INTERESTING FACTS…

11 hour tennis match!

The longest tennis match took place at Wimbledon 2010 when John Isner of the US beat Nicolar Mahut of France in a match which lasted for 11 hours and 5 minutes!

Ouch!

The grass at Wimbledon was kept two inches long until 1949 when an English tennis player was bitten by a snake. 8mm is the optimum grass length for present day play at Wimbledon.

Let’s go fly a kite!

Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand. Kite flying develops creative thinking both in the making and the flying of the kite, as well as requiring concentration.

World’s oldest

Sheffield FC is the world’s oldest football club!

Japan’s national sport

The national sport of Japan is sumo wrestling. Sumo is a competitive, full contact sport where one wrestler tries to force the other out of the ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of his feet.