http://www.physics.su.oz.au/~mar/cricket.html
Don't despair at the domination of American sports on the Internet,
frolic here and know that there'll always be an England. Someone's got to
be bottom of the international cricket ladder.
Top of Page |
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/students/A.Stubbs/wfcgraph.html
Compiled by Andy Stubbs, the Wimbledon Web site adopts the 'there's
nobody like us, but we don't care' attitude. A larger than life Womble greets
you upon arrival. Unfortunately, he's been there for a while and the site
won't be updated until October so you have to relive The Crazy Gang's 1995/96
season all over again, or visit John's Wimbledon page at www.soi.city.ac.uk/homes/ec564/dons.top.html
for a simplified series of pages.
Top of Page |
http://www.dungeon.com/~express/whu.html
This new and regularly updated West Ham site is one of the only sites
in the Premiership to give you an option to download the entire site if
your modem is too slow to view it online. There's a host of information
including a tribute to the late Bobby Moore and sound clips from his recollections
of that final.
Top of Page |
http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/recreation/sport/thfc/thfc.html
With enough football trivia to keep even Stato happy, the Spurs site
provides information overload on the happenings at White Hart Lane. A collection
of sound clips give particular emphasis to the Nayim goal against Arsenal,
which by all accounts was a stunned silence. Anyone who has spent the summer
in solitary confinement might also like to catch up with Teddy Sheringham
on his Euro site at www.i-way.co.uk/ euroted/.
Top of Page |
http://www.waverider.co.uk/~wwshire/
Someone once described Golf as 'a good walk ruined'. If you disagree
and want to visit one of the most beautiful golf courses in the country,
go take a peek at The Warwickshire sited at Leek Wootton, near Warwick.
The site is simply designed, with details on how to get to the course, the
facilities therein, upcoming events and local accommodation. This is little
more than a promotional brochure on the Web.
Top of Page |
http://www.keeper.co.uk/senna/s-files/
Apparently many of the details surrounding the death of Ayrton Senna
are still unexplained and two years have gone by without an official verdict
on his death. This is great conspiracy stuff and according to the site many
of the people involved are reported to be in 'fear of their lives'. No real
answers here but a plea to people to email in their theories.
Top of Page |
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rossm
The famous french essayist and semiotician Roland Barthes once wrote
that Wrestling is not a sport, it is a spectacle, which roughly translates
as wrestling is about over-muscled meathead chumps with spangly stars and
stripes capes and bad hair. But your granny probably loves it and is at
her happiest when watching a gruesome jaw-crushing headlock performed by
a man in lime green pants. Ross Marshall is mad for it as well. His highly
detailed, up-to-date pages reveal a sophistication not immediately evident
in a 'sport' or spectacle best known by kids as BUNDLE!. Regular reports
on WCW and WWF are accompanied by Q&As on wrestling's top stars. It
needs a few more pictures as it's largely text-based but that's a minor
point. On the whole, it is a highly entertaining read. Now , whatever happened
to Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks and, of course, Roland Barthes?
Top of Page |
http://rounders.punters.co.uk
The game beloved of school children up and down the country and the
forerunner to baseball. This is the official site for the National Rounders
Association. If you thought rounders was restricted to schools think again.
This site talks proudly of the national championships, international matches,
and how the game is growing in popularity amongst adults, alongside softball.
There are also contact details for all the known leagues in the country.
So now there's no excuse. Pick up your bat and old PEkit and get rounding!
Top of Page |
http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/recreation/sport/itfc/
So you have either a VRML Web browser or a browser that supports VRML
and you're off, scooting into cyberspace, zooming like a ball that's been
drop-kicked over a football ground, down into Ipswich's Portman Road. However,
it's more interesting for those that study Virtual Reality Modelling Language
than for your average Ipswich fan and let's hope it's some student project,
otherwise it'd be a complete waste of time.
Top of Page |
http://ourworld.compuserve.com:80/homepages/Peter_OSullivan/
This is an enormously touching tribute from a son to his father. At
just over 5ft, Dickie O'Sullivan was a tenacious shortstop flyweight, fighting
in the mid-40s and early 50s, who earned a reputation for being a terrier
in the boxing ring and so got given the nickname the Toy Bulldog. His son
Peter has collected together a record of all his fights, along with press
cuttings and photos, and he is also looking for anyone who might have once
fought his dad. Dickie himself would like to relive old times and Peter
wants to able to add more material to his online scrapbook and mementoes.
