Canada beat Japan in finals of women's curling championships. It is said that the Canadian team was "really out of it" when they were losing 6-3, but they got back into it to win. (They were reminded that if they won, they'd get a case of Labatt's light!) picked by dreamering 5 months ago

She will compete for a share of winnings totalling $3 Million at the WTA Championships. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

Manny Pacquiao is considered boxing's best pound-for-pound champion. He won the lightweight championship in a knockout. Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KOs) now has 4 championships in four weight classes, flyweight, junior featherweight and super featherweight as well as lightweight. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Dallas Cowboys coach Wade Phillips insisted Friday that he never said that the New England Patriots' three Super Bowl championships were tainted. picked by wags273 11 months ago

The Olympics may be over, but that doesn't mean that the world is suddenly deprived of dedicated athletes competing at the very peak of their performance. Witness, for example, the 170 people who turned out for the World Bog Snorkelling Championships on Monday. picked by DAVEthefish 3 days ago

...at conkers! An English train driver beat his opponent (an Englishman now living in France) in the world conker championships. Smashing! picked by TheStep 11 months ago

The purpose of splashdiving is to create as big as a splash possible while diving. This is an actual sport, complete with world championships. More pictures here . picked by tundramonkey 1 year ago

Sweet pics of guys doing some insane stuff that I would never want to try...the back-flip pic is bad @$$ picked by acemak 10 months ago

World championships of beatboxing, as far as I can tell. Included (at about 7:00) is "If Your Mother Only Knew", which makes me think that Rahzel is not human. picked by KingKoopa 11 months ago

Wife Carrying is a sport of carrying women. A team has one male and one female, and the objective is for the male to carry the female team member through a special obstacle track. Major wife-carrying competitions are held in Sonkajärvi, Finland (where the prize is the wife's weight in beer) and Marquette, Michigan. picked by makri 1 year ago

Help the England soccer team re-write history and qualify for the European championships in this Flash Game. picked by motionmonkey 3 months ago

Charlie, a bichon frise, got at 30 pies intended for a pie eating contest. But that's not all. There's a pigeon too. picked by cinderblock 8 months ago

It's a sport only for the fleet of thumb with a ruthless dedication to punctuation. And while competitive text messaging may not have quite gained Olympic status, the hundreds of mostly teenagers who took part in the US championships in New York yesterday could think of little but the $US25,000 ($A29,900) prize money. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

In Florida, there are actual tryouts to make it to the U.S. Pizza Team. The team will travel to the World Championships in Italy. Several factors go in to the winning pizza - spices, cheese and sauce. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

Watch as David Ortiz and Brian Urlacher win the badminton championships by lodging a shuttlecock into another players leg picked by sholom22 1 year ago

Farra's first-place finish earned him and his 110-pound wife Tess her weight in beer and five times her weight in cash, or $550. They also are eligible for a $1,000 reimbursement toward a trip to the world championships in Finland next July.

They should make it interesting and have a weight limit...say 200 lbs?! picked by tlovesd 2 years ago