Top 10 sports websites The Guardian

The Guardian Recommended by: Jed_Wood We're not keen on The Guardian's football reports, which we find bafflingly wordy, but it's great for all other sporting matters. Its over-by-over cricket commentary (together with irrelevant interjections by readers) is a thing of beauty. Lighthearted features (such as a gallery of Photoshopped pictures of football players) provide regular amusement, and the team of writers clearly know their stuff about the full gamut of modern sports. guardian.co.uk/sport

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Top 10 sports websites Sky Sports

Sky Sports r Recommended by: Tijuana Bestriding the web just as its parent company dominates TV sports, the Sky Sports website offers analysis by many of the biggest names around, and exhaustive coverage of pretty much every sport going, from mixed martial arts to netball. You can also watch some of the company's TV programming online. skysports.com

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Top 10 sports websites Crash

Crash Recommended by: Jeff Halls A slightly more rough-and-ready alternative to the BBC's motorsport sites, Crash encompasses a wide variety of events and offers news, opinion and video coverage. Some petrolheads will also find the photos of 'grid girls' diverting. crash.net

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Top 10 sports websites Onion Sports

Onion Sports Recommended by: Harry Tomas "It's a bit US-centric, but I think the jokes are good enough that you don't need to know much about baseball, say, to enjoy the Onion's satirical sports coverage," says Harry Tomas. "And the Photoshopped illustrations make me chuckle." The Onion extends its simple formula - writing about absurd scenarios while doing a straight-faced impersonation of a contemporary news outlet - to the world of sport, and what do you know? It turns out to be a perfect fit. onionsportsnetwork.com

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Top 10 sports websites Cycling News

Cycling News Recommended by: canarieslover canarieslover gave Cycling News the thumbs-up, with the caveat that it's "of limited interest to anyone not interested in cycling". It's certainly an encyclopaedic site, though, and those who follow or partake in this most punishing of sports will find all the latest information here. There are reports on the various events going on at any time - there's far more to pro cycling than the yearly Tour de France, although of course that's covered in great depth - as well as video interviews and obsessive articles on the kit used by particular cyclists. Wheely good stuff. cyclingnews.com

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Top 10 sports websites BBC F1

BBC F1 Recommended by: alan14 "I'm pretty impressed with the BBC F1 site at the moment/' says alon14. This site offers race schedules, a world venue map, driver and team profiles, tonnes of news and analysis and even cheesy profiles of the BBC commentary line-up. There also an impressive selection of videos. tinyurl.com/beebF1

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Top 10 sports websites Runner's World

Runner's World Recommended by: Cliffy Running isn't everyone's idea of fun. For one thing, unlike participants in team sports, runners have to face the pain on their own, forcing themselves to get up at the crack of dawn to face another brutal training session in the rain. That's why online communities are particularly important to runners, offering the support and training advice of a club without the time commitment. Cliffy recommended Runner's World for the tips and motivation provided by its amiable forum members. runnersworld.co.uk

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Top 10 sports websites Dirty Tackle

Recommended by: Edd Serious football fans shouldn't come here for the latest information on Cesc Fabregas's career plans. Instead, this irreverent Yahoo sports blog tends to focus on odd stories, trivia and silly videos - a misspelling of Dimitar Berbatov's name on US TV, weird penalty kicks, Alexei Lalas dressing up in a woman's shirt - rather than the day-to-day realities of professional football. tinyurl.com/dirtackle

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The Spoiler

Recommended by: Jim D Footie-mad Jim D sent us to The Spoiler for "all the good stuff - knowledgeable football chat, jokes, transfer rumours and a section devoted to accidentally rude-looking photos" If that's not enough for you, take a look at the 'Excellent Lists' section: 'Top five football in-fighting videos', for example. thespoiler.co.uk

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Top 10 sports websites

Cricinfo Recommended by: Mark Chang Cricinfo is a cricket fan's online Mecca, and the first destination for almost anyone looking to follow the game. The site offers up-to-the-minute information on internationals and club games around the globe - including ball-by-ball commentary on the major matches - and longer pieces on, for instance, the progress of Test cricket over the past 2,000 matches, great players of the past, or controversial new technologies. Finally, as befits a site aimed at cricketing anoraks, Cricinfo has a huge database of stats on players, scores and sporting minutiae. espncricinfo.com

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