The rules and history of the game. For more cricket news than any American is likely to want, see CricInfo . Rugby History, rules, and trivia about the game of rugby union. Football Or soccer, as it's known here. This web site links to the entire paper, plus the Sunday Observer - a sister paper to The Guardian.
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The Independent Another major newspaper, whose political stances are rather more unpredictable than those of the Guardian. To my mind, the best British newspaper. Its web site is slightly less complete than the Guardian's, however. The Irish News News from Ireland and Northern Ireland. See also the Belfast Telegraph , for news and opinion from that city.