This is a very touching and personal piece of sporting history.
Top of Page |
http://www.tis.co.uk/tis/surfcall/index.htm
As an advert for Surfcall's premium rate phone and fax forecast reports
from around the UK's surfing hotspots this is fine. As somewhere to find
out about fun holiday destinations and where the surf's up then this is
a complete waste of time. Obviously Surfcall provides a useful commercial
service and one it can ill afford to provide online, but given the choice
between getting the number out of a directory or using the Web site, I'd
say it's the directory every time.
Top of Page |
http://www.sunderland-afc.com
Impressed, you will be by the official Sunderland site. It was the first
official site in the country, and by co-operating with Bob Graham's 'History
of Sunderland' book, this site has managed to create a staggering history
of the club from 1890/91 to the present day. The whole site is fast, well-crafted
with an eye for detail. You can also get to the site via the ambitious and
fascinating virtual city of Sunderland project at www.sunderland.com.
Top of Page |
http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~tmccarth/sumo.htm
A superbly designed and appropriately dignified site for all fans who
get a kick out of watching a couple of cross-looking, lardy Japanese blokes
engaged in mortal combat. Although there is a glossary and a page of rules,
the main bulk of information assumes a certain familiarity with the sport.
At once simple and yet enormously complex - go Sumo.
Top of Page |
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/aaa33/index.htm
As a team you may have dismissed Stevenage Borough FC as a minor GM
Vauxhall Conference affair - 11 lads from a sad southern new town most noted
for a leisure centre named after Gordon Craig (Ed...who?). But from Borough's
perky Hertfordshire supporters comes this unofficial team site which is
testimony to a passion, an obsession, an unlived dream, a full admission
of 'it's taken over my life'. Superb match reports plus hard fought and
won arguments about games and players. Anyone thinking of setting up a site
for their own team should check this first! See also the excellent Subbuteo
icons. Boro's fans, at least, are a winning combination.
Top of Page |
http://ds.dial.pipex.com/speed/
Speed is a Web-only motorsport magazine, for those of you who get excited
at the thought of pit stops, grids and pole positions. The site boasts contributors
from paper-based magazines such as Autosport and Motoring News. At the moment,
the site is still finding its feet but it plans to include the best in writing
and photography. Keep an eye on Speed.
Top of Page |
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~saints/
A new manager and a new look Web site for Southampton. Point your sainted
browser there for nine action archives and memorable movie moments from
the McMenemy era and one or two from the boy Le Tissier.
Top of Page |
http://www.crg.cs.nott.ac.uk/Users/anb/Football/index.html
Our trip to the Wednesday site was marred by technical hitches - the
machine that gathers the information for the site suffered from a dodgy
hard disk. When it's in full-flow the site is home to an abundance of match
facts including the results of every game the Owls have ever played. You
can also visit Barmy Army Online at www.geocities.com/Colosseum/2938/ but
you won't find a great deal more on offer.
Top of Page |
http://robotwars.com/rwi/
Invented for people who never quite grew out of Meccano by a guy who
wanted to make vacuum cleaning a spectator sport (seriously!), Robot Wars
features radio-controlled models trying to rip each other to pieces with
blades, saws and drills. The third annual contest takes place on 16 August
in, you guessed it, the USA. Check out photos of past competitors with names
like The Master and La Machine but try not to hurt yourself laughing as
all would have been rejected by the producers of Mad Max for looking too
ridiculous. Saddos actually go along to watch and, by the looks of things,
also purchase taste-free merchandise online. Don't!
Top of Page |
http://web-usa.com/soccer/
A great-looking US-based site that includes links to football sites
around the world. There are several well-written features, including one
on American attitudes to soccer, plus links to the history of football and
official rules sites. This is a good place to start any trawl around footie
on the Net. I hate it when they call it soccer though !
