HERE
IS A LIST OF WEB SITES TO EXPLORE TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT SPORTS EQUIPMENT:
BBC Sports Academy - full of info on every sport including detailed information on the equipment used
Football Equipment - as an example this is the section on football equipment from the BBC Sports Academy
http://www.racquetresearch.com/
http://www.alliedsportsandleisure.co.uk/
http://www.proline-sports.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.therugbysite.co.uk/extras.html
http://www.regencysports.com/acatalog/Soccer.html
http://www.regencysports.com/acatalog/Basket_Ball.html
http://www.cricket-hockey.co.uk/cricket-hockey.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/bsp/hi/swimming/equipment/html/default.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/bsp/hi/athletics/equipment/html/default.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/bsp/hi/tennis/equipment/html/default.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/bsp/hi/basketball/equipment/html/default.stm
http://www.trysportsdirect.com/crickeq1.html (cricket)
http://www.trysportsdirect.com/hock1.html (hockey)
Click Search on the toolbar or go to your favourite Search Engine - Google, Yahoo, Ask etc - and type "xxxx equipment" where xxxx is the sport you are interested in e.g. "darts equipment"