Pakistani Nasim-ul-Ghani is the first night-watchman to hit a ton, scoring 101 against England at Lord's in 1962. Australia's ...

International cricket is played in two different forms - Test matches and limited-overs games. Here are the key differences ...

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 ...

Wayne Rooney receives the dreaded red There are seven different offences that can get you a yellow card: A player is sent off and shown the red card if they commit any of the following seven offences.

In Hindi and Urdu, doosra means "second" or "other". Put simply, the it is the off-spinner's version of the googly. Over the past five years, the world's top off-spinners have developed the doosra to ...

And a wonderful sight in the game is seeing the wing-back fly up and down the touchline terrorising the opposition. Their role is more attacking than the full-back's, and it basically involves a great ...

All scrums must take place at least five metres from the touch or trylines. However the scrum is one of the hardest areas of the game to referee because of the many infringements, particularly in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

British male solo artist: Daniel Bedingfield Also nominated: Badly Drawn Boy, David Bowie, Dizzee Rascal, Will Young. British female solo artist: Dido Also nominated: Annie Lennox, Amy Winehouse, ...

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 ...