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On May 9th and 10th, over 55,000 spectators gathered at the Marina in San Diego, to watch 15 of the world's best pilots navigate though obstacles in fast, lightweight planes at speeds of up to 270mph, in a quest to win the Red Bull Air Race Championships....

23-year old Danny MacAskill has been tearing the streets of Edinburgh and wowing people across the globe with his bike stunts for a few years now. However, his latest stunt video has taken the world by storm and received more hits than any cycling video ever....

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Two teenagers from Northern California are currently in Yokohama, Japan, representing the USA at the World Table Tennis Championships, that began on April 28th and ends on May 5th, 2009....

While they may not have the coveted Firebolt broom or the ability to zoom around to catch the elusive golden snitch, muggle (ordinary human) Quidditch players are not complaining. The game, concocted by JK Rowling in the Harry Potter series, has taken US colleges by storm since 2005, and now seems to be spreading to schools....

Sara Campbell, a British diver, set a new freediving record on Thursday, when she completed a 96-meter dive into the ocean and back, holding her breath the entire time. It took Sara three minutes and 36 seconds to go to depths that have never been reached in a similar competition, by any woman before....

The International Olympics take place once every four years. However, in Kila Raipur, a small village in Punjab, India the Olympics are held every year. While the villagers don't spend millions of dollars on special venues, the athletes take their sport as seriously, and the whole event seems to be more fun than real deal!...

Avoca is a small village in Cass County, Nebraska. For most of the year, this tiny village of 300 people is pretty quiet - however every year, on the last Saturday of January, it becomes hub of activity, when it hosts the annual Quack-Off Duck Race....

Michelto Lagravere's bull-fighting career began at the tender age of six. It's no wonder that now at the age of eleven, he is already considered a veteran matador....