The back foot should move back towards the stumps, but stay inside the line of the ball. The weight should be on the ball of ...

Aim to eliminate "the bulk" of the UK's structural deficit within five years beginning in 2010 with £6bn in cuts Spending cuts in all areas apart from health and foreign aid Allow charities, trusts, ...

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The referee should point with a raised arm in the direction that the free-kick has been given. The referee does need to make a further signal to indicate it is direct. Players often wait before taking ...

The movie is 400k and should take no more than 2 minutes to download over a 56k modem. It is designed to be played on computers with at least a 400Mhz processor and users with slower machines may ...

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

Duckworth and Lewis came up with the equation which determines how much a run target should be altered. For example: a team ...

Find out the size details of a football pitch. Did you know that not all pitches are the same size? The length of a pitch must be between 100 yards (90m) and 130 yards (120m) and the width not less ...

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 ...

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 ...

The wing attack is the key play-maker of the netball court. It is their job to create as many goal-scoring chances as possible by passing the ball to the shooters. The WA can move in the attacking and ...

The movie is 400k and should take no more than 2 minutes to download over a 56k modem. The game is designed to be played on computers with at least a 400Mhz processor and users with slower machines ...