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

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 ...

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 ...

The 4 November marks the 30-year anniversary of Johnny Owen's passing. The story of the 'Matchstick Man' is dominated by its tragic end as the frail-looking Welshman was beaten into a coma in a Los ...

Paul Robinson was left embarrassed as England crashed to a dismal defeat against Croatia in the Euro 2008 qualifier in Zagreb. Eduardo's header had given Croatia a deserved 61st-minute lead before ...

When it comes to rules and regulations, the ruck is one of the more complex parts of rugby union. When a tackled player goes to ground, they must release the ball immediately. As soon as that happens, ...

Fielding is a crucial part of cricket and there are many areas where a fielder will be placed. The position names can seem a little strange to the untrained eye. You can field in the slips, at gully, ...

Do not retreat within 10m of an opponent who is waiting for the ball Move towards the opponents or the place where the ball lands without first coming back onside The referee will award a penalty at ...

One-day cricket is all about scoring quickly - it's the fielding side's job to keep the runs down and pick up wickets. Unlike Test cricket, the fielders are spread out to save the runs. In July 2005, ...

About the data: The data used to create this map comes from official statistics released by the Department of Transport. It covers the years 1999 to 2008 but only for those incidents where there was ...