Rugby union is one of the few ball games where the ball cannot be passed forwards. That means a player moving towards the opposition's dead ball line must pass the ball to a team-mate either along or ...

Usually by a blow to the abdomen. Think a football being blasted into you, but sometimes it can happen when you fall to the ground heavily. The impact causes the pressure to change in the diaphragm, ...

Reaching back into the 19th Century the Conservatives and the Liberals - the forerunners of today's Liberal Democrats - are ...

A cricket ball is round and hard, right? Well, not exactly. Many players claim the white balls used for limited-overs games ...

How to register, ways of voting and polling stations - all explained in our how to vote guide.

On Saturday against Manchester City, Arsenal's Robert Pires and Thierry Henry were aiming to re-create an infamous penalty ...

In the modern age of football there are many different roles and jobs a defender can have. And a wonderful sight in the game is seeing the wing-back fly up and down the touchline terrorising the ...

Traditional rugby boots are very similar to football boots, but the thing that makes them different is a high cut designed to ...

Mark McCormack was the undisputed king of sports marketing. The former lawyer signed up Arnold Palmer as his first client in 1960 and went on to become the "most powerful man in sport", according to ...

An ex-teacher and now a full time athlete and coach. He is a GB Olympian, was 4th in the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games and in third in the UK all time rankings.

In the last century, trainers have gone from rubber soled plimsolls to air cushioned, gel filled capsules worn as much for their looks as their sporting performance. It was created from a newly ...