Top of Page |
http://unix.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk/~ccznffc/NFFC.html
'To be perfectly Frank' is the unofficial Nottingham Forest site and
to be perfectly frank, it's no great shakes. This site is home to a rather
sparsely populated forest, with information and innovation low on the agenda.
But it's worth looking out for Steve Stone modelling the home kit for 1996/97
- undoubtedly a bold step for any Web Master to take.
Top of Page |
http://alpha.communicata.co.uk/nufc
Sponsored by the club mascot 'bottle of dog', the Newcastle United Official
Web site is fast, fluid and the entertaining graphics will make a lot of
friends in the fans forum. For a simpler view of the Magpies visit the excellent
Talk of the Tyne fanzine at www.swan.co.uk/TOTT/ where one of the most popular
pages is 'Lets All Laugh at Sunderland'. Boys will be boys...
Top of Page |
http://www.nba.com/
Complementary reference guide to the fast cut, slam dunk, swooshy camera
shots of NBA coverage on Channel 4. This is the official yankee product
with a print, cut out and keep score card for every game, so you can count
the baskets as they go down. Every team in the league has its own pages
with player biogs, standings and results. There's also some European round
ball coverage with bits in French and Spanish. Pretty slow to load as it
gets a courtload of action, but if you're into shooting hoops then it's
well worth time out.
Top of Page |
http://www.nationwide.co.uk
Its a little known fact that there are teams outside the Premier League.
To tie in with sponsorship of the Football League, Nationwide's footy site
carries information on all the league's 72 teams. The game results appear
in real time, but full matches reports take about an hour. In addition there's
a results service, a compete list of fixtures, and details of the cup competitions.
However the site really needs more content to take it into the premier league
of Web sites (see Internet 22, September 1996).
Top of Page |
http://www.rubyslippers.com/funhouse/index2.html
This has all the attitude of an ezine although it's primarily for mountain
biking junkies or 'mudsluts' in their particular parlance. Based around
the bike tracks and routes of North West America it's not much use if you're
off for a weekend in the Peak District, but it has an outlook, a perspective,
that's as much fun to read about as it is to experience. A smart section
called Techno Weenie reviews all the latest gadgets and gizmos that are
bound to interest boy-obsessives (bike locks, high energy snacks, syncros
crank-o-matics!) but, more generally, there's a pretty thorough list of
links for all kinds of cyclists, not just those in the dirt nation.
Top of Page |
http://www.dur.ac.uk/~d3fher/boro/boindx.html
This is a good-looking site which, unfortunately, hasn't been updated
since the end of February. Coincidentally, about the time Middlesborough
suffered a slump in their footie fortunes of epic proportions. Better is
Red Roar, the official Middlesborough magazine, at www.hk.super.net/~tlloyd/personal/boro.html
which has an IRC channel and some interesting WAV sound files.
Top of Page |
http://www.sky.co.uk/sports/manu/meta.htm
There are drop-down menus to reveal match reports and Ferguson parables
but none of Cantona's metaphysical ramblings at the official Manchester
United site . The site is functional rather than spectacular but there are
some unique competitions like guessing who's behind the wall - a Manchester
United hall of fame. Hosted by Sky, the site scores highly for being bang-on-the-ball.
Top of Page |
http://www.connect.org.uk/anfield/
The unofficial Liverpool site with by far the best links can be found
at the address above. It has an excellent Bulletin Board system which professes
to flame to death the occasional Manchester United devotee who wanders into
the waters and has a partial mirror site at www.est.is/~jongeir/liverpoo.htm
in Iceland and a rather good Norwegian site at login.nord.eunet.no/~kjello/fredrik/liverpool.html.
The official Liverpool site is, curiously, the Carling Premier League site.
Top of Page |
http://severn.geog.le.ac.uk/jad7/lcfc/
Leicester have made a couple of signings over the summer none more imaginative
than Bod, their animated striker. Unfortunately, the menu page of this site
is by far the best part. There are links to the Leicester Mercury but my
word, yawn, yawn, do they take a long time to download.
