Oscar Pistorius - The Fastest Man On No Legs

Oscar Pistorius was born to Henke and Sheila Pistorius on 22nd November 1986. This would have been a fairly ordinary affair except that Oscar Pistorius was born with a rare deformity of the legs - his feet contains only two toes, the heel bone and a bone to connect the toes and the heel together.

Henke and Sheila Pistorius made the heartwrenching decision to amputate Oscar’s legs below the knee. Read more

How Michael Jordan Remain On Top Of His Game

In my previous post, I discussed how some athletes like Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic can seemingly falter as soon as they reached their goal of being world no.1.

However there are also some athletes who somehow found the drive to excel night in night out, year after year. Here are some outstanding examples. Read more

It’s Ana Ivanovic’s Turn To Crumble Under Pressure!

TOP Seeded Ana Ivanovic suffered a shocking loss in the 2nd round of the US Opens. She was upset by 188th-ranked Julie Coin in three sets - 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

Her loss paved the way for Jelena Jankovic to reclaim the world no.1 ranking…that’s if she do not suffer an early loss just like her Serbian counterpart.

In retrospect, Ivanovic’s loss was perhaps not that shocking after all… Read more

US Opens - Has Roger Federer Rekindled His Desire To Win?

The Olympics Gold in Doubles gave me a great lift, it really inspired me and i really hope to use that to do well here

By Roger Federer

ROGER FEDERER opened his defense of his US Opens crown with an emphatic 6-3, 6-0, 6-1 straight sets victory over Maximo Gonzalez. The above quote was given during an interview after the game.

For the first time since 2004, Roger Federer began a tournament ranked world no. 2.

Although it is still early to tell how far Roger Federer will progress in this tournament, it is obvious to all that he played the match with a lot more confidence, patience and definitely much more desire Read more

I Bet You Can’t Swim Faster Than Natalie Du Toit!

BORN IN CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Natalie Du Toit was already a rising star in swimming when she was young.

At the tender age of 14, Natalie Du Toit set multiple national age group records in both medley events and she competed in the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in 1998.

Two years later, at 16, she nearly qualified for the 2000 Sydney Olympics in three events.

With her strong determined character, many believed she would go on to bring glory for the home nation in future years.

In February 2001, a then 17 year old Natalie, went about school in the usual manner - riding her scooter. Unknown to her, what would soon happen would change her life forever. Read more

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