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Andrea Fox gets a bit hot and bothered but not very cross at CrossFit

America. It’s given us so much. Oreos for a start! And now a tough new way to burn them off called CrossFit. If getting fit is literally making you cross then you might like the fact that during an hour at CrossFit you will probably only be working your butt off for 20 minutes. I was hard at it for a mere seven minutes. But it left my legs so tired I couldn’t jump off the ground.

The idea is that just running or weight training isn’t going to give you overall fitness and that the best thing to do is act like a triathlete and mix up your sessions. Gymnastics, weight training and cardio are all involved in the nine different moves used in the session, to really work the body with tough tasks that constantly change.
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Joe Addison introduces his son to the habit

“How can you be the Brighton barefoot runner when you’re a smoker?” A fair question and­ one put to me by a friend who saw me puffing away outside a restaurant last week. 

I should give you a bit of backstory really. I had my first cigarette at the age of 12 and started regularly smoking at 14. Aside from a few sporadic weeks of sanity, I was a constant smoker for the next 15 years, averaging a pack a day, sometimes more. During the 1999 European Cup final, I smoked 40 in 93 minutes (most of those in the last 10 minutes!) and could not speak for two days afterwards. 
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Andy Winter on how cricket can unite nations

In this column I have frequently quoted the former Pakistan bowling legend, Mushtaq Ahmed, who has described his affection for the ‘family’ that is Sussex County Cricket Club. The club has long welcomed players from around the world, from K S Ranjitsinhji and Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji (both of whom went on to represent England) to the Indians Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Piyush Chawla. Others have come from the West Indies, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia and, most recently, our first New Zealander, Brendan McCullum.

More so than ever before, international cricket has developed into one large extended family. With the advent of the Indian Premier League, players from different countries are coming together to form teams to play against other teams made up of players from throughout the world.
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Tony Marks thinks Albion are in for a cracker

The beginning of a new season is always an exciting time for a football fan, but this year feels like it could be a belter. Over the course of 2010 Gus Poyet has been carefully turning Albion into the team he wants them to be. They’ve become composed on the ball, they pass it around well, and they can attack at speed. Now we need to find out if they’ve got what it takes to conduct a serious promotion challenge.
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