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Fielding is a crucial part of cricket and there are many areas where a fielder will be placed. The position names can seem a little strange to the untrained eye. You can field in the slips, at gully, ...

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

They may look like a mass pile-up of bodies, but they're a really important part of the game. Just as crucial as scrums or line-outs really. So what are they for? Teams use rucks and mauls to recycle ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The ash cloud produced by the eruption of a sub-glacial volcano in Iceland brought chaos to the European air industry between 14 and 21 April. Since then, disruption to flights has continued ...

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 ...

The scrum-half's basic role is to deliver the ball from the base of the scrum, ruck or maul to spark the backline, but that is too simplistic and ignores hundreds of other key characteristics. The ...