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There's no getting away from it, tennis has an unusual scoring system. The score does not go up in units of one or even in units of the same amount. The first point in a game is called 15 and the next ...

This is a very specialised position, and you are more likely to see it in continental football than in Britain. Italy's Franco Baresi was a master. The sweeper's job is mainly to play behind the ...

The Football Association estimates that in some areas of the country 20% of games are played without a qualified match official. You could help to bridge that gap if you can answer 'yes' to the ...

So to push your body to the limit during a match or race, a nutritious energy-packed meal beforehand is essential. Nutritionist Matt Lovell says your meal should be full of high carbohydrate foods ...

Group A: Bangladesh, South Africa, West Indies Group B: England, Australia, Zimbabwe Group C: New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Kenya Group D: India, Pakistan, Scotland 11 South Africa v West Indies, ...

All the football pundits say it, don't they? "It only takes a second to score." That means there could be 5,400 goals in a game. Nonsense, of course, but the magic number is 90 - at senior level ...

That brings to an end our live updates from the 12th day of Egypt's political stand-off. You can continue to follow events with regular updates on the BBC news website throughout the night. Thank you ...

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El primer ministro de Japón, Junichiro Koizumi, realizó este lunes otra controvertida visita a un santuario en Tokio que honra a los soldados japoneses caídos en guerra. El sepulcro de Yasukuni es con ...

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A cricket ball is round and hard, right? Well, not exactly. Many players claim the white balls used for limited-overs games have more swing and more sting than the more traditiona ...