Top of Page |
http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/users/tim/leeds/
Unfortunately, Leeds United don't seem to have entered into the spirit
of Web development and have refused permission to use the crest and photographs
from the matchday programme on a Web site. Tim Geldard struggles on with
his unofficial site making the most of limited resources.But what we really
want is Yeboah's artistry, vision and his goal against Wimbledon not pages
of text. On the plus side, there's a great Earth Web chat channel for anyone
to use. I even found a Manchester United fan lurking. Now that spirit of
free information really should be adopted by the commercial manager at Leeds.
Top of Page |
http://www.cdnsport.ca/jump/
All sorts of odds and sods from the wonderful world of ski-jumping -
rules and regulations, competitions, national ski jumping teams and super-speedy
Quicktime clips.
Top of Page |
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~npb/
This aims to be the definitive site for everything about squash - clubs,
coaching, equipment, leagues, player profiles, rankings, tournaments, TV
coverage and videos. It has evolved over a period of two years and so the
Web site has heaps of information at its fingertips. There are bound to
be plenty of business types who like to work hard, play hard and be hard,
and who will love this.
Top of Page |
http://www.digimark.net/disc/
Why risk your fingernails in a rough sport like rugby or strain your
back over a croquet stick when you can fling one of these blighters back
and forth? They're totally foolproof and available where all good ice cream
is sold.
Top of Page |
http://www.pathology.washington.edu/Horse/Carroll_horse.html
Rather interestingly this page is the kind to spring surprises on one,
collating as it does a rather bizarre and undiscriminating mix of information
and resources on all kinds of horsey things. There are pages and addresses
of American hunts, pony clubs, dressage associations and polo clubs in odd
corners and far-flung bits of the world. A glossary of equine terms, incomprehensible
oddments on horse science (which presumably means the sophisto-genetic shenanigans
of breeding thoroughbreds etc), as well as some weirdy short fiction, recollections
and remninisences of 'barn' smells. All in all, if you're one of the horsey
set, there will definitely be something here for you, though you may have
to gallop about it bit until you stumble upon something suitable. Giddiup!
Top of Page |
http://www.farlows.co.uk/farlows
Fish and not a little, tackle - stop sniggering at the back. Farlow's
of Pall Mall has been around for 150 years and is by appointment to Prince
Charles, no less. This is an exquisite Web site. Beautifully constructed
and containing a history of the shop, information and pictures of the merchandise
and famous people testing the goods. The site also includes extracts from
Farlow's magazine, and links and addresses to associations, clubs and societies.
Top of Page |
http://www.frsa.com/bbpage.shtml
Body-builder and Internet freak Faith Sloan flexes her muscles on this
framed site with tiny Java sprites and gateways to knowledgable texts on
nutrition, work-out techniques, and, yes fellas, a gallery of muscle-bound
female Schwarzenegger. Sloan, president of a San Francisco body-building
society also owns a couple of Web page design companies, but needs an imagination
and design workout on these fairly dull pages.
Top of Page |
http://www.connect.org.uk/everton/
The official Everton site is a tad disapp- ointing. You're greeted by
a toffeeman swinging his rattle and thumbnail images of 1928 cartoon characters.
Unfortunately these don't translate well to the screen. Much better is Keith's
Everton page at www.ma.ic.ac.uk/~km/everton/everton.htm which hopes to establish
an interactive forum by the start of the season.
Top of Page |
http://lard.sel.cam.ac.uk/derby_county
The Rams are in action. A hot-bed of Eastern European stars with the
only link in the Premier League to the Croatian League. To establish cross-boundary
footballing links there's an online form to join the RamsNet mailing list.
Hopefully, this site will stay up well into next season.
Top of Page |
http://web.cps.msu.edu:80/~dunhamda/dw/dansworld.html
Everything you ever wanted to know about skateboarding. A skating fool
for 20 years, Dan has as keen an eye for Web page design as for boarding
aerodynamics and the folly of using clay wheels. Cool pix and a drop of
Java, with plenty links to FAQs, newsgroups and articles, including Dan's
own personal history of obsession. For dabblers wanting to turn pro, Dan
warns, Most pro skaters make less than your average receptionist and could
make more waiting on tables. But how much can you can make skateboarding
on tables? We should be told!
Top of Page |
http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~justicsa/reebok.html
Just one page containing contact details for an all-female running group.
Safety in numbers seems to be the order of the day. On your marks, get set...GO!
