Records News

Born in Spain, world's oldest man, Salustiano Sanchez Blazquez, died on Friday at 112. He was a self-taught-musician and worked in coal-mines. '90% of all super-centenarians are female and Sanchez Blazquez had been the only male with a proof of birth', as per Guinness Records. Jeanne Louise Calment, France, who died at 122-years and 164-days, was the oldest authenticated person.

In a 50-over Dhaka Premier League match, Abahani Limited's bowler Alauddin Babu set the record of conceding most runs (39) in an over in List-A cricket, against Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club. Alauddin's over consisted of a no-ball, 2-wides, 4-sixes and 3-fours. The previous record was of 36 runs by Netherlands bowler Dan van Bunge.

Breaking the Guinness World Record of Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' for being the largest poster in the world, Akshay Kumar's fans (who call themselves 'Team Akshay') have created a special poster that is 58.87m wide and 54.94m high for his upcoming film 'Boss'. Unveiled on October-3, the poster has been recognized by the Guinness World Records.

With 2865mm of rain between June-1 and September-30, Dehradun, continuing last year's trend, is the wettest state capital in 2013 while Mumbai remained the second wettest. Multiple records were broken for Dehradun this year including maximum recorded rainfall in 24-hours (370mm on June-17), highest rainfall recorded in June (1,095 mm) and the longest monsoon since 1975 (June 15-present).

World's tallest man, 30-year-old Sultan Kosen (8'3") married his girlfriend (5'9") Merve Dibo in Mardin, Turkey on Sunday . Kosen was crowned the "world's tallest man" by Guinness World Records in 2009, and had hoped the title would help him find love. Kosen's wedding suit had to be custom made out of nearly 20 feet of fabric.

With a height of 1,776-feet (541-m), the new World Trade Center tower in New York was on Tuesday declared as the tallest tower in the US, surpassing Chicago's Willis Tower (442-m). Height of the needle (124-m) atop the skyscraper was also taken into account when measuring WTC's height. Dubai's Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world at 828-m.

Scoring 546 runs against St. Francis in the Harris Shield schools competition, Rizvi Springfield School's skipper, Prithvi Shaw (15), broke Armaan Jaffer's previous Harris Shield record of 498. Prithvi's 546 is the third highest score if one goes by all the registered scorecards available worldwide since the inception of competitive cricket. Prithvi is also captain of the Mumbai under-16 team.

With game No. 10 of the World Championship ending in a draw, Norway's Magnus Carlsen (22) on Friday became the new world chess champion, dethroning Viswanathan Anand (43), who held the crown since 2007. Carlsen has also become the second youngest to win the title after Garry Kasparov. With two more games to be played, Carlsen is leading with 6.5-3.5.

Maharashtra-born VS Gaitonde, whose untitled minimalist landscape in gorgeous yellow was snapped up for Rs.23.7 crore, has become the country's priciest artist, smashing the earlier record of Rs.16.4 core set by his peer SH Raza's work 'Saurashtra' in 2010. The London-based Christie's debut auction at Mumbai's Taj hotel saw as many as eight Indian artists achieve a world record price.

Scoring a six at the 36th delivery, New Zealand's Corey Anderson hit the fastest ODI century on Wednesday against the West Indies. The New Zealander broke Shahid Afridi's 37 ball record that was made against Sri Lanka in Nairobi on Oct-10, 1996. Anderson achieved the feat with the help of 12 sixes and 4 fours.