The Muslim hijab, banned at a taekwondo tournament in Quebec last month, will be allowed at the 2007 World Championship in Quebec City later this month, the International Taekwon-Do Federation announced on Friday. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

LHASA, TIBET - Employing the brash style that first brought him to prominence, Sri Dhananjai Bikram won the fifth annual International Yogi Competition yesterday with a world-record point total of 873.6. picked by gratheo 2 years ago

The Belgian bodybuilding championship had to be canceled because there was NOBODY left to compete. picked by tigertony 6 months ago

In light of what happened in Philadelphia this past week(Phillies win world series t-shirts)I wondered "what do they do with this stuff?" Well here's the answer. picked by Bornbad 3 weeks ago

Oh, yeah. It's the big one! (not to be confused with those piddly little national competitions)
more pics here picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

First Philadelphia Championship in 25 Years!

2008 World Champs!!!!!!! picked by muppetmaker 1 year ago

Yadier Molina hit a one-out, two-run home run in the ninth inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 3-1 victory over the New York Mets in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series. picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago

Green Bay defeated Seattle Sunday to secure a spot in the NFC Championship game. picked by bigtonyboy 2 years ago

During the Illinois state semifinal basketball game, North Lawndale College Prep was given a technical foul for having uniforms which violated federation rules. A violation for which they were given multiple warnings they chose to ignore. Now that choice may have cost them the championship picked by bernardblack 8 months ago

Sudoku, the numbers puzzle that claims 167 million U.S. players, held its first national championship on Saturday, drawing more than 800 people from as far away as California and British Columbia picked by sholom22 2 years ago

The original event, the Kinetic Grand Championship in Humboldt County, California, is also called the "Triathlon of the Art World" because art and engineering are combined with physical endurance during a three day cross country race that includes sand, mud, pavement, a bay crossing, a river crossing and major hills. (A Blog documenting the daily trials of the race, with many, many phot... read full post picked by psycmoe 2 years ago

Entrants to this weekend's rollercoaster riding championship in Norway will be given a chance to survive 14 hours daily on the park ride for an entire week. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

West Virginia won the NIT championship, but when they put on their championship commerative t-shirts, they had no idea how funny that was. picked by JuicyFruit 3 years ago

Even as a diehard Spurs fan, I know these guys are full of it. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

The Mets heard the whispers, knew that the so-called analysts and experts wouldn't give them much of a chance to fight out of the corner they'd backed into. picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago

Fans of Nintendo Wii use the videogame’s wireless remote to polish their virtual tennis serves or golf swings. Unfortunately, those feats of athleticism don’t translate well in the real world—even a championship Wii boxer shouldn’t consider taking her game to the local Golden Gloves. But soon anyone with the controller will be able to hone a real-life—and lifesaving&#... read full post picked by TraumaMamma 4 months ago

Rules, as they are, according to the Shin Kicking Association of Britain (motto “If it ain’t broke, yer not kickin’ hard enough!”) can be found here.

In certain ways, it seems more civilised than rugby. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

As the Stanley Cup Finals continue, Penguins and Red Wings fans alike are urging their teams to spare their beleaguered cities the expense of a championship victory. picked by theclansman 6 months ago

Golfer Henrik Stenson found a way to steal the spotlight away from Tiger Woods at the World Golf Championship in Florida. The Swedish golfer stripped down to his underwear to play a shot after it landed in the mud. His reasoning... picked by suebe 9 months ago

The Gatorade-stained shirt worn by Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers as the team won its first NBA championship in 22 years has been auctioned...

*Who would pay this much for a shirt? picked by leehblanc 1 year ago