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

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 ...

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CONTROL KEYS 1) Use the cursor keys to line up your shot. 2) Press and keep down the left mouse button or space bar to gauge accuracy. 3) Release the left mouse button or space bar to set the power. 4 ...

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 ...

A word of warning, the hook is the riskiest - and potentially the most dangerous - shot to play in cricket. It's played to a short pitched delivery around your chest and head and so is the most ...

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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 in this position, such as Frank Lampard for Chelsea, Roy Keane for ...

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The sweeper's job is mainly to play behind the defence to add extra security and improve the passing out of defence. They must be able to read the game well, and also be calm and confident enough with ...

The easiest way to tell Test and limited-overs cricket apart is by looking at the players. In Test cricket they always wear whites and play with a red ball, whereas in the shorter game they wear ...

All scrums must take place at least five metres from the touch or trylines. However the scrum is one of the hardest areas of the game to referee because of the many infringements, particularly in the ...