Popular kinds of sport in UK

Popular kinds of sport in UK

Vladislav Arestov

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Dmitriy Shishlakov

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Popular sports in UK

Football
In England and Scotland, football is the national sport, and it is - the passion of many Britons. High level commands the Scottish Premier League and English Premier League is considered the best in the world. Worldwide, there are fans of famous English clubs, such as the "Manchester United", "Liverpool", "Arsenal" and "Chelsea" and the broadcasting of matches with these teams often gather an audience of over a billion people. Each of the four countries of the United Kingdom, has its own national football association, which manages to football matters within its territory. It's Football Association, founded in 1863, the Scottish Football Association, founded in 1873, the Football Association of Wales, founded in 1876 and the Irish Football Association, founded in 1880. These are the four oldest football associations in the world, they take up four seats out of eight in the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which defines the rules of the game of football (the remaining four seats on the board belong to FIFA). Soccer Team Great Britain has a rich history. Until 1912 she became the winner of three Olympic tournaments. From 1948 to 1972 team participated in the Olympic qualifying tournament, but did not achieve great success. After 1960, never got on the final tournament. After 1972, due to changes in the rules for admission professionals at the Olympic Games, stopped taking part in the qualifying turnirahObedinennaya British football team at the moment is absent, instead of it were four independent teams: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Cricket.
Cricket - the main summer sport in the UK. He played in athletes of different levels - from small-town teams to the national team of England. Very popular cricket matches between the teams of the Commonwealth. England team holds tournament games at home, one-day international meeting, held every summer on the species of cricket matches «Twenty20» (the game is named for the number of series of shots for each team), and in winter travels to matches outside the country. The main event is the same - this, of course, passing every two years, the competition for the cup «Ashes» between the teams in England and Australia. Even the most interesting matches of the cricket gather in the stands are relatively few viewers, but it is not an indicator of the attitude of Britons to the sport. Just a game usually lasts 6-7 hours, so many English people prefer to watch it on TV or just listen to radio broadcasts. For very busy fans have a special phone number, call that can be learned through at the moment.

Rugby
Ways to rugby union and rugby league broke up in 1895, when part of east-british clubs league decided to allow its players to become professional rugby. There are some differences between amateur and professional rugby, the most obvious of which - the number of players in teams. Playing rugby union teams held to 15 players, and rugby league games - 13 teams. Rugby in the UK and the countries of the northern hemisphere is on the rise. British clubs successfully participate in the Cup, "Heineken", also known as the European Cup. English Championship Cup "Guinness" and matches "Celtic League" is very popular - sold out every week, all the tickets. Passing each year in January-February Six Nations Championship - another peak of interest in the sports audience. But the big event - a world championship game is held every four years.In the 2007 world champion rugby team was in South Africa. Rugby league matches are held mainly in the north of England, but in the super league includes a team of Perpignan (France), as well as the London team «Harlequins». In rugby league games for the World Cup in 2008 are expected to attend the English, Scottish and Irish teams.

Golf
Golf - one of the most popular sports in the world. Great Britain - the birthplace of golf. Today about 2.5 million people in Britain are playing golf, and worldwide fans of the sport are more than 50 million people. There are hundreds of excellent golf game, where competitions are held world-class. "Wentworth", "Belfry" and "Karnausti" and the field at St. Andrews - some of the best golf courses in the world.
British Open Championship Golf Course, held annually in July, is the oldest and most famous of the four championships in golf.Competitions are held at various fields in the UK. The European Association tournament professional golfers held at different times of the year in different fields of the country.

Races
Racing got its fame in the XVII century, the sport of kings. But these days, some members of the royal family owned thoroughbred racehorses and sometimes take part in races or sports such as polo (a ball game on horseback). Involved in horse racing, millions of ordinary Britons, but not as participants, and As gamblers make bets on the outcome. In English it is called gambling.Royal Ascot - the most famous annual races in the world and the main event at the British secular calendar. The local aristocrats are not accepted once again demonstrate their status, but the Royal Ascot races are no exception. In a press discussion of the guests, their clothes, diamonds and cars often takes much more space than the coverage of the race. The Queen herself did not miss a single race and every day during the week (at the time of the royal race) led the procession on her way from the palace to the place of Winsor competitions.
The total prize fund of more than three and a half million pounds sterling. The most prestigious prize, the award is still considered to be the main event of the racing week - "Gold Cup" - awarded to the winners at Ascot in 1807. Golden Cup is played on Thursday, or Lady's Day, and compete in it, four-year horse. Among them is bound to be some horses belonging to the queen.

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