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Popular games and sports in Britainе
The British, like all love sports and games. But if you ask them what sports they like, then they probably would be called football, cricket and tennis, although many of them are engaged in sports such as golf and hockey, athletics and mountaineering, horseback riding and boating, rugby and rowing.
In Britain, it was invented and developed a lot of sports, and games that are now played all over the world. Football one. Probably the world's most popular sport was developed in England. It is widespread throughout the country - in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Their national teams compete against each other every year. They take part in various competitions. The two best teams meet in the final match of the Cup at Wembley Stadium in London. This is one of the most important matches of the year. National teams of England, Wales,
Scotland and Northern Ireland to take part in European competitions and other international matches. In Britain, a lot of football clubs.
The British are famous for their sense of humor. Here is one of their jokes about football: "Football is a game in which one part of the stadium wants to see eleven men killed, and the other part wants to see eleven men killed."
Cricket is another popular summer sports game. It is sometimes called the English national game. It is known that more of cricket played in 1550. Many cricket clubs were founded in the 18th century. Now this old game, typically British, played in schools, colleges and universities, and in many towns and villages in Britain. Students play weekly games from late April until early September. Cricket is very long and slow play. International cricket matches last for five days. Cricket is played not only by men. Girls and women are also playing the game.
Boxing as a British sport is very old. It existed during the time of the Saxons. Golf began to develop in Scotland and now widespread throughout Britain. Tennis is another popular game in Britain. For the first time she played in 1872, and the first Wimbledon championship was held in 1877. Currently, every summer in June, the British conducted a famous tennis tournament at Wimbledon near London.
Swimming, boating and boating has always been popular in the UK, and they are addicted to millions of people. But the British have little interest in skiing and skating, sports typical for Russia. Can you explain why?
Skating and skiing are very popular in Russia because there is a lot of snow and winter lasts for six months. There is a lot of place to skate and to ski. But in Britain there is not enough place for these sports thus there grass remains green even in winter.