Sports play an important role in British life. Most of the sports which are popular all over the world started in Britain, such as football, cricket, lawn tennis, golf or rugby.
England’s national sport is cricket although many people think it is football. Cricket is usually played all over England on Sundays from April to August. Nevertheless, football is the most popular sport and it has been played there for hundreds of years. Some English football teams are popular all over the world, for instance Mancherter United, Arsenal or Liverpool.
Apart from cricket and football some other sports are important in Great Britain. For example rugby, it is similar to football but it s played with an oval ball and players can carry the ball and tackle each other. Another sport is tennis, the world’s most famous tennis tournament is Wimbledon which started at a small club in South London in 1877. Finally, golf is a quite traditional sport in Great Britain. It is even regarded as the Scottish national sport.
In conclusion, there is a wide range of sports in Great Britain and some of them are also very popular all over the world. Would you like to play cricket? Let’s visit Great Britain.
Marcos García, Sergio Herrero, Diana Játiva, Olga Martínez and Carolina Pérez – 1º BACHILLERATO CT