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The Centre Court scoreboard at Wimbledon showing sets, games and points during a men's singles match

Sports13 October 2026· 6 min read

Why Does Tennis Score 15, 30, 40?

Love, 15, 30, 40, deuce. Tennis has the oddest scoring in world sport, and it is older than the modern game itself. Here is where the numbers came from, which popular theories fall apart, and how the tiebreak finally tamed the endless set.

Elite runners racing through the streets in the Berlin Marathon

Sports11 October 2026· 5 min read

By Sushant Kataria

Why Is a Marathon 26.2 Miles?

The marathon's oddly precise distance has nothing to do with ancient Greece. It was fixed by a London race route in 1908 and made official in 1921. Here is the full story, from Pheidippides to the sub-two-hour era.