The head and front shoulder should lean into the line of the ball with the front leg taking a stride towards the pitch of the ball, bending to take the weight. The back leg remains straight. The bat ...

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A drop-goal is scored when a player kicks the ball from hand through the opposition's goal posts. The ball is dropped to the ground and is kicked just after it has bounced - it can be a tricky skill ...

A guide to using each of the 14 clubs in your bag.

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Test, Centurion South Africa won by an innings & 25 runs Match report Scorecard. 26-30 2nd Test, Durban (Kingsmead) India won ...

Traditional rugby boots are very similar to football boots, but the thing that makes them different is a high cut designed to give extra support to the ankle. However, more and more players prefer to ...

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The terms "old" and "new" have been played around with in the cut and thrust of this election campaign but exactly how old are our current crop of political parties? The BBC's Elena Egawhary has taken ...

There are ten ways a batsman can be out - five are very common and five very rare. More often than not a batsman will be ...

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