Jai alai Jai alai Jai alai (; Basque: ) is a sport involving a ball bounced off a walled space by accelerating it to high speeds with a hand-held device (cesta). It is a variation of Basque pelota. The term, coined by Serafin Baroja in 1875, is also often loosely applied to the fronton (the open-walled playing area) where the sport is played. The game is called "zesta-punta" (basket tip) in Basque. The Basque Government promotes "jai alai" as "the fastest sport in the world" because of the speed of the ball. The sport once held the world record for ball speed
Jai Verma years an accomplished Badminton teacher, tutoring the sport in adult education. She is married with two children and three grandchildren. She enjoys Indian vegetarian cooking, golf, bridge, and spending time with family and friends Jai Verma Jai Verma (Mrs) is an Indian-born Hindi writer, educationalist, poet, and advocate of Hindi language and culture. Jai Verma was born in Jiwana, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, March 1950, the eldest of five children. After her primary education in Rudrapur, Nainital; she received a BA in English Literature, Economics, and Drawing and Painting from Meerut University. She moved to Gateshead, Tyneside, UK on Gandhi's