The largest crowd for a rugby union match was the 109,874 who watched New Zealand win 39-35 at Sydney's Stadium Australia. Each side scored five tries, including two by Stirling Mortlock, who scored ...

1901 The first use of the words grand prix to describe a race, the French Grand Prix at Le Mans. 1904 The formation of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), a non-profit association ...

From the first days of motor racing, drivers have lived close to the edge. Thanks to marked improvements in safety standards, the number seriously injured and killed competing in the sport has ...

The biggest drug story in Olympic history. The biggest fish they ever caught. After his bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1984 Games (August 4), Canada's Ben Johnson decided he needed some extra ...

Choose your difficulty level: Easy, Medium, or Hard. Put the pieces together as fast as possible. Click "Show Edges" to show only the outside edges. Click the small image of the photo to bring up a ...

Rubens Barrichello won the US Grand Prix by 0.011 seconds from Michael Schumacher after a staged Ferrari finish backfired. The pair had dominated the race and then came around the banked final corner ...

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Jo Schlesser became the fourth driver to die during the 1968 season after getting trapped upside down in his blazing car. John Surtees had pronounced Honda's experimental RA302 car unsafe, but ...

Edwin Ash of Richmond and Benjamin Burns of Blackheath published a letter in The Times suggesting that "those who play the rugby-type game should meet to form a code of practice as various clubs play ...

An overview of the 2012 grid as it shapes up over the winter. Updated regularly with the lastest announcements and rumours from the driver market There will be no change at the top team after Webber ...

Wales's Tommy Jones-Davies scored a try hat-trick playing fullback for the Lions in their 34-11 win against West Coast/Buller at Greymouth. On the same day New Zealand's selectors were left with a few ...

George Foreman's last title fight (if you can call it that) and last win. At the age of 48, he retained his WBU heavyweight title with a split decision that ended Lou Savarese's unbeaten record. Big ...