Sport In Great Britain

SPORT IN GREAT BRITAIN

KINDS OF SPORT
PERHAPS, YOU DIDN'T KNOW, BUT MANY KINDS OF SPORT HAVE TAKEN THE ORIGIN IN GREAT BRITAIN. CRICKET, FOOTBALL, RUGBY, TENNIS, TABLE TENNIS, BADMINTON, SQUASH, CANOEING AND SNOOKER WERE INVENTED IN BRITAIN.

FOOTBALL OR SOCCER
BRITAIN'S NATIONAL SPORT IS FOOTBALL OR SOCCER. IT WAS PLAYED THERE AS FAR BACK AS MEDIEVAL TIMES. NOWADAYS IT HAS BECOME THE MOST POPULAR GAME ALL OVER THE WORLD.

RUGBY
THERE IS A CERTAIN TYPE OF FOOTBALL CALLED RUGBY. THE GAME IS CALLED SO BECAUSE IT WAS ORIGINATED AT RUGBY — A WELL-KNOWN ENGLISH PUBLIC SCHOOL.
RUGBY
. IT IS A GAME PLAYED BY TWO TEAMS OF FIFTEEN PLAYERS EACH. THE GAME TAKES PLACE ON A FIELD 100 METRES LONG AND 80 METRES WIDE. THERE ARE GOAL POSTS AT BOTH ENDS OF THE FIELD.

VIOLENT GAME
IT IS A RATHER VIOLENT GAME, THAT IS WHY THE PLAYERS MUST BE BIG AND STRONG. ANOTHER REQUIREMENT FOR THE PLAYERS IS TO WEAR HELMETS, MASKS AND CHEST AND SHOULDER PADDING.

CRICKET
CRICKET IS A POPULAR SUMMER SPORT IN BRITAIN. THERE ARE MANY CRICKET CLUBS IN THE COUNTRY.
CERTAIN UNIFORM CRICKET PLAYERS WEAR A CERTAIN UNIFORM — WHITE BOOTS, A WHITE T-SHIRT AND WHITE TROUSERS.

TENNIS
TENNIS IS ANOTHER FAVOURITE SPORT OF THE ENGLISHMEN. PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD KNOW WIMBLEDON WHICH IS THE CENTRE OF LAWN TENNIS.

WIMBLEDON
IT IS THE OLDEST TENNIS TOURNAMENT IN THE WORLD CONSIDERED BY MANY PEOPLE TO BE THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS. IT TAKES PLACE OVER TWO WEEKS IN LATE JUNE AND EARLY JULY.
WIMBLEDON
WIMBLEDON IS KNOWN FOR ITS TRADITIONS — STRICT WHITE DRESS CODE FOR COMPETITORS, THE ABSENCE OF SPONSOR ADVERTISING AROUND THE COURTS AND SOME OTHERS. EVERY TENNIS PLAYER DREAMS OF TAKING PART AT THIS TOURNAMENT.

GOLF
GOLF IS A GAME OF BUSINESS COMMUNITY. IN GREAT BRITAIN IT IS VERY COMMON TO ESTABLISH GOOD BUSINESS RELATIONS PLAYING GOLF.

POPULAR SPORTS
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER POPULAR SPORTS IN GREAT BRITAIN, FOR EXAMPLE, HORSERACING, CROQUET, SWIMMING, RUNNING, CYCLING AND ROWING.