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Arm Wrestling

England debut a dream says Hampshire spinner Danny Briggs

Hampshire's left-arm spinner Danny Briggs called his England one-day international debut against Pakistan on Tuesday a "dream come true". Briggs, 20, ended with bowling figures of 39-2 to help England to a four-wicket win, and a 4-0 series whitewash. continued at BBC News

Woman Jumps to Death to Flee Arm Wrestling Champ Husband

The wife of a champion arm wrestler has died after she allegedly jumped from a second story window of the couple’s home during a domestic dispute. According to a MyFoxBoston.com report, Allen Stilkey is being held without bond in a ... continued at Cleveland News - Fox 8

Mass. arm wrestling champion pleads not guilty to charges stemming from wife's death

UXBRIDGE, Mass. - A champion arm wrestler has been ordered held without bail in Massachusetts after pleading not guilty to manslaughter and other charges in connection with the death of his wife. Allen Stilkey was arraigned Monday in Uxbridge District Court. continued at FAN 590 Toronto

Shot hits the fan

That put his team 2-0 down to home side Hartlepool United and he lashed the ball into their supporters' end. It hit one fan on the arm and ricocheted into another's head, leaving both needing first aid. Some furious home fans then hurled missiles at Nelson ... continued at The Sun

Coaching in Montreal 'surreal' for Stars' Glen Gulutzan

Featured are former NHLers Trent Yawney and Grant Jennings; curling’s three-time world champion and 1998 Olympic gold medallist, Marcia Gudereit; various champions in poetry, rodeo, athletics, darts, bowling, arm-wrestling, organ-donation poster design ... continued at Calgary Herald

Six Nations: Jeremy Guscott Q&A

The only thing that made the Irish tip tackle appear less so was because the Welsh player managed to get his arm on to the ground or else his head and shoulder would have hit it first. Andrew Crouch, UK Hi Chris and Andrew, there is an inconsistency in ... continued at BBC Sport

Without will of the fans some football clubs would just fade away | David Lacey

Elsewhere life goes on. The season's issues continue to grab the headlines … the Mancunian arm-wrestling contest at the top and the struggles of the rest to keep up, John Terry, Carlos Tevez, red cards that should or should not have been shown ... continued at The Guardian

PREP WRESTLING: Get to know Lodi's Jesse Ziegler

An arm bar, because I like to get off the mat with a pin ... (Penn State currently is ranked No. 2 in the National Wrestling Coaches Assocation/USA Today poll and Taylor, a sophomore All-American, is 23-0 at 165 pounds) What's the most ... continued at Portage Daily Register

London 2012 Olympics venues: The Royal Artillery Barracks

Fact: Hungarian shooter Karoly Takac, taught himself to shoot left-handed after a grenade blew off his right arm in 1938. Ten years later he won two gold medals at the London 1948 Games. The barracks, on the edge of Woolwich Common in south-east London ... continued at Daily Telegraph

The day I got to grips with The Grappler (and came off second best)

They come to compete on The Grappler – the only arm- wrestling device of its kind in the world. Designer Rod 'Rambo' Lenette, 44, is the former world, European and UK arm-wrestling champion, who is not afraid of anyone. And his courage and conviction are ... continued at Leicester Mercury