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The fall of the Iron Curtain which lifted communist rule across a swathe of Europe was as swift as it was unexpected. Click on the links below to watch and read about the main events in a dramatic and ...

You can find all the latest details of Test Match Special's cricket coverage on the BBC Sport website here.

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Tennis balls are made up of a hollow rubber core and a wool or nylon shell known as the nap. In tournaments they must be white or yellow in colour. The rubber core is usually filled with pressurised ...

With three slips, a gully and a short-leg all up in catching positions, this is an attacking field you're most likely to see at the start of a Test match. The bowler needs to bowl an attacking line on ...

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The number six is the guy who cleans out the rucks and is primarily a defensive player on the blind-side, shutting down the opposition number eight or number nine. He needs to be someone who likes ...

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It started with 10, then three, and then it was one. Would the new winner of this year's BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award please step forward. And it is........ Everton's Wayne Rooney.

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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 ...