after an intense thunderstorm forced an hourlong delay. The Duke of Sussex, who climbed Sydney Harbour Bridge on Friday ...
164 skydivers in formation smash world record above Illinois
Traveling at speeds of up to 240 mph (almost 400 kph), 164 skydivers flying head-down built the largest ever vertical skydiving formation Friday over central Illinois, smashing the previous record. It took the international team 13 attempts to beat the 2012 mark set by 138 ...
PS3 game predicts success for Japan in early soccer stage
Right now, soccer fans across the globe are wondering how their nation will fare at the upcoming World Cup in Brazil. Usually some company finds a psychic animal to "predict" the results: Paul the Octopus for the 2010 World Cup, an Indian elephant for ...
What's in the cards for the future of sumo?
Relying on the tried-and-test cute formula, the beleaguered sumo association rolls out "sekitori-kun," a series of chicken little mascots.
