Popular sports in the UK

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Popular sports in the UK
 The most popular sports in the UK are: football, cricket, rugby, golf, athletics,
badminton, squash, curling, etc. Here are the main facts:
 ● Many sports came from England.

 ● Golf is Scotland's main contribution to British sport.

 ● Football - working class sports like boxing, wrestling, snooker, “throwing

arrows”, dog races.

 ● Aerobics and yoga, squash and cycling are among sports where participation has
increased in recent years.

 ● There are several locations in Britain related to a particular sport.

Popular sports in the UK

 ● Wimbledon is a suburb in the south of London, where all English tennis

championships on the lawn are held in July (since 1877).

 ● Wembley - a stadium in the north of London, where international football

matches, football Cup competitions have been held since 1923.

 ● Football is a game that is played in almost all countries.

 ● A football game usually lasts an hour and a half.

 ● The football finals take place every May at the famous Wembley Stadium in
London.
 Football is a national sport
 In England and Scotland, football is a national sport, and this is the passion of
many Britons. The teams of the Scottish Premier League are high, and the
English Premier League is considered the best in the world. All over the world
there are fans of famous English clubs such as Manchester United, Liverpool,
Arsenal and Chelsea, and broadcasts of matches with these teams sometimes
attract an audience of more than a billion people.
Golf
 Great Britain is the birthplace of golf. There are hundreds of wonderful fields for the game, where
world-class competitions are held. Wentworth, Belfrey, and Carnausty and the St Andrews course are
some of the best golf courses in the world.

 The UK Open Golf Championship, held annually in July, is the oldest and most famous of the four golf
championships. Competitions are held in different fields in the UK.

 The European Professional Golfers Association tournament is held at different times of the year in
different fields of the country. The Association website has a competition schedule.
 Athletics
In the UK, many international athletics competitions are held every year, including the
London Marathon and the annual London Grand Prix.

Athletics was a significant part of the 2012 London Olympics.