Abraham Verghese's first book My Own Country was about his experiences of dealing with AIDS sufferers; this, his second, is more personal. It is the story of his friendship with David, an inte...
Here, from the BBc's unique Sound Archives, are memories of great teams, matches and tries, the wit and wisdom of some legendary characters to have graced the game and a few of its celebrated followe...
E.W Swanton introduces cricketing highlights from the time of W.G. Grace through to the end of the Thirties. The players themselves give their own accounts of the classic matches they played in and r...
Love him or loathe him, you've got to admit it, Richard Branson has drive. And guts. And enough ambition to sink a battleship--or perhaps that should be a jumbo jet--or even a whole company of jumbo...
Arguably the most recognised sportsman in the world, ever, David Beckham, at 28, has weathered several lifetimes' worth of speculation, rumours, adoration and insults--and now he claims to be setting...
