It's not quite fair to say that high school junior Mamadou Ndiaye stands out. It's more like he stands above.

At 7'5", Ndiaye is easily the tallest high school basketball player in California, and we can pretty much safely say, the rest of the United States as well.

In fact, the 17-year-old is so tall that the Guinness World Records recently tried to track down an official measurement to determine if he is the tallest high school basketball player in the world.

None of those strict delineations are particularly important, of course, because one thing is certain: Ndiaye is so tall that he's

The Bolivian League season started on Sunday and Erlan Mealla of Nacional Potosi certainly opened it in style as his wonder goal sealed a 1-0 victory over The Strongest.

Mealle managed to swivel his body perfectly to execute a wonder backheel 'scorpion kick' that flew into the corner of the net.

The 'scorpion kick' was first made famous in England by Colombian goalkeeper Rene Higuita when he cleared a ball off the line in such a fashion during an international friendly at Wembley in 1995.

Rene Higuita does the original 'scorpion kick'

However, to guide one into the back of the net - and from distance - is something else, as you can see

The mammoth White City StadiumAfter the problems of Paris and St Louis, a version of the Olympic Games was organised in Athens in 1906. Known as the Intercalated Games, the plan was to stage them at the same venue every four years in between the touring Games.

The first attempt is credited with doing much to steady the Olympic ship, but the festival has never gained official recognition from the IOC, so the fourth Games were London's in 1908.

Programme from 1908 GamesInitially they were scheduled for Rome, but Italy's economic problems were exacerbated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906. Faced with the cost of rebuilding the area around

The Sweeney brothers preparing to leave Gran CanariaA pair of brothers who tried to pedalo across the Atlantic naked have been forced to abandon their efforts after just 43 miles.

Kieran and Shaun Sweeney were forced to put in an SOS call when the rudder of their home-made pedalo broke a day after  they set off from Gran Canaria aiming for Port St Charles in Barbados.

The Cumbrian duo decided to make the trip to raise £50,000 for a children's heart unit at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. Their preparations started last summer, with the pair packing enough provisions on board to supply them with the 8,000 daily calories they each needed for

The self-proclaimed ' phenomenon' that is Sir Alex Ferguson

"I'm a phenomenon….Young people can do something else. When you're older and you've been on that treadmill for (the) length of time I've been on it — if I get off the treadmill, where do you think I am going? Down there. Trust me. When you get older, don't retire." 70-year-old Sir Alex Ferguson on why he is still going strong at Manchester United in his 26th year in charge.

"I have a big problem, I can't write so I don't keep anything. I am the most disorganised person, I am ashamed to say, in the world. You talk to anybody at the football club. I don't write. I couldn't even fill a team

Tennis fans at the Australian Open were treated to a thrilling spectacle when Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer in a pulsating semi-final on Thursday.

But one of the biggest cheers of the night was reserved for the ball boy, who wowed crowds with an athletic catch that would have shamed a Test cricketer.

14-year-old Dylan Colaci has since become an internet star as his catch has been replayed round the world.

"I didn't have much time to think about it," said modest Dylan.

"I just stuck my hand out and the ball just stayed there. I couldn't believe it myself but then I just had to get

Niko Kranjcar: Now we know what he reads in his (plentiful) time on the benchA group of Premier League stars have picked their favourite books to help boost literacy through the Reading Stars scheme - though some of them have let the side down spectacularly by picking their own literary efforts.

One player from each of the clubs in the top flight recommend their two favourite books, one for adults and one for children.

Some of their choices were beyond reproach: Tottenham's Croatian midfielder Niko Kranjcar picked genuine classics To Kill a Mockingbird and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, while Brazilian writer Paul Coelho's highly-regarded novel The Alchemist

Former international boxing judge Chuck Giampa retired from the ring to embark on a new life as a TV pundit at the weekend.

It was a big move for the veteran of over 100 world title fights - but sadly, his TV career received a knockout punch almost instantly as he froze on air after being introduced to viewers for the very first time.

Even funnier than Chuck's brainfreeze was that fact that his gaffe made it look as if there is nothing whatsover going through the mind of a top boxing judge, an assessment that may be shared by many of those who have witnessed his often controversial scoring at