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title: "Incredible sports facts that will blow your mind"  
description: "We all love sports - football, cricket, hockey, baseball, and what not, these are the games we can't do without."  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-12-01  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1721/incredible-sports-facts-that-will-blow-your-mind  
category: "sports"  
tags: ["Facts", "sports Facts", "incredible sports facts", "mind blown"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Incredible sports facts that will blow your mind

![Incredible sports facts that will blow your mind](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/1d4d69c9-c019-4925-9801-17140b791415/images/f558d018-1c00-4dcd-b867-12d6656c79e6.jpeg) ![Incredible sports facts that will blow your mind](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/1d4d69c9-c019-4925-9801-17140b791415/images/fbe1a0be-4048-4bae-a314-1d71eee7a697.jpeg) A golf ball has 336 dimples A sport considered one of the richest and home to a great like Tiger Woods, golf is a very popular spot. ![Incredible sports facts that will blow your mind](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/1d4d69c9-c019-4925-9801-17140b791415/images/f06a40bc-0a60-4907-af73-035877855eaf.jpeg) Winners were awarded silver medals at first modern Olympics Yes, away from the gold glory of today's Olympics, winners had to settle for silver medal ![Incredible sports facts that will blow your mind](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/1d4d69c9-c019-4925-9801-17140b791415/images/f232d9d4-5d05-43ba-9823-2a9de7651565.jpeg) China had never won an Olympic medal till 1984. In 2008, they won 100 medals ![Incredible sports facts that will blow your mind](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/1d4d69c9-c019-4925-9801-17140b791415/images/2f3bb4b7-0e21-42a5-8605-3480ed985392.jpeg) Abbas Ali Baig was the first Indian cricketer to be kissed during a Test, in 1960, a pretty young girl ran all the way from the North Stand to greet ![Incredible sports facts that will blow your mind](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/1d4d69c9-c019-4925-9801-17140b791415/images/c9bc151a-52f3-4426-b6b0-7bd0751c7a77.jpeg) Four American Presidents have been on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine ![Incredible sports facts that will blow your mind](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/1d4d69c9-c019-4925-9801-17140b791415/images/97a47313-bcd8-4958-bf00-0065e47ce3cf.jpeg) Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships is the longest tennis match in history ![Incredible sports facts that will blow your mind](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/1d4d69c9-c019-4925-9801-17140b791415/images/4c25dfdf-9ae2-43e9-8569-60837a14d12d.jpeg) Michael Phelps has a mammoth 28 Olympic medals including 23 gold

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