Idaho’s David Rush aims to break rocket target distance record. Previous record: 89.3 feet by Ashrita Furman. Rush’s unofficial attempt hits 104 feet, pending Guinness World Records review. Six years of work culminated in an Idaho guy unofficially breaking the Guinness World Record for the farthest target hit using a pump-powered rocket. David Rush, who … Read more
Afghanistan’s Kandahar province administration has built a gymnasium and turned it over to the regional Olympic committee, according to the state-run news outlet Bakhtar reported on Wednesday. The newly opened gymnasium, which cost 50 million Afghani (560,000 US dollars), allows players to participate in martial arts, basketball, and other sports in the sports facility, according … Read more
BEIJING: The Beijing Winter Olympics will be spread over three zones and merge new venues with existing ones from the 2008 Games, including the “Bird’s Nest” stadium. With one month to go, AFP Sport looks at where the Olympics will take place: Beijing The 80,000-seater “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium — whose cross-hatched steel girders produce a nest-like … Read more
