Features

www.soccerbase.com
Soccerbase is football's Wisden, a site bulging with enough stats to keep John Motson delirious until he dons the sheepskin in the sky. Ideal for settling those pub arguments about who scored the winning goal against Luton in the classic 1998/99 Cup run, Soccerbase offers an inexhaustible barrage of data and, thankfully, it's as easily accessible as West Ham's penalty area. The individual player data is particularly detailed, giving you a match-by-match breakdown of the player's contribution over the season - at both domestic and international level. The site's design, sadly, is more dated than orange segments at half-time.

www.planetf1.com
A Formula 1 spin-off from the team behind office-favourite Football365.com, this site doesn't quite have the panache of its sister site but still offers plenty for Grand Prix aficionados. Attention to detail is impressive, with comprehensive race reviews, team-by-team analysis and even a full transcript of the press conferences after each session. The reader forums are just as active as those of F365, and in less need of adult supervision, while the layout is familiarly clean and well constructed. The letters page usually yields interesting or humorous insights from knowledgeable readers, while stats are comprehensively and neatly presented.

www.mapmyrun.com
Fitness freaks bored of jogging around the block should pay a visit to this immaculately constructed mash-up site. It allows joggers or cyclists to tap in their location and plot a training route on a Google map, simply by clicking the mouse along their chosen route. The site automatically calculates the length of the journey - handily placing mileposts on the map - and you can print the route to take with you. Once back home, you can slump in front of the PC and enter the time into your training log, which keeps track of your performance and vital stats. Routes can be shared with fellow users, and with 175 results for Liverpool alone you should never run short of destinations.