History is strange. The first global cricket World Cup was not played by men but by women in 1973. They ran before anyone ...

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Five of Monday’s 12 matches at the ATP and WTA China Opens ended in mid-match retirements, raising more questions of the long-term sustainability of the tennis calendar. The length of the sport’s ...

Dickie Bird, the iconic former cricket umpire, has died at the age of 92. Bird, whose first-class playing career was cut ...

Harold Dennis ‘Dickie’ Bird MBE OBE, a legend of Yorkshire Cricket and one of cricket’s most recognisable names and faces. A ...

Dickie Bird, the iconic former cricket umpire, has died at the age of 92. Bird, whose first-class playing career was cut ...

The Bird aura lingered even after calling time on umpiring altogether, with his last match being one between Yorkshire and ...

Atherton was credited with organising the unprecedented guard of honour with which England and India welcomed Bird on the ...

What are foursomes, who is playing, and why on earth is that rather inebriated spectator cosplaying as George Washington? The ...

Rattles, little wooden boxes to stand on, and the massed ranks of fans in the Roker End. The memories came flooding back for SAFC superfan Terry Wall whose first recollections of following Sunderland ...

Harold 'Dickie' Bird, who died on Monday at the age of 92, was perhaps the most steadfast "not-outer" of the lot. Had he been ...