WHAT SPORT DO YOU PLAY IN ENGLAND?

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WHAT SPORT DO YOU PLAY IN ENGLAND?

• MANY OF WORLDS MOST FAMOUS SPORTS BEGAN IN
  ENGLAND, INCLUDING CRICKET, FOOTBALL, TENNIS AND
  RUGBY

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CRICKET

• ITS THE MOST TRADITIONAL SPORT OF ENGLAND. ITS
  ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING SPORTS IN THE SUMMER

http//www.educar.org/Educacionfisicaydeportiva/hi
storia/cricket.asp
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RUGBY

• IT IS SIMILAR TO FOOTBALL, BUT PLAYED WITH AN
  OVAL BALL. PLAYERS CAN CARRY THE BALL AND TACKLE
  EACH OTHER. THE BEST CLUBS IN ANDALUCIA ARE IN
  SEVILLE AND GRANADA.

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FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

• FOOBALL IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST POPULAR
  SPORT IN ENGLAND AND HAS BEEN PLAYED FOR HUNDREDS
  OF YEARS. IN ANDALUSIA,IN HUELVA (1889),THE FIRST
  SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUB WAS FOUNDED THROUGH THE
  RELATIONSHIP THAT EXISTED BETWEEN THE OWNERS AND
  THE MINE WORKERS ON THE TINTO RIVER.

http//www.recreativohuelva.com/pag/historia.asp
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BADMINTON

• BADMINTON TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE DUKE OF
  BEAUFORTS CONTRY HOME, WHERE THE SPORT WAS FIRST
  PLAYED IN THE 19th CENTURY. IN BENALMADENA,SINCE
  1986, EXISTS SOME OF THE BEST CLUBS IN ANDALUSIA..

http//www.badmintonbenalmadena.com/
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UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE

• IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, STUDENTS AT OXFORD AND
  CAMBRIDGE, BRITAINS TWO OLDEST UNIVERSITIES,
  WERE HUGE FANS OF ROWING. MÁLAGA HAS A ROWING
  CLUB THAT IS THE OLDEST IN SPAIN