This article is excerpted from Who Invented the Bicycle Kick?: Soccer’s Greatest Legends and Lore by Paul Simpson and Uli Hesse, out now from William Morrow Paperbacks. Galeano does not date ...

While stories about who invented the bicycle often contradict one another, there's one thing that's certain: the very first bicycles were nothing like the ones you see cruising down the street today.

Who invented the bicycle? The first bicycle was invented by Comte Mede de Sivrac of France around 1790. It was a wooden scooter-like contraption called celerifere. The modern form was developed by ...

Giving proper credit to the the inventor of our favorite mode of transportation has been debated for centuries. We dig into to the interesting history of the invention of the bicycle.

Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan recognised a unique invention by Rajapu Sidhu, an intermediate student from Jadavari ...

The bicycle kick might be the most difficult move in soccer. Requiring acrobatic prowess coupled with precision and force, only a select few players have been able to turn this play into a successful ...

Who invented the airplane? Who invented the first successful airplane depends on how people define an aircraft, Paone said. Wilbur and Orville Wright, colloquially known as the Wright Brothers ...

A HUMBLE blacksmith from Dumfriesshire is widely seen as the true father of the 'velocipede' or bicycle - but didn't bother to patent his invention.

Discover the complex history of the automobile, from early self-propelled vehicles to Karl Benz's invention of the first modern car, and explore the key innovators who shaped the cars we drive today.

Finally, in 1884 an English inventor named John Starley introduced the “Rover,” the first version of the machine we recognize today as a bicycle. An offshoot of that was the end of bustles and ...