The aim of cricket is simple - score more than the opposition. Two teams, both with 11 players, take it in turns to bat and bowl. When one team is batting, they try and score as many runs as they can ...

They need to be strong so that they can apply a lot of force to the water on each of their strokes. The extra muscle power makes them heavy. The average weight for a male world-class rower 90-95kg ...

Poor running technique can lead to unnecessary injury risks if they are not picked up early. Many recreational runners are placing undue strain on their bodies, as well as compromising their speed, by ...

They are designed to quickly replace the fluids which are lost by sweating. They also provide a boost of carbohydrates. The body prefers to use glucose as its source of energy. Sometimes it is better ...

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 ...

What's involved? There are two types of umpires - chair umpires and line umpires. The chair (or senior) umpire sits in the tall chair at one end of the net. He calls the score and can overrule the ...

Gaelic football has been described as a cross between rugby and association football - but the Gaelic game came first. Like rugby, there are 15 players in a team, but like football a round ball is ...

The game is designed to be played on computers with at least a 400Mhz processor and users with slower machines may experience performance problems. Mac users with OS X will also experience performance ...

With players smashing the shuttlecock at speeds of up to 160 mph, badminton is in fact the world's fastest racquet sport.

Welcome to your memories of the 90s, when we got to grips with this new-fangled internet thingy and (nearly) everyone got a mobile phone.

The movie is 400k and should take no more than 2 minutes to download over a 56k modem. It is designed to be played on computers with at least a 400Mhz processor and users with slower machines may ...

The seat calculator is a rough way of converting percentage support for political parties into numbers of seats in parliament. It allows you to get an idea of what the next parliament might look like, ...