It is in the centre of midfield that games are often won or lost. The best clubs in the country all have world-class players ...

Carl Wayne, the lead singer of influential 1960s pop group the Move, dies at the age of 61 after battling cancer.

Groundbreaking black US comedian Richard Pryor has died after almost 20 years with multiple sclerosis. He died at the age of 65 of a heart attack at Encino hospital near Los Angeles, his wife Jennifer ...

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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 ...

Yet, thanks to satellite imagery and the internet, North Korea's secretive world is gradually being unveiled. Here is a series of remarkable photographs showing aspects of North Korea's hidden world ...

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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 ...

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The leg before wicket (lbw) law is to cricket what the offside rule is to football - confusing. However, you do not need a PhD from Oxford or Cambridge University to work it out - just this simple ...

Six US citizens who, as children, were used in an experiment that tried to induce stuttering have been awarded nearly $1m (£500,000) in compensation. In 1939, the plaintiffs - all orphans in state ...

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