QPR have been given a cash boost after the family of the world's fifth richest man bought a 20% stake in the club. The son-in-law of Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, who is reportedly worth £50bn, ...

Actor Jack Wild, who played The Artful Dodger in 1968 film Oliver!, has died at the age of 53. Wild was nominated for an Oscar when he was just 16 for the role. He also starred in late-1960s US ...

Científicos han dado un significativo e importante paso adelante en la comprensión de la dinámica del magnífico y misterioso ...

Duckworth and Lewis came up with the equation which determines how much a run target should be altered. For example: a team have lost five wickets after receiving 25 of their 50 overs when rain stops ...

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 ...

Known as Lord Haw Haw because of his nasal drawl, Joyce was a fascist politician and Nazi propaganda broadcaster to the UK during World War II. He defected to Germany, but at the end of the war was ...

In a park in the Latvian capital Riga, a small group of protesters gathers, all Russian, some wearing paper hats inscribed with the word "Alien". Latvian police carry out a small, bureaucratic piece ...

The BLU-114/B is a form of cluster bomb. That is, it scatters numerous "sub-munitions" in the form of canisters about the size of a drinks can. These in turn sprinkle highly conductive strands of ...

In the modern age of football there are many different roles and jobs a defender can have. And a wonderful sight in the game is seeing the wing-back fly up and down the touchline terrorising the ...

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, ...

Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe has died after collapsing during an international match in France. The 28-year-old fell to the ground unchallenged in the 72nd minute of a Confederations Cup ...

The Liverpool rearguard is one of the meanest around, but their defending regularly comes under scrutiny with boss Rafael ...