Millions of children in the UK are living in or on the brink of poverty, according to a report from the Campaign to End Child ...

Only players standing on their feet are allowed to handle the ball. So that means that no player lying on the ground is allowed to touch the ball. This is very important in rucks, especially after a ...

A try is the most exciting way of scoring in rugby union. They are worth five points - the maximum number of points you can score in one go in rugby union. A try is scored when a player touches the ...

We've been asking new converts to cricket to send in the questions about the game they don't quite understand. We have been flooded with almost 1,000 emails - and answered them as best we can. Here is ...

The Lawn Tennis Association holds free umpire seminars at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton. It starts with an ...

The second is a long, downhill par five - a right-to-left dogleg hole. When I first went there, I wondered if anybody had ever reached it in two because it doesn't look at all likely. There is a big ...

Final: 23 October New Zealand 8-7 France (Eden Park, Auckland, 0900 BST) Report: New Zealand 8-7 France Bronze final: 21 October Wales 18-21 Australia (Eden Park, Auckland, 0830 BST) Report: Wales ...

A no-ball is a delivery which does not count as one of the bowler's six legitimate balls in one over. The fielding team are penalised one run every time a no-ball is bowled, which is added to the ...

First network connection links The University of California Los Angeles and The Stanford Research Institute Arpanet was created by the US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Darpa.

Cricket is basically a simple game - 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 ...

The 4 November marks the 30-year anniversary of Johnny Owen's passing. The story of the 'Matchstick Man' is dominated by its tragic end as the frail-looking Welshman was beaten into a coma in a Los ...