To watch the fifth episode of Ken Burns' "Baseball" is to see exactly what makes the sport great as a metaphor for the country.

Ireland's intricacies, England's accuracy, Scotland's width and France's instinct - how the teams and their tactics were summed up in six instances of this year's Six Nations.

It was also enough for the Sharks to win the SA Shield. Welcome to coverage of the United Rugby Championship between the Sharks and Lions in Durban. Play starts at 14:00.

The GAA’s Central Competition Controls Committee has proposed that games (where stopclock/hooters apply) only end when a ball goes out of play for a score, a wide or a sideline kick, mirroring ...

Background The tackle is the leading cause of injury in Rugby Union. Although proficient technique, for both the tackler and ball-carrier, has been shown to lower the risk of injury in the tackle, ...

Oakland School pupil Isaiah said: "First they were going to introduce us to some games using these rugby balls. "It was kicking them seeing how far that went, throwing them to work on our aim and ...

But when coach Jake White stripped it all down to the bare reality of where his team had contrived to lose a dramatic United Rugby Championship ... issues under the high ball, in the lineouts ...

“They’ve got big balls, the NRL. They are having a real crack in a market which is just flooded. There is so much on but rugby league has a place. Andrew Abdo and Peter V'landys receive a ...

Ben Youngs believes ball-in-hand rugby must define England's evolution under Steve Borthwick after their recent over-reliance on a kick-heavy game. Boos rang out at Allianz Stadium at the sight of ...