In 1914, A&R Scott chose the name and the unusual spelling by combining the spellings of 'porridge' and 'potage' which is a ...

It was enjoyed by Spartan warriors, so you can imagine it was pretty violent, too, much like a precursor of rugby and the NFL. The Romans ran with the concept and invented Harpastum, which was ...

Gulick, Naismith invented a new game for his students ... Sports that used big balls, like rugby and football, were more easily learned, but tackling would not work indoors.

Professional rugby wasn’t invented out of thin air, it is the consequence of Rupert Murdoch taking the opportunity to commercialise the mass demand for amateur rugby. This demand had been ...

No Olympics, No Comm Games and no Football World Cups, but still plenty to look forward to, if you know where to look.

Stout sales have soared in Britain’s supermarkets amid claims of a Guinness shortage that has forced some pubs to resort to ...

Step up your game and impress your friends with your knowledge of these sports idioms and terms, plus where they came from.

The rugby championship is sponsored by Guinness ... media have questioned whether the shortage exists or if it has been invented by Diageo for marketing purposes, something which the company ...

Banksy is one of the world's most famous graffiti artists. His work has sold for millions of pounds and his exhibitions seen ...

The popular game of basketball which we know today was invented by a Canadian physical ... from other sports such as passing (American Rugby), jump ball (English Rugby), shape and size of the ...