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Polk City, Florida - We've all seen the lovely ladies on water skis in old film footage from Cypress Gardens, but water skiing in Florida has changed. A new crop of athletes is revving up the sport to the extreme and it's called water ski flying. View video and Gallery: Link Removed

Rabbit show-jumping may not be an Olympic sport but try telling these bunny athletes that the course they were competing in wasn't for London 2012 hop-fuls. The very hoppy bunny, Snoopy from Jena, Germany, earns his carrots by trying to jump as high as he can around specially designed...

Former Chicago Bears safety Dave Duerson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, a source with knowledge of the situation told the Tribune. His death has been ruled a suicide, but the Miami-Dade police department has yet to make the information public. Foul play was ruled out...

The winter is a much loved season by many sportive individuals. The snow and the low temperatures create the best conditions for winter related sports. There are many winter sports practiced all over the world during winter. Some originally winter sports can be practiced indoors so skating, ice...

…and the health of chain smokers A university academic claims that professional gamers have the reactions of airline pilots but the health standards of chain smokers. Dr Dominic Micklewright, from the University of Essex, put several ''elite cyber-sportsmen'' through their paces to see how...