GMT Sci/Tech The magnetic attraction of trains Germany's Transrapid - 450 kph (280 mph) In the coming months, some hard ...

Kickboards Made from EVA foam, Kickboards are another popular training device. Like floats, they allow the swimmer to develop his or her kicking action. Some young swimmers tend to have much stronger ...

Four cross or 4X mountain biking can get very hairy indeed! Four riders compete on a specially designed highly-challenging course. The races last between 25 seconds and one minute and are usually fast ...

BBC television will provide comprehensive coverage of the World Cup action. Match of the Day presenter and former England captain Gary Lineker will host coverage live from Germany. He will be ...

What exactly is an Academy? Academies are special training schemes set up by clubs to help them develop young players. All Premiership clubs have them. Liverpool's academy opened in 2000 Other League ...

Saturday's Grand National, which starts at 1615 BST, simply wouldn't be the same without a sweepstake. As well as having a couple of quid on your favourite horse, give yourself a second chance by ...

In this example the top 100 websites have been depicted in proportion to the number of unique users they received in January 2010 A history of treemaps from the University of Maryland The data used to ...

Rugby may have changed over the past 12 years but the basic skills of the fly-half are still the same. The fly-half - or outside-half, stand-off or first five-eighth, depending on which part of 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 ...

Work to eradicate sectarianism and promote cross-community co-operation in Northern Ireland Support the transfer of policing and justice powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly "strongly" pro-European ...

BBC News Online charts the events which led to the Bristol babies heart scandal. When 18-month-old Joshua Loveday died on the operating table in the Bristol Royal Infirmary in January 1995, a storm ...

El departamento de Defensa de Estados Unidos reconoció este lunes que son ocho los prisioneros que han muerto bajo custodia ...