TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the basketball robot riddle? | Dan Katz
You’ve spent months creating a basketball-playing robot, the Dunk-O-Matic, and you’re excited to demonstrate its capabilities. Until you read an advertisement: “See the Dunk-O-Matic face human players and automatically adjust its skill...
TED Talks
TED: My epic journey becoming the fastest person to paddle around Australia | Bonnie Hancock
What challenges lie ahead of a staggering 12,700-kilometer paddle around the entire continent of Australia? Crocodiles and sharks were just the beginning, says Ironwoman Bonnie Hancock. Reflecting on her remarkable feat of becoming the...
TED Talks
TED: What you can do to stop economic crime | Hanjo Seibert
It might sound like the plot of a movie, but economic crime is all around us — from drug trafficking and fraud to cybercrimes, tax evasion and more. Economic crime fighter Hanjo Seibert breaks down the complexities of money laundering...
TED Talks
TED: Why you should stop setting goals (yes, really) | Emmanuel Acho
In athletics, in business, in life, everyone sets goals. But that's not the way to excel, according to former NFL player Emmanuel Acho, now an author and TV sports analyst. Here's what he says to do instead.
SciShow
How to Increase Your Athletic Ability | The Scientific Truth
You may think you just have to run more, or lift more weights—but the truth is, there is a scientific way to increase your athletic ability! Join Stefan Chin for a new episode of SciShow and learn how you might be able to perform better,...
SciShow
When Athletes Dope ... & Einstein FTW
This week's SciShow news has Hank bringing us a primer on the science behind various illegal and illicit ways in which athletes "improve" their bodies, proof of general relativity that we can actually see, and a new way to measure how...
SciShow
Why Do Golf Balls Have Dimples?
The size, shape, and designs of the balls used in sports are usually the results of decades or even centuries of trial and error, and the cute, dimply li'l golf ball is no different!
TED Talks
TED: Why people love watching sports | Kate Fagan
Sure, sports are about athleticism -- but what actually keeps fans invested? Journalist Kate Fagan takes a fascinating deep-dive into lesser-known moments in women's sports history and its media coverage, revealing why stakes and...
TED Talks
TED: How to outthink your competition -- with a lesson from sports | Rasmus Ankersen
Does success come from luck or skill, and how do you tell the difference? One way to find an answer: think like a pro gambler does, says football executive Rasmus Ankersen. Using sports analytics to emphasize his point, Ankersen digs...
Curated Video
New technology shown on luxury yachts at Monaco show
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Fireworks over Rio stadium as Paralympics close
The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games wrapped up on Sunday with a fireworks display over Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium.Rio officially passed the baton to Tokyo, which will host the next Paralympics in 2020.Tribute was also paid to Bahman...
Curated Video
Seniors get fit with sit down volleyball
LEAD INThe Rio Olympics have inspired a new generation of athletes in many more ways than expected. A group of senior citizens in California is not letting their age or ailments stop then from playing volleyball. No Fall Volleyball is...
Curated Video
Jessica Jung, Emily Ratajkowski, Maria Sharapova, Chloe Sevigny, Simone Biles, Cynthia Erivo attend Vera Wang fashion show
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Rio de Janeiro will not make good on its Olympic pledge of slashing the flow of raw sewage and garbage into the Guanabara Bay, where the 2016 games' sailing and wind surfing competitions are to be held.
Rio de Janeiro will not make good on its Olympic pledge of slashing the flow of raw sewage and garbage into the Guanabara Bay, where the 2016 games' sailing and wind surfing competitions are to be held, the state's top environmental...
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England and Italian fans get into party spirit ahead of their World Cup match
England and Italy fans were getting into the party spirit in Manaus on Saturday, joining together to sing and make their predictions ahead of the World Cup match between the two nations at the Arena da Amazonia stadium.
England fans hung...
Curated Video
Bollywood legend carries Olympic torch in London
The king of Indian cinema, Amitabh Bachchan, was cheered on by Londoners Thursday as he carried the Olympic Torch in the British capital.
The 69-year-old Bollywood megastar jogged a distance of 300 metres - although he walked...
Curated Video
Belgium's Vervoort dismisses euthanasia reports
Belgian wheelchair racer and Rio Paralympic silver medalist Marieke Vervoort dismissed on Sunday a recent report in the French media that stated that she was "considering" euthanasia after Rio.Speaking at a news conference at the Olympic...
Curated Video
Olympic flame at Rio's most famous landmark
Former Brazilian volleyball player and Olympic medallist Isabel Barroso Salgado carried the Olympic Torch at the Christ the Redeemer statue on Friday, ahead of the opening of the 2016 Summer Olympics later in the day.Barroso Salgado was...
Associated Press
Pitino: "NCAA Cannot Rewrite History
Former Louisville head basketball coach Rick Pitino says the NCAA "cannot rewrite history." The NCAA ruled yesterday to uphold sanctions against the Cardinal men's basketball program because of a sex scandal stemming from a former...
Curated Video
Climate scientists from 100 countries in Japan to study warming risks
Scientists from 100 countries meeting in the Japanese port city of Yokohama were putting finishing touches on Tuesday on a massive report emphasising the gravity of the threat facing communities from the polar regions to the tropics from...
Curated Video
Tiger Woods makes his return to golf at notoriously secluded Augusta National for The Masters. A hoard of journalists from around the world are rushing to cover the golfer in action, and finding that catching a glimpse of Tiger is unlikely.
HEADLINE: Tiger's return has media scrambling
CAPTION: Tiger Woods makes his return to golf at notoriously secluded Augusta National for The Masters. A hoard of journalists from around the world are rushing to cover the golfer in action,...
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Phelps on retirement after 23 golds
US swimmer Michael Phelps officially bowed out of competitive action on Sunday, a day after winning a record 23rd Olympic gold medal in the men's 4x100-metre medley relay. The 31-year-old won five golds and a silver at the 2016 Games in...
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Russia Paralympics officials on doping claims
A Russian Paralympic Committee official said on Monday that Russian Paralympians had been subject to foreign doping tests exclusively in the run up to the 2016 Games, denying allegations of state-run doping. Pavel Rozhkov, First Vice...