Sandboarding in the Sahara

This is the Sahara Desert. And this is an ambitious sandboarding enthusiast. This guy is ambitious too. Wow! That's a long up-hill climb! He must be in pretty good shape! Almost at the top. Wow! Does that look like fun? Or what?

Why women like Rugby!

Why women like Rugby!, originally uploaded by Shirley Two Feathers. Ok... that was fun!

Why women like football!

Why Women Like Football, originally uploaded by Shirley Two Feathers. I'd go to that game for sure!

Extreme Running

What is this guy doing? It's called "free running" and no, he's not a stuntman and no this isn't photoshopped or stills from an action movie. Free runners see their environment, which is typically urban, as a giant obstacle course waiting to be surmounted. You can read about it and watch it in action at the Smithsonian Magazine.

Owl Visits Soccer Game

Helsinki, Finland, June 6, 2007—A crucial soccer game in Finland came to what you might call a screeching halt when a wild owl flew onto the field. Nineteen minutes into the Euro 2008 qualifier match, a northern eagle owl swooped in and roosted on one of the goals at the end of the pitch. After a minute or two, it flew to the opposing team's goal, where it continued to suspend play for another five minutes. Fans cheered as the owl refused to budge, and officials conferred on how to unseat the winged predator. In time, the owl took off again, flew a couple of laps around the stadium, and perched on a railing at the end of the field while Finland bested Belgium, 2-0. The Reuters news service described the incident as "a unique occurrence in the history of international soccer."

Some great action photos!

Timing is everything when it comes to amazing action photos. Often the most interesting, bizarre, or funny images are taken right at the moment when disaster strikes, capturing and freezing a moment in time that normally would be impossible to see. Sometimes you are in the right place at the right time, and sometimes you just get lucky.

Lego Sports Arena

Now this is cool! It's a sports arena... made entirely from legos. Look at the detail! There are even little buses, and special effects! At night it's all lit up, and almost looks like the real thing! Cool, huh?

A Really Big TV

A large number of the people that went to Frankfurt, Germany to watch the Fifa's World Cup could not got hold of tickets to get into the stadiums. We are talking about roughly 40,000 people. This was the solution.

Extreme Tennis

Two of the world's best tennis players play a friendly game on the world's highest tennis court, the helipad of the Buraj Al Arab, the world's most luxurious hotel.

Soccer anyone?

Here are some cool "theme" balls made to represent individual contries at the Fifa World Cup.