Sports in GB: FAMOUS SPORTSMEN

FOOTBALL

Football is the Football is the most famous sport, played on the whole world. That’s okay but, when did it start?

The first international football match was between England and Scotland, and it took place in 1872! That’s not all, the first time someone wrote the official football rules was in 1848! The rest is history now.

England has got one of the biggest football leagues in the World: the English Premier League. The first team was Sheffield FC, which isn’t in the Premier League now. The most famous teams are Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United; and some of the greatest players ever are English, like Frank Lampard or Steven Gerrard.

Female football is also important, there are 9 teams in the English Female Football League, such as Manchester City, Arsenal FC, Chelsea FC, Liverpool FC, etc.

RUGBY

Rugby is one of the most popular sports in the entire UK, and it started in England too. It was born from the oldest kind of football, which is considered the mother of football, American football, rugby, etc. We’re talking about more than a hundred years ago!

It’s played on a rugby pitch, with a special ball and with 15 players per team. The objective is to score more points than the rival. You can't pass the ball forward and the ball only can go on if you carry it or if you hit it with your feet. you can score from 2 points to 5, according to what have you done.

In the UK, the most famous rugby league is the Premiership Rugby, which champion is the Watford Saracens. But the most important tournament is the Six Nations championship, in which England, Scotland, France, Italy, Wales and Ireland.

CRICKET

Cricket is also one of the most played sports in the United Kingdom. It’s creation dates of the Middle Ages and, also, in the UK.

It’s a bat-and-ball game and it’s played between two teams of eleven players each. One team bats, attempting to score runs, while the other bowls and fields the ball, attempting to restrict the scoring and dismiss the batsmen. The objective of the game is for a team to score more runs than its opponent.

Each summer the county clubs compete in the first class County Championship, which consists of two leagues of nine teams and in which matches are played over four days. The same teams also play one day cricket in the Royal London One-Day Cup, and Twenty20 cricket in the NatWest t20 Blast.

GOLF

Golf is a sport of skill in which you must introduce a small ball with shots made with a stick. This sport has Spanish origins but it is believed that modern golf originated in Scotland. The first golf associations were the Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (1744) and The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (1754).

PLAYING FIELD

Golf is practiced in a natural grass field in the open air. Unlike many sports, golf doesn´t have a standardized playing surface. A golf field employs a wide surface and is composed generally of 9 or 18 courses.

Some of the UK's top golfers have been Harry Vardon, James Braid, John Henry Taylor.

TENNIS

Tennis is a racquet sport practiced on a rectangular arena. It’s played between two players (individual) or between twosome (doubles) and the objective of the game is to throw a ball hitting it with the racket trying to rebound inside the opponent's field, so that the opponent can’t return the ball.

It was created in Birmingham (1860). The Wimbledon Championship created in 1877 became one of the four Grand Slam tournaments of world tennis. But it’s curious that in the United Kingdom there are so few professional tennis players, since Fred Perry (1930), there haven’t been any successful tennis players. Now, Andy Murray is to famous. Now, Andy Murray is the most famous English player.

lunes, 6 de marzo de 2017

FAMOUS SPORTSMEN

Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the Mercedes AMG Petronas team. He is a three-time Formula One World Champion. He won his first title with McLaren in 2008 before moving to Mercedes, where he won back-to-back titles in 2014 and 2015.

Wayne Rooney

Wayne Mark Rooney is an English professional footballer who plays for and captains both Manchester United and the England national team. He has played much of his career as a forward, but he has also been used in various midfield roles. He is the highest goal scorer for Manchester United.

George Hillyard

George Whiteside Hillyard was a male tennis player from the United Kingdom. Under his supervision as secretary of the All England Club from 1907 to 1925, the Wimbledon Championships moved to its current site at Church Road. Hillyard also excelled at cricket and golf.

Bradley Wiggins (born 28 April 1980) is a British cyclist. He was born in Ghent, Belgium. He grew up in London. His mother Linda is English; his father was Australian cyclist Gary Wiggins (1952-2008).

Wiggins won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, a gold medal, silver medal and bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the 2012 Tour de France.