THE LEFT-HANDED have long struggled in a right-handed world. But they are over-represented in one field: one-to-one sports such as fencing and tennis. The conventional explanation for this is that the ...

Being left-handed seems to be an advantage in some sports, according to a study of athletes in world-rankings. Although only 1 in 10 people are left-handed, they found that more than 1 in 10 fencers ...

A study has revealed that left-handed athletes are disproportionately represented in the top ranks of fencing and table tennis, not solely because they are unfamiliar to opponents. Researchers suggest ...

Whenever I give an interview about scientific research on left-handedness, at one point or another, the interviewer will ask the question of what things left-handers have an advantage in over ...