Top of Page |
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/~cudbu/SkyBlues.html
Like the team, the Web site may not set the Championship alight but
like Peter Ndlovu, it has some nice touches. Unfortunately nothing seems
to have been added to the site since the tortuous end of last season, perhaps
the nerves were a little too frayed.
Top of Page |
http://www.jack.dircon.net/chelsea/
If links are your thing, Jax's Chelsea site will be your idea of heaven.
Framed off at the foot of the page are more links than you can shake a stick
at. They're here, they're there, they're every-bloody-where, Chelsea links...Whether
you want news, views or singing the blues it's all here. But what makes
this Web site such a joy to visit is the CFC mailing list including the
bitter-sweet recollections of the fans: 'was the man in the sweetshop really
Chopper Harris?'
Top of Page |
http://www.fa-carling.com/
Half hoping it might be a paean of praise to bumptious, bum-chinned
Royal rugger bugger, Will Carling, but knowing full well it was a stats
and figures footyfest of info on the Carling Premiereship, Internet has
to admit that Carling has made an impressive debut for its first game out
on the park. It includes fixtures, results, club records and merchandise
etc but the best bit is the discussion area, which in time could become
as compulsive as Danny Baker's original 6.06.
Top of Page |
http://www.racing.press.net
[racing.pcx] This site devoted to the delights of horse racing looks
great, the only problem is you have to pay to get access to most of the
information held on there. Form databases, breeding archives and a live
news and results service are all brought to you courtesy of the sports administrators
Weatherbys and the Press Association. There is a tantilising taste of information
for free, such as news snippets, but to access most of the databases you
need to flash the cash. A fiver a month brings you the latest news, live
betting, live results and statistics while £25 a month gets you a
full-form service including betting details and a breeding database. Worth
a visit but only the serious form merchants will subscribe.
Top of Page |
http://www.demon.co.uk/nbcs/bisa.html
Official page for irritating ponces who prance around our parks on roller
blades. They sneak out between parked cars wearing scrappy little shorts
and crop tops and then generally arse about in an arrogant fashion. And
they complain about bad press! Forgive me. I'll start again. This association
presents the sensible side of a much-maligned past-time suitable for all
the family, spreading news (there's now a National Skate Patrol), safety
information and general loveliness about in-line skating. Most useful at
the moment probably, is a list of instructors, skate friendly shops (overwhelmingly
in London) and addresses of Leisure Centres and Roller Rinks (this time
countrywide) where people will always be pleased to see them.
Top of Page |
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/4664/
Regularly updated, clean, uncluttered graphics and a damn quick server.
What more could you want from a footie Web site? This non-profit-making
resource is provided for Rovers fans by Rovers fans. If you want to wallow
in the glory of the country's best striker, you can buy all your Shearer
gear at www.reednews.co.uk/ brfc/ Sadly, that number nine shirt will now
be a bit out-of-date.
Top of Page |
http://www.gbar.dtu.dk/~c937079/AVFC/
Updated on 15th July, accessed on 16th July, the Aston Villa site is
full of newsworthy facts, figures and fantastic Java applets. Games are
summarised and include hot links to the Electronic Telegraph's match reports.
And with a humour section incorporating a Villa version of the Abbott and
Costello sketch 'Who's on 1st?' this supporter's site has all the bases
covered.
Top of Page |
http://www-ipg.umds.ac.uk/~rw/arsenal.html
'Welcome to the Internet home of football, welcome to Arseweb' proclaims
this home page. Rupert Ward's unofficial Arsenal site is crammed full of
features including details on how to keep track of Arsenal games at all
times. There are also dozens of QuickTime and MPEG movies showing great
Arsenal moments in history, from Charlie George's 1971 FA Cup Final winner
to Dennis Bergkamp's first goal for the club. Despite its name, Arseweb
is an intelligent and creative site crammed full of Gooner goodies.
Top of Page |
http://www.adidas.com/
Rocking the original old school three stripes, Adidas isn't really about
fashion its about investment and excellence in sport. Well, judging by the
prosaic attitude to the shoes and sporting equipment that put in an appearance
on this site it's not anyway. In principal, articles on the eclectic history
of the football boot etc are a superb idea but there's something a bit too
clinical about the way they are executed here. It's pretty much all the
right reference points but without the intensity and passion. Having said
that, Adidas has put together a very impressive Web presence including a
jaunt around trainer heaven in Quicktime VR.
