British Sports

Football (soccer)
Football is British most popular sport.
Some of England's football teams are world famous,
the most famous are Manchester United,
Arsenal and Liverpool.

The most famous football players are…
David Beckham
Wayne Rooney

There are eleven players in each team.
They must kick the ball into the goal.

Did you know?
In the English Football League
there are 92 professional clubs.

Cricket
You need a bat and a ball,
to play cricket. There are 12 players
in each team.

This is a wicket.
stumps
bails

Tennis
Tennis is very popular in Great Britain.
The world's most famous
tennis tournament is Wimbledon.

The most famous British
tennis player is…
Andy Murray

Did you know?
It is traditional for visitors to eat strawberries and cream while they watch the tennis.

Golf
The home of golf is Scotland.
There are over 400 golf courses in Scotland alone.

The most important golf club in Scotland is in the seaside town of St. Andrews, near Dundee.

Polo
Polo is played with four men on horses to a team. A ball is hit with a stick towards the goal, one at each end of a 300 yard long by 160 yard wide field.

Horse racing
Horse racing, the sport of Kings is a very popular sport in Great Britain. People can place bets on the races. Some of the best-known horse races are held at Ascot, Newmarket, Goodwood and Epsom.

Ascot, a small town in the south of England, becomes the centre of horse-racing world for one week in June. It's called Royal Ascot because the Queen always goes to Ascot. She has a lot of racehorses and likes to watch racing.

Did you know?
Women who watch horse races at Ascot
must wear a hat. Sometimes they’re very strange!

Let’s play a game!
What sport is it?
tennis
cricket
football

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golf
polo
horse racing

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