The Lawn Tennis Association holds free umpire seminars at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton. It starts with an ...

A no-ball is a delivery which does not count as one of the bowler's six legitimate balls in one over. The fielding team are penalised one run every time a no-ball is bowled, which is added to the ...

A try is the most exciting way of scoring in rugby union. They are worth five points - the maximum number of points you can score in one go in rugby union. A try is scored when a player touches the ...

Final: 23 October New Zealand 8-7 France (Eden Park, Auckland, 0900 BST) Report: New Zealand 8-7 France Bronze final: 21 October Wales 18-21 Australia (Eden Park, Auckland, 0830 BST) Report: Wales ...

Saturday, 2 April India v Sri Lanka, Mumbai (d/n) India won by six wickets ...

We've been asking new converts to cricket to send in the questions about the game they don't quite understand. We have been flooded with almost 1,000 emails - and answered them as best we can. Here is ...

The second is a long, downhill par five - a right-to-left dogleg hole. When I first went there, I wondered if anybody had ever reached it in two because it doesn't look at all likely. There is a big ...

All defenders will tell you stopping goals is the most important thing in football. Talk to a striker and you'll be reminded they're the ones with the most important job! A team obviously needs both.

Cricket is basically a simple game - score more than the opposition. Two teams, both with 11 players, take it in turns to bat and bowl. When one team is batting, they try and score as many runs as ...

Being caught is the most common way of getting out. A batsman is out caught when a fielder catches the ball directly off the ...

A word of warning, the hook is the riskiest - and potentially the most dangerous - shot to play in cricket. It's played to a ...