Interesting Facts About Sports
Sport is not just about health; it is about the desire to be better and move forward. Sport evolves and progresses alongside humanity, with new heroes emerging and new records being set, both personal and team. The most interesting, fantastic, and humorous facts remain in the history of sports, in the memory of all fans, in our memory. Here are some interesting facts and statistics in sports.
- Boxing was legalized as a sport only in 1900.
- The only country that has participated in all the FIFA World Cups is Brazil.
- The youngest player in NHL history to score 50 or more goals and 100 or more points in a season and to be named the league's "Most Valuable Player" at the age of 19 was Wayne Gretzky in the 1979-80 season.
- Contrary to popular belief, judo has not 10, but 12 dans. However, no one has ever received the 11th dan, and the 12th was awarded only to the founder of judo, Jigoro Kano.
- In 1936 in Berlin, the first hockey goalie mask was used by Japanese goalie Tanaka Hoimo.
- Out of 51 matches fought by Mike Tyson in the professional ring, he ended 21 by knockout in the first round (40.8%).
- The weight of a table tennis ball is 2.5 grams.
- The winner of the Stanley Cup receives a replica of the cup, while the original is kept in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
- After a professional volleyball player's spike, the ball can travel at speeds of up to 130 km/h. A hockey puck can reach speeds of up to 160 km/h when struck by a player.
- Approximately 30 percent of NBA players have tattoos on their bodies.
- The fastest goal in NHL history was scored just three seconds into the game.
- According to research conducted by the Detroit Free Press, 68 percent of professional hockey players have lost at least one tooth on the ice.
- The final match of the 1976 European Football Championship was Franz Beckenbauer's 100th game for the West German team.
- The Vatican's national football team has played only one international match in its history, against Monaco, which ended in a 0-0 draw.
- Real Madrid has won the Champions League, including the European Cup, more often than any other team, with nine titles.
- The tallest basketball player in the world is Chinese center Min Min Sun, who is 236 cm tall and weighs 152 kg.
- In 1936, at the opening of a table tennis tournament, Polish player Alex Ehrlich and Romanian Paneth Farcas played a single point for 2 hours and 12 minutes.
