The back foot should move back towards the stumps, but stay inside the line of the ball. The weight should be on the ball of ...

Aim to eliminate "the bulk" of the UK's structural deficit within five years beginning in 2010 with £6bn in cuts Spending cuts in all areas apart from health and foreign aid Allow charities, trusts, ...

A popular stroke in one-day cricket is the reverse sweep, where a right-handed batsman hits the ball like a left-handed batsman would and vice versa. However, if the bowler wants to do the same, they ...

As well as being yellow-carded or red-carded, you can also be shown a green card in hockey.

Duckworth and Lewis came up with the equation which determines how much a run target should be altered. For example: a team ...

The easiest way to tell Test and limited-overs cricket apart is by looking at the players. In Test cricket they always wear ...

A left-arm spin delivery turns from the leg side to the off when bowled at a right-handed batsmen. The way the ball is bowled is exactly the same as a right-arm off spinner would deliver a normal off ...

Find out the size details of a football pitch. Did you know that not all pitches are the same size? The length of a pitch must be between 100 yards (90m) and 130 yards (120m) and the width not less ...

When it comes to developing their own players, few teams can compete with Ajax Amsterdam. Forget the Man Utd youth team that found the likes of David Beckham, the Neville brothers and Paul Scholes.

When it comes to the Haka, the northern hemisphrere is infactuated on everything about it. It involves scary faces, lots of thigh-slapping and loud chanting. But there is so much history behind the ...

Ever noticed how certain sports stars share the same physical characteristics? Rowers tend to be tall and heavy, gymnasts small and flexible and sprinters muscular and lean. You don't have to be built ...

The fall of the Iron Curtain which lifted communist rule across a swathe of Europe was as swift as it was unexpected. Click on the links below to watch and read about the main events in a dramatic and ...