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Sports in Great Britain

National sports in Great Britain…It is a very interesting question, because many kinds of sport have taken the origin in England.

The Englishmen love sports, they are called sports-lovers in spite of the fact that some of them neither play games nor even watch them. They only like to speak about sports.

Some kinds of sports are professional in England.

Many traditional sporting contests take place in England, for example, cricket.

It is played from May till September. This game is associated with England. There

are many cricket clubs in this country. English people like to play cricket. They think that summer without cricket isn’t summer. Cricket is the English national

sport in summer. If you want to play cricket you must wear white boots, a white

shirt and white long trousers.

There are two teams. Each team has eleven players. Cricket is popular in boys’

schools. Girls play cricket too.

Football. It has got a long history. Football was played by the whole village

teams in the middle ages in England.

Now football is the most popular game in Britain. It is a team game. Professio-

nal football is a big business. Football is played at schools too.

Rugby football. This is a team game. There are 15 players in each team. It is played with oval ball. It is a popular game in England.

American football. IT is a game that is played between two teams. The players use an oval ball that can be handled or kicked. The captain of the team must be the oldest or best player.

Table tennis or ping-pong. This game is played by men and women. English-men like to play tennis but many of them prefer to watch the game.

Wimbledon. It is the centre of lawn tennis. Some years ago Wimbledon was a

village, now it’s a part of London. The most important tennis competition takes

place there every summer.

Englishmen pay much attention to swimming, rowing and walking. Usually

The Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race takes place at the end of March or at the beginning of April. It is an interesting contest between the universities of Oxford

and Cambridge. It is usually held on the Thames River. The first such race was

held in 1820.

There are some racing competitions in England. They are motor-car racing,

dog-racing, donkey-racing, boat-racing, horse-racing. All kinds of racings are popular in England. It is interesting to see the egg-and-spoon race. The runner,

who takes part in the competition, must carry an egg in a spoon. It is not allowed

to drop the egg.

We must speak about the Highland Games in Scotland. All competitors wear

Highland dress. There are some competitions as putting the weight, tossing the caber and others. The English are great lovers of sport.

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