Questions about records, or statistics deemed best in a specific sport and/or event. This tag should be combined with a tag for the specific sport in which the record lies.
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Sachin Tendulkar's bowling record
In a YouTube video, when I was watching Sachin Tendulkar's feat as a bowler, one of the commentators commented that Sachin holds the record for dismissing Inzamam-ul-haq the most number of times. How ...
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What longstanding NCAA Division 1 schools have never won a championship in any team sport?
Kansas State has never won a team title in any NCAA sport, either men's or women's.
Are there any other teams that have been in NCAA Division I since at least 1973 (when the current three-division ...
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What is the biggest sports stadium in the world?
Which sports stadium (meaning any building designed to host sporting events) in the world is the largest and who plays there? I guess I'm thinking the largest as in the amount of people it can hold ...
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Football Goal Records
What is the world record for:
Most goals scored by one team in a game?
Most combined goals in a game?
Most goals scored by a team in a season?
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Most number of extra-time Goals
On 30-Oct-2012, Arsenal defeated Reading with an incredible score of 7-5. A more astonishing fact is that 4 goals were scored in Extra-time.
Is this the record for the most number of goals in ...
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What is the biggest comeback recorded in competitive international soccer matches?
On October 16, 2012, Sweden came back from 4-0 down to draw 4-4 with Germany in a World Cup qualifier. Purely in terms of goals, is this the record for the biggest comeback in a competitive ...
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How can you beat the world record in shooting?
I'm not expert in the sport of shooting, but if the world record is calculated by the amount of points, how can you beat a perfect score? You can see the records on the official site for the London ...
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What was the fastest 147 break before Ronnie O'Sullivan?
In the 1997 World Championship of Snooker, Ronnie O'Sullivan recorded the fastest maximum break in a time of 5 mins and 20 seconds.
However, who was the record-holder and with what time before ...
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Why does Messi's 50th goal count as a record?
Last night, Messi scored his 50th goal of the season.
Why is it considered a new goal-scoring record?
Dixie Dean scored 60 goals for Everton in the FA First Division alone (he had 67 in total) in ...
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What is the world record in high jump if you allow taking off on both feet?
The current world record in normal high jump is 2.45 metres, set by Javier Sotomayor in 1993.
I read somewhere that in normal high jump, jumpers must take off on one foot. But if you relax the rules ...
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Lowest average to bowl a 300 game?
What is the lowest sanctioned average to bowl a perfect 300 game?
I'm sure someone who is not a really good bowler got lucky and threw 12 strikes in a game. I wonder how bad that bowler was. I looked ...
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Who keeps the record of each international cricket match?
There are lot of websites (like ESPN or Yahoo) that mention the statistics and records of all the international / domestic cricket matches. But, is there any international reputed agency that keeps ...
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How does having a pacesetter help set a record?
Often pacesetters are used to set the correct pace to help break a record.
For cyclists there is an obvious physical advantage in running in a group, as those in the middle/back of the group have ...
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Why is the marathon World Record not 2:03:02?
Why exactly is Geoffrey Mutai's 2:03:02 in Boston (2011) not the marathon World Record?
