A £50bn UK bank rescue plan, global interest rate cuts. Follow how the rescue unfolded on this page. Read BBC Business Editor Robert Peston's viewand BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson's view. Send ...

One-day cricket is all about scoring quickly - it's the fielding side's job to keep the runs down and pick up wickets. Unlike Test cricket, the fielders are spread out to save the runs. In July 2005, ...

Think of the open-side flanker as your 'rat-up-a-drainpipe' type player, if you will, or the 'groveller'. Because defensive lines are so tight in the modern game, the open-side's role is turning rucks ...

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Evidence suggests we've been enjoying it for centuries, and endless research has been carried out to find the reasons behind ...

Regulation football is played by two teams of 11 players but there is a variety of formations that can be employed. In a ...

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Satellite images released by the US State Department show changes in the civilian "safe zone" in northern Sri Lanka, the heart of the conflict between the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan forces.

21 Australia v Zimbabwe, Ahmedabad (d/n) Australia won by 91 runs Match report Scorecard Photos Watch highlights 23 Pakistan v Kenya, Hambantota (d/n) Pakistan won by 205 runs Match report Scorecard ...

The straight drive is one of the most classical shots in a batsman's repertoire. It is usually played to a full length ...

Teams start a match with the same resources - the number of overs they receive and number of wickets in hand. If a match is shortened once it is started, so the resources are reduced. For example, if ...

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 ...