A former American football quarterback put his skills to a very different use as he set a new world record for throwing a paper aeroplane.

Joe Ayoob threw the dart an amazing 226 feet 10 inches in an aircraft hanger at McClellan Air Force base in Sacramento, Calidornia.

The 27-year-old shattered the previous record by over 20 feet with a perfect throw which saw the plane climb, dive and then climb again before almost running out of room in the vast space.

"I grew up making paper airplanes," he said after his feat. "Some people might think, 'What's the big deal? It's just a paper airplane.'

Where is it?: Peninsular Square, Greenwich, London.

How do you get there?: London Underground provides the most convenient transport to the venue, as the Jubilee line's North Greenwich station is adjacent to the arena. However, it can also be accessed by bus, with Transport for London having various routes and stops in the area, and boat, since the arena is situated on the Greenwich peninsular and is one of the stops on an express River Thames service from central London.

Capacity: 16,500-20,000.

What events will be held there and when?: Artistic gymnastics (July 28-August 7), trampoline

England take on Netherlands in a friendly at Wembley on Wednesday night.

The Dutch arrive at Wembley as hot favourites, with the visitors having finished as runners-up at the last World Cup - while England's young squad have been dogged by injuries.

As ever between two traditional footballing nations, a great tussle is expected. We look back at some of the best England v Netherlands matches from down the years.

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2002 (Friendly) Netherlands 1-1 England

This match was notable for two reasons: Michael Ricketts and Darius Vassell both made their international debuts, and both experienced

Ethel Catherwood competes for CanadaThe Amsterdam Olympics wrote new chapters in the history of the Games and continued a few enthralling stories which had begun at previous celebrations.

They are remembered as probably the last Olympic Games to take place free of issues ranging from economic hardship to political posturing, drugs cheats and terrorism.

The monument to the success of the event was the stadium in Amsterdam, designed by Jan Wils and considered worthy of a gold medal for architecture in the art competitions which were still part of the schedule.

Of greater significance were the three medals — a gold and two silvers

Thai snooker player Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon pulled off an amazing fluke to win a frame in his Haikou World Open match against England's Robert Milkins.

Thirapongpaiboon was trailing 4-1 in the first-to-five match and hanging on by a thread as the sixth frame went to a black ball decider.

The Thai was lining up a long black to effectively stay in the match - and then this happened:

The miraculous shot kept Thirapongpaiboon in the match, and buoyed by his good fortune he went on to win the next frame to make it 4-3.

After that, however, Milkins recovered to take the next frame and win the

Football hooligans looking to cause trouble at this year's Euro 2012 tournament better tread carefully if they are in Ukraine: the hosts have called in a quartet of fighter jets to help quell any disorder.

The Russian-built MiG 29s - each packing 30mm cannons and air-to-air missiles - will be deployed to the football tournament for the duration to counter any extreme troublemaking.

And just in case the 1,5000mph jets aren't enough, there will also be a pair of helicopter gunships on hand to help keep the peace.

"Up to four fighters and two helicopters will be constantly keeping watch,"

The world of sport has excelled itself with some memorable quotes - but despite contrite Argentines, belligerent left-backs and angry Russian diving coaches, this week's round-up has to start with two British boxers bringing their sport into disrepute...

Haye and Chisora's brawl of shame

"How's your toe? How's your toe? How's your toe?" — Chisora baits the former world champion.

"He glassed me. I swear to God, David, I am going to shoot you. I am going to shoot you. I am going to physically shoot David Haye. He glassed me. He glassed me. He glassed me. I'm not having it. He glassed me" —

A British skier was brought back to life after being buried in an avalanche for a quarter of an hour.

Rhianna Shaw, Britain's luckiest skierRhianna Shaw was skiing off-piste with a group of friends in St Anton, Austria, when she was caught up in the avalanche and buried alive.

"We went round this one bit and me and my friend Alistair were coming down side by side and he was on a snowboard and we had a minor collision and I lost both skis. It normally wouldn't be a problem but it started a bit of snowfall," she explained.

"Then the others came down and a massive ledge of snowfall broke away and it carried me down the slope around