Modern rugby union as we love it today can trace its roots back to 1823 in Warwickshire. The traditional story credits William Webb Ellis with inventing the modern day game at Rugby School in ...

England have got their hands on most coveted prize in rugby - the William Webb Ellis trophy. But who is the famous golden cup named after, and why? The Academy decided to find out more about the boy ...

The most widely accepted version of the game's origins describes how in 1823, William Webb Ellis, a pupil at Rugby School, invented the game when he picked up a football and ran towards the ...

dates back to an 1895 split from the established Rugby Union. The modern game of golf emerged in 15th century Scotland, and the standard 18 hole round was invented at The Old Course at St Andrews ...