Sports and Games in England
Sports and Games in England
Sports and games have always been very popular in England. The English are great lovers of sports. Almost all of young Englishmen play one sport or another. Every college has athletic or football clubs. If the British people are asked to name their favourite sports, they will name football, cricket and tennis. England is the home of football. It is played in England in winter, and not in summer. The football season lasts from August until May. The second popular kind of sport in Britain after football is cricket. It is among the most popular summer sports. Cricket is often called the English national game.
In England many traditional sporting competitions take place at the same time every year. Many people come to watch them. The most important of them are: the Football Cup Final at Wembley Stadium in London and the famous International Tennis Championship at Wimbledon near London. The Cup Final is the greatest event of the football year. It is organized every year in May.
The first Wimbledon tennis championship was in 1877. Nowadays every summer in June the British hold this famous tennis tournament.
England is the birthplace of many modern kinds of sports. This is why many games that are very popular all over the world have English names. Football, tennis, boxing, cricket, badminton and others were invented in Britain. Boxing as a British sport is one of the oldest. It existed even in Saxon times. Basketball and volleyball come from the United States of America.
As England is an island country, water sports are very developed there. England was the first to hold sports swimming competitions. Many British sportsmen became world champions in swimming. English sportsmen take part nearly in all kinds of sporting events that take place in the world.
Wimbledon [ wimbldon] – Уімблдон (передмістя Лондона, де знаходиться тенісний клуб Англії)
I. Put “+” near the correct sentences and “ –“ near the wrong ones:
1. The English are not great lovers of sports.
2. In England many traditional sporting competitions take place at the same time
every year.
3. The Football Cup Final, the greatest event of the football year, is organized in May.
4. The Cup Final is held every four years.
5. The first Wimbledon tennis championship was in 1999.
6. Nowadays the international tennis competitions are held every summer in June.
7. England is the birthplace of basketball.
8. England was the first to hold sports swimming competitions.
II. Choose the right answer:
- The first three sports that will come to every Englishman’s mind are …
a) football, boxing and tennis; b) football, cricket and tennis; c)rugby, cricket and tennis. 2. What is the English national game?a)boating; b)hockey; c)cricket.
3.The international tennis championship is held …a) at Wembley Stadium in London; b)at Wimbledon near London; c)in every country.
4.… existed even in Saxon times.
- Cricket b)Horse-riding c)Boxing
Sports and Games in England
Sports and games have always been very popular in England. The English are great lovers of sports. Almost all of young Englishmen play one sport or another. Every college has athletic or football clubs. If the British people are asked to name their favourite sports, they will name football, cricket and tennis. England is the home of football. It is played in England in winter, and not in summer. The football season lasts from August until May. The second popular kind of sport in Britain after football is cricket. It is among the most popular summer sports. Cricket is often called the English national game.
In England many traditional sporting competitions take place at the same time every year. Many people come to watch them. The most important of them are: the Football Cup Final at Wembley Stadium in London and the famous International Tennis Championship at Wimbledon near London. The Cup Final is the greatest event of the football year. It is organized every year in May.
The first Wimbledon tennis championship was in 1877. Nowadays every summer in June the British hold this famous tennis tournament.
England is the birthplace of many modern kinds of sports. This is why many games that are very popular all over the world have English names. Football, tennis, boxing, cricket, badminton and others were invented in Britain. Boxing as a British sport is one of the oldest. It existed even in Saxon times. Basketball and volleyball come from the United States of America.
As England is an island country, water sports are very developed there. England was the first to hold sports swimming competitions. Many British sportsmen became world champions in swimming. English sportsmen take part nearly in all kinds of sporting events that take place in the world.
Wimbledon [ wimbldon] – Уімблдон (передмістя Лондона, де знаходиться тенісний клуб Англії)
I. Put “+” near the correct sentences and “ –“ near the wrong ones:
1. The English are not great lovers of sports.
2. In England many traditional sporting competitions take place at the same time
every year.
3. The Football Cup Final, the greatest event of the football year, is organized in May.
4. The Cup Final is held every four years.
5. The first Wimbledon tennis championship was in 1999.
6. Nowadays the international tennis competitions are held every summer in June.
7. England is the birthplace of basketball.
8. England was the first to hold sports swimming competitions.
II. Choose the right answer:
- The first three sports that will come to every Englishman’s mind are …
a) football, boxing and tennis; b) football, cricket and tennis; c)rugby, cricket and tennis. 2. What is the English national game?a)boating; b)hockey; c)cricket.
3.The international tennis championship is held …a) at Wembley Stadium in London; b)at Wimbledon near London; c)in every country.
4.… existed even in Saxon times.
- Cricket b)Horse-riding c)Boxing
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