Top of Page |
http://www.gleneagles.com/hotelonline.html
Classic toff styling from Gleneagles for when you're larging it for
the weekend in plus-fours. Apart from the golf academy, there's an opportunity
to try your hand at bloodsports (that's shooting and fishing), riding, falconry,
mad driving - Let's Off-Road - and relax in the country club. Looks fantastic,
races along, lovely jubbly. For the Barbour and green wellie brigade and
you'll need a trailer load of cash. Fore!
Top of Page |
http://www.raleighbikes.com/
Not a particularly ambitious page for a bike company as long established
and well known as this one. Where is Raleigh's history of the bicycle with
snaps of bone-shakers, mumsy Shoppers and souped up 70s Choppers? Still,
focusing on more current business, this is the place to catch up with the
latest Team Raleigh results. It also provides a glimpse of some of the newest
models and the dealers where such machines may be bought.
Top of Page |
http://www.turbonet.com/finefish/?494,31
This is a major league magazine for anyone who has ever spent a rainy
afternoon on a riverbank. Being American, it's full of funny and informative
hyperbole on some of the more glam, exciting ways to catch a fish. Stuff
like Bassin' the Orlando Lakes, as well as how to cook a crappie, and if
you're looking for something in particular, there's always the search option.
Regional reports, monster records, equipment, techniques and especially
interesting species. A great catch. Don't let this one get away.
Top of Page |
http://www.specialized.com/
You're either of the mind that cycling is sappy or it's the coolest
pastime for fit lassies and lads. We at Internet are of the latter opinion
and believe this site, from one of the coolest bike companies ever, to be
a bountiful source of biking information. On and off road models, demos,
accessories and techie engineering design, as well as a worldwide directory
of the stump-jumpin'est mountain bike trails around. Punctures? Pah!
Top of Page |
http://www.chem.rdg.ac.uk/g50/mmrg/gareth/ukpb/index.html
Is it possible that the macho amateurish antics of Paintball's pretend
wargames have actually gone professional? Why yes! Apparently, every weekend
teams of well protected TA types aim big blobs of military emulsion at each
other! This has events, tournament results, news and a noticeboard, as well
as details of the European Paintball Sport Federation. Splatt!
Top of Page |
http://www.soccernet.com
Soccernet concentrates in depth on the Premier League and is constantly
on the ball with its coverage of fixtures and results. As the Internet arm
of the Daily Mail football pages, its news is up as soon as the final whistle
is blown.
Top of Page |
http://www.golfnet.co.uk/golfnet
It's not all snazzy tank tops and tartan trousers y'know. With a database
of 3000 courses all over Europe and the UK, this is a welcome site for those
on the Ryder Cup winning side of the Atlantic. Tips on etiquette and equipment
are just a short stroll across the fairway from upcoming tours and a golfing
who's who.
Top of Page |
http://www.tcp.co.uk/~ukbc/bh3/
Hashing is apparently a form of cross-country running, the main object
of which is to work up a big thirst! With sporting heroes like this in our
midst, who needs the Ashes, Olympic gold medals or the World Cup?
Top of Page |
http://skateboard.com/
Tum Yeto Digiverse is, like, the umbrella organisation that houses a
whole bunch of stuff on skaters, snowboarders, surfers and the mad things
they might be into. It's divided into different ezine-like sections with
articles on music, style and attitude, as well as olli-type information.
It's the whole caboodle. Great pictures, great icons with some skate advertising
thrown in. There's even a girlzine called Foxy! for your feminine side.
Top of Page |
http://www.zynet.co.uk:8001/citygent
This spirited Bradford City fanzine deserves a mention. Fairly professional
and quite graphics-intensive but, if anything, a little lacking in bloke-ish
jokes.
Top of Page |
http://www.tsn.ca
Built around the concept of a big spaceship in the cosmic universe,
getting round TSN is like being in an episode of Blake's Seven. However,
if you're at all interested in what Canadian sport has to offer, then this
has everything, from sports schedules, a results service, audio files of
game commentaries, club information, a chat room, a souvenir stand, some
icons and screensavers as well. Good value.
Top of Page |
http://www2.pcy.mci.net/mlb/index.html
Baseball - the subject of countless movies and at the heart of the American
dream. This has everything, including those all important scores and the
chance to play Batter Up, a baseball trivia game with the opportunity to
win a flight and ticket to a game in the World Series.
Top of Page |
http://www.nflhome.com/
To some extent this replicates the family atmosphere that exists at
football games in the States. It's pretty lively but well organised, with
a special section for the kids. As well as fixtures, results and the latest
news, there are areas dedicated to each club with live chat rooms and a
chalkboard on which to predict who's going to win the league.
Top of Page |
http://www.football-heroes.co.uk/
Full colour football-annual-in-the-early-80s style prints of your favourite
football stars, all signed. For fans with no shame.
Top of Page |
http://www.mcewans.co.uk/football/
Football fanzine culture has been noticably absent from the Web up till
now. This site, sponsored by McEwans, has links to some of the best unofficial
club pages but it also has some of the sensibility of soccer mad trivia
kids. Okay so it's not exactly Frank Skinner and David Baddiel or even When
Saturday Comes but it's a start.
Top of Page |
http://www.webcom.com/~shaolin/
Major league martial arts is a serious business. This site explains
the basics, from the sixth century arrival at the Shaolin monastery of an
Indian monk named Bodidharma to the myriad styles and what kung fu involves.
All I'm saying is don't mess with the Shaolin.
Top of Page |
http://yarra.vicnet.net.au/~georged/index.html
Unofficial home page for quite good Australian Rules Football Club,
Essenden, aka The Mighty Bombers. The club is currently honouring the 'great'
Dick Reynolds by forming a luncheon club in this name. Quite frankly, any
team with a player called Cockatoo Collins is all right by me.
Top of Page |
http://www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk:80/sports/footy_world.html
A boy's and girl's own compendium of Futbol Mondo links.
Top of Page |
http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/Climbing/index.html
Catering for both rads and trads, this is really a site for experienced
climbers, although the glossary is great for those just starting out! The
fact that it's based in the US is irrelevant (except with regard to the
legal information). Otherwise, it covers everything from techniques to training,
safety, equipment and climbs, including a posting from Jim and Fred with
their experiences of Cheddar Gorge.
Top of Page |
http://www.atlanta.olympic.org
If the Olympics run as smoothly as this Web site, they'll be tip top
fantastic. All venue, event, ticket and travel information is held in an
easily searchable manner. Audio and video files of the welcome address and
Izzy, the mascot, are in all formats and of course there's a word from our
sponsors. Atlanta is the home of Coca Cola after all.
Top of Page |
http://www.housing.calpoly.edu/html/paragliding.html
Kinsley Wong manages to combine all the excitement and exhilaration
of taking to the air with a very practical and informative approach. Great
pictures and an MPEG clip, a wish list of Paraglider's wants, a contacts
lists of other pilots, manufactors, contests and events, and an accident
form in case of mishap. Woah...it's high up here.
Top of Page |
http://www.ukultimate.com
Definitive UK ultimate frisbee page, linking articles on the game's
history, rules and how to start up a team to listings of ultimate clubs
in Britain and all around the world.
Top of Page |
Gopher:
cricinfo.cse.ogi.edu:7070/11/link_to_database/NEW
This is the Internet's main clearing house for up-to-date match scorecards,
reports, and statistics. Current test updates come courtesy of the IRC commentary
channel.
Top of Page |
http://eec.psu.edu/~scott/dss/charter.html
Throw away those smelly shoes and join the Dirty Sole Society.
Top of Page |
http://www.brad.ac.uk/~cgrussel/
Read how 26 men bash themselves senseless, push each other's faces into
the dirt as they're trying to stand up, and then meet for a drink afterwards.
Top of Page |
http://www.realtime.net:80/~kr4ah/
If fashion following is a struggle, why not join the growing ranks of
the nude. All undressed and nowhere to go? Fret not, here's advice, news,
and a round-up of spots to hang out with other naked fun seekers.
Top of Page |
http://dauerdigs.biosci.missouri.edu/stockdog/stockdog.html
Here's a way to keep up with who's who in the (unfortunately US-only
at this stage) stockdog trials. This is where the only two mammals with
any mutual affection collaborate to corner a very stupid animal into an
enclosure. It's then cut into disproportionate shares and eventually eaten.
The ambush is appraised by the dominant species while the subordinates inspect
each other's equipment. There are also some sturdy shots of startled sheep,
if that's your scene.
Top of Page |
http://www.cityscape.co.uk/users/ak90/index.htm
Find out more than you need to know about the stars of the internationally
acclaimed TV show.
Top of Page |
http://www.ac95.org:80/
This is an excellent source of race results, competitors' details, scores,
commentaries and live coverage of the proceedings of the 1995 America's
Cup, the world's richest sporting event. There's even a live cam to monitor
the conditions in San Diego Bay.
Top of Page |
http://www.sierra.net/SkiWeb
A regionally arranged international guide for skiers and once you've
chosen your destination, what's on offer will differ but will usually include
satellite photos, snow reports, accommodation and coming events. Many North
American, Australian and New Zealand runs are covered but Europe, at this
stage, is only represented by Slovenia and Slovakia.
Top of Page |
http://www.aladdin.co.uk:80/sihe/
There are links here to a number of sailing pages, such as the Royal
Yachting Association, Royal Ocean Racing Club, Royal Southampton Yacht Club,
US Coast Guard, plus racing news. There are also plenty of individual home
pages, product launches and Challenge promotions such as the Americas Cup.
Top of Page |
http://rmii.com/~flyshop/flyshop.html
The fly in the title refers to fly-fishing - the bloodsport least challenged
by animal activists. This site is intended to become a meeting point for
anglers to talk tips, trips, and tall stories. There's an in-house magazine,
MPEG movies and hooks into other fishing sites.
Top of Page |
http://www.cs.odu.edu/~ksw/weights.html
Links to fitness newsgroups, weightlifting FAQs, competitive lifting
rules, workout advice and pictures of men displaying their physiques.
Top of Page |
http://www.ama.caltech.edu/~mrm/body.html
Plenty of proud pictures of the female form pushed to near-illogical
extremes, as well as competition results, videos, fan mail addresses, workout
advice and links to individual bodybuilder's pages.
Top of Page |
http://www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk/sports/webs.html
Go through this collection of football links to make your way to most
of the English and many European, US, Brazilian and Japanese clubs. There
are also connections to tables, fixtures, results and all sorts of football
chatter.
Top of Page |
http://www.linc.or.jp/Nagano/
The next Winter Games, at Nagano in Japan, are still three years away,
but armed with your trusty Internet connection you'll be the first on your
block with news on the events, venues, transport and Snowlets, the official
mascots.
Top of Page |
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~npb
International squash information includes rules, clubs, rankings, equipment,
results, match reports, coaching, publications and a whole lot more.
Top of Page |
http://www.gdol.com/
This service, at US$9.95 per month, supplies a database of golf information
on over 14,000 golf courses in North America, including golf course maps
and golf photos. There's pro golf schedules, golf tips, golf publications,
golf merchandise, golf real estate, golf travel, golf weather, golf, golf
and more golf.
Top of Page |
http://www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk/sports/sports.html
This is probably the most extensive set of links to sports information
on the Internet. If you can play it, it's on here. Sports covered include
American football, baseball, rugby (union and league), soccer, cricket,
tennis, cycling, rowing, orienteering, windsurfing, skiing, rock climbing,
scuba diving, car rallying and white water rafting.
Top of Page |
http://www.rpi.edu/~sathes/lfc.html
This site is a good example of one of the growing UK football club Web
services - all of which seem to the work out of the UK's top educational
establishments. The Liverpool pages include fixture lists, up-to-date match
reports, honours histories, team and manager photographs... plus a collection
of notable quotes from, as the Web service puts it, 'Scousers and non-Scousers'
alike.
Top of Page |
FTP
to: ftp.cs.uq.oz.au/pub/USENET-FAQ/abdominal-training.html
Get 'abs like ravioli' - an excellent analysis of stomach shaping from
Queensland University.
Top of Page |