Meet Birdy, a 15-year-old singer and pianist from UK. Birdy is the stage name of Jasmine van den Bogaerde, a girl of mixed British, Dutch and Belgian descent. Born on May 15, 1996, in Lymington, England, Birdy learned to play piano at the age of four, and began writing her own music at the age of 7. Her musical influence ...

I was reading news online when I came across this inspiring story of a runner who refuses to give up though his body has already done so. The runner’s sheer determination to finish the race at all costs is truly a great inspiration. Covington (La.) St. Paul’s School senior cross country star Christian Bergeron never wavered in his commitment to ...

Manchester United has snapped up a young soccer star. Some of you may be thinking it must be Brazilian wonderboy Lucas Rodrigues. Sorry to disappoint you but Lucas is not the guy. This  football mad kid who was snapped up by MU is only 5 years old! Old Trafford scouts spotted Charlie Jackson’s incredible soccer skills when he was just ...

A touching and emotional video made by a 16-year-old girl named Kait from Grand Rapids, Michigan, about her mother’s suicide has gone viral, tugging at the heart strings of people all over the world. Smiling brightly for the camera, Brave Kait, does not speak a single word but holds handwritten messages saying people would call her ‘the strongest girl in ...

Malaysian squash superstar and World No. 1 Nicol David etched her name in sports history by outplaying long-time rival and world No. 2 Jenny Duncalf of England to become the first woman player to win a record six world championship squash titles. Nicol played superbly to a straight games victory, winning 11-2, 11-5, 11-0 in just 29 minutes, at the ...

Sushil Kumar is a real-life Slumdog Millionaire after becoming the first person ever to win $1 million on an Indian game show. The poor government clerk from a desolate region of eastern India won on the popular Indian version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”, transforming him into a role model for millions of aspiring youth yearning to escape ...

12-year-old Sam Kaye has become the youngest ever member of the Royal Photographic Society to gain a distinction for his portfolio of stunning wildlife photos taken while on holiday in South Africa. Fellows of the world’s oldest photographic society were shocked to discover Sam’s age after they judged his work anonymously and awarded him the top honour for the 11-18 ...

Sonia Yang is only 10 years old but she can speak an incredible 10 languages. The young student at private Greenbank Preparatory School in Stockport has been crowned the north west of England’s best young linguist after stunning teachers with her detailed knowledge. Sonia, from Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, was born in Taiwan but moved to England with her family to ...

A video of a techno-baby playing with an iPad and magazines has gone viral. The YouTube video, from a software engineer in Paris, shows his 1-year-old daughter tapping away at a touchscreen iPad with relative ease. But when given magazines, the cutie baby seems all lost. The idea of turning pages and looking at pictures seems foreign to her. She ...

Sophia Grace Brownlee, 8, and cousin Rosie Grace McClelland, 5, became a YouTube sensation after the video clip of their adorable performance of Nicki Minaj’s Super Bass went viral earlier this month. They were invited to The Ellen DeGeneres Show yesterday where they, dressed in their now famous pink ballerina outfits and tiaras, wowed the crowd with a lively rendition ...