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If you have a younger sibling, they're probably better at sport than you are Mark Williams explains how the ‘little sibling effect’ works. By Murray Kinsella Saturday 9 Jan 2021, 12:06 PM Jan 9th 2021, 12:06 PM 36,596 Views 12 Comments Serena Williams benefited from being Venus' younger sibling. Image: AAP/PA Images Image: AAP/PA Images PERHAPS YOUR EXPERIENCE is different and the older siblings in your family are actually better at spor...

2020: A year to savour for Bangladesh cricket amid pandemic 319 By Syed Mohammed Pithu DHAKA, Dec 29, 2020 (BSS) -The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic ate up the most of cricket season of Bangladesh in 2020, a year which was set to be an “epic year” for them. Bangladesh was scheduled to play a whopping amount of Test matches, for which they were always craving for. But they ended up playing only two Tests due to the pandemic-induced break as the cricket around the world experienced an unprecedented scenario almost throughout the year. Still there are some highs and lows. Winning the ...

The GOAT How To Be An Elite Athlete, According To The Data By at 3:30 am NPR If you want your kid to be an elite athlete, make sure they have older brothers or sisters. That's one of the insights in a new book, The Best: How Elite Athletes Are Made, which digs into the social science of athletic greatness. Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can sign up here. The book is a collaboration between sports scientist Mark Williams and sports writer Tim Wigmore. We recently spoke with Wigmore to figure out how we can finally become champion basket...

‘s newsletter. You can . If you want your kid to be an elite athlete, make sure they have older brothers or sisters. That’s one of the insights in a new book, The book is a collaboration between sports scientist Mark Williams and sports writer Tim Wigmore. We recently spoke with Wigmore to figure out how we can finally become champion basketball players. Turns out, it’s too late for us. But maybe not for your kids. At least, the youngest ones. “Study after study shows that younger siblings have a much greater chance of becoming an elite athlete than older siblings or only children,�...

Book World: Dissecting athletic greatness: Nature, nurture, lucky breaks and a 'quiet eye' Liz Robbins, The Washington Post Dec. 11, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail By Mark Williams and Tim Wigmore Nicholas Brealey. 353 pp. $24.95 - - - When Brandi Chastain scored the winning penalty kick in the 1999 Women's World Cup and ripped off her jersey to celebrate victory for the United States, she sent a thunderous thrill through the Rose Bowl crowd and inspired generations of athletes to come. I was fortunate to witness such unbridled moments of triumph, superhuman feats from once-in-a-generation athlet...