The other Luke in dart’s game of thrones might have reason to wonder why so much attention has gone to the one who lost their big showdown. For Luke Humpries, it is a thought that never seems to cross his mind.
Almost a month has passed since his magnificent win over Luke Littler at the World Championships, but while one teenager has become a transcending figure in his sport, the victor has reflected on a different kind of breakthrough and done so amid a different level of noise. Read More...
Joe Martinez/World's Strongest ManTom Stoltman competing in the event's bus pullScotland's Tom Stoltman has retained his World's Strongest Man title.
The 28-year-old, 6ft 8in, 397lb (180kg) athlete from Invergordon won the competition at Sacramento in California.
Stoltman became the first Scot to win the title when he was crowned champion last year.
He said critics wrote off his chances of winning again because he travelled to Spain to see Rangers in the Europa League final days before the event. Read More...
Fireworks are part of countless celebrations around the world—including United States Independence Day festivities dating back to the very first bash in 1777. But how do those glittering displays actually work? It turns out that the firework shows that dazzle crowds across the country each year are backed up by millennia of engineering—and science that continues to evolve.
The boomThe basics of fireworks have remained the same for a thousand years, starting with a recipe believed to have been devised by Chinese alchemists around 800 CE. Read More...
