Sport and Competition

Sport and
Competition
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Table of contents
01
A national
02
The social
03
Cricket
04
Football
passion importance of
sport
05
Rugby
06
Animals in
07
Other sports
08
Gambling
sport
A national passion
• Sport plays a more important part in
people’s lives in Britain than it does in
most other countries.
• Millions take part in some kind of sport at
least once a week.
• Every newspaper, national or local quality
or popular, devotes several pages entirely
to sport.
Not just sports, they are also competitive on other
enthusiasms, Gardening is one typical example:
• Gardeners will display their cabbages, leeks,
onions, carrots, flowers and many other floral
plants..
• All of this hoping they will be judged ‘the
best’.
The social importance of sport
• Sports hold a significant social important
in Britain.
• It plays a central role in the nation’s
culture, brings people together and foster
a sense of community and national
identity.
• Every local authorities have a duty to
provide and maintain playing fields and
other facilities, which are usually very
cheap and sometimes even free.
• Prestigious sporting events like
Wimbledon, The Grand National, English
Cup Final... are long-awaited by millions
of people around the world.
• Sport also plays a substantial part in
promoting physical and mental well-
being. It encourages an active lifestyle,
promoting fitness and overall health.
• Sport and physical activites were found to
add £85.5 billion to the English economy
and society.
Cricket
England is the birthplace of cricket
which is particularly popular in the
summner.
Cricket
It is a bat- and -ball game played between 2 teams
of 11 players. They play on a field at the center of
which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch.
A rectangular 22-
yard long pitch.
( 20.1 meters)
Judging by the numbers of people who
Cricket
play it and watch it, cricket is defintely
not the national sport in Britain.
• confined to the middle classes

• almost people in England do not
understand its rule
But in fact, there are milions of people

are passionate about cricket.
Cricket In England, the “first class”
cricket team are named after
their counties. ( Essex,
Yorkshire, Somerset).
Cricket
Famous sporting event of cricket
Test matches
involves England and Australia
Football
Football
The most popular sport The full name of “soccer” is
in England and has been Association football. However
played for hundreds of most people in Britain call it
years. simply football.
Football
Two famous football teams in the UK

Crowd trouble
Football
The Heysel Stadium disaster
occurred on May 29, 1985, during the European Cup final
between Liverpool and Juventus (Italia). The disaster resulted
in the death of 39 people and left more than 600 injured.
The supporters of Liverpool took the seats from the Juventus

supporters, they were arguing and pushing each other towards
the concrete wall, it collapsed, which crushed on many people.
Football
The Premier League
The Premier League is an English
professional football (soccer) league that
was established in 1992.
The Premier League comprises 20 clubs

that represent the top level of football in
England.
World Cup
Football
It was in 1966 that England won the World Cup
Rugby
This is a fast and aggressive ball game
Rugby Two versions: Rugby union and rugby league
Rugby union: the older of the two versions,

mainly for the middle classes.
Rugby league: traditional home is the working

class of the North of England, split off from
rugby union at the end of 19th century.
Rugby
Famous sporting event of rugby
Six Nations Championship

(England, France, Ireland, Italy
, Scotland and Wales.)
Animal In Sport
Traditionally, the favorite sports of the British upper class are "Hunting",
"Shooting", and "Fishing".
Hunting Shooting Fishing
• The term "Hunting" in the • Killing birds with guns is known • When fishing is done
Britain usually refers to the as "Shooting" competitively, it is called
fox hunting activity • The upper classes often organize ‘angling'
"shooting parties" during the
"season".
Horse racing
• Horse racing is so well-established that it is often referred to simply as ‘racing’.
• There are two primary forms of horse racing: 'flat racing' and 'national hunt racing,
Sometimes know as ‘steeplechasing’.
• The former became known as ‘the sport of kings’ in the seventeenth century.
Greyhound racing
• It is easier to organize than horse racing and ‘the dogs’ has a reputation for being the ‘poor man’s
racing’.
Other Sports
British spectators and TV viewers have more interest in team game than individual sports.
• Individual sports that involve socializing as a
significant aspect tend to be more popular.
• The annual London Marathon and Great

North Run, most of whose tens of thousands
of participants are ‘fun runners’ in outrageous
costumes, and collect money for charity.
Two main exceptions to general trends:
• The first exception is boxing, and the
opportunity for gambling.
• The other exception is motor sport.
Gambling
Gambling is very widespread throughout all social classes,
the word ‘sportsman' used to be a synonym for ‘gambler’.
I n the 1993 Grand National was widely regarded as a national

disaster.
Horse racing remains a focal point for gambling, with billions
of pounds being bet on horse races annually. Commonly
known as 'bookmakers' they sometimes announce themselves
as 'turf accountants' on their
shop fronts.
• The national lottery stands as the most favored form of gambling in the UK,
engaging over half of the adult population.
• Bingo is another popular type of gambling, it often abtracts for middle-aged
working class women.
It's worth noting that there are segments of British society, particularly among Nonconformist
religious groups, where gambling is viewed with disapproval.
In 2005, the government announced plans to allow a number of Las Vegas style ‘super-
casinos’ in Britain, the plans were abandoned two years later.
The sporting calendar
This chart shows the seasons
for Britain’s most popular
spectator sports and some
of the most important sporting
events which take place every
year.
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• confined to the middle classes

But in fact, there are milions of people

Two famous football teams in the UK

The supporters of Liverpool took the seats from the Juventus

The Premier League comprises 20 clubs

Rugby Two versions: Rugby union and rugby league

Rugby union: the older of the two versions,

Rugby league: traditional home is the working

Six Nations Championship

• The annual London Marathon and Great

I n the 1993 Grand National was widely regarded as a national

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