Tottenham : 27 Apr 1901 : FNL R : Sheff Utd : 1-3 : Tottenham : 23 Apr 1921 : FNL : Tottenham : 1-0 : Wolverh'mptn : 06 Ma ...

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

When it comes to developing their own players, few teams can compete with Ajax Amsterdam. Forget the Man Utd youth team that found the likes of David Beckham, the Neville brothers and Paul Scholes.

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.

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

The pitches in Sri Lanka and the Indian sub-continent are very different to the ones we have in England. The soil is dustier and that's why the wickets are so crumbly. A lot of the soil 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...