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What Sports do U play in What Sports do U play in Britain? Britain?
1- Cricket
• There are 11 players in a team.
• They play with a SMALL ball ( it’s smaller than a baseball) and a bat.
• One cricket team is the Marylebone Cricket Club ( MCC )
Football
• There are 11 players in team.
• It’s the most popular sport in England.
• In the English Football League there are 92 professional football clubs.
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Rugby
• It’s similar to football.
• They play with an oval ball.
Tennis
• The world’s most famous tennis tournament is Wimbledon.
• It’s traditional for visitors to eat strawberries and cream.
NETBALL
• It’s the largest female team sport in England.
Basketball
• Over 3 million people participate in basketball.
Golf
• Scotland is traditionaly regarded as the home of golf.
• The most important golf club in Scotland is in the seaside town of St. Andrews , near Dundee.
Horse racing
• Is the sport of kings.
• It’s a very popular sport.
• People can place bets on the races at legal off – track betting shop.
Polo
• It’s the fastest ball sport in the world.
• Polo is played with four men on horses to a team.
University boat race
• In the ninethen century, in 1829, two schools began a race against each other for the first time in the Thames river
Fishing
• 33 million people participate in this sport. They like sitting beside rivers and lakes.
Bowls
• The two main forms of bowls are lown, flat, green.
Boxing
• Boxing in its modern forms is based on the rules established by the Marquis of Queensberry in 1865.
Swiming
• Swimming is also a popular hobby and enjoyed by people of all ages.
Martial Arts
• Varius martial arts, mainly derived from the For East practice.
Darts
• Darts is very popular. The game of darts was invented in The North of England in a town called Grimby.
Boxing Day Hunts
• The huntsmen and huntswomen ride horses. They use dogs too. The boxing day hunt is on 26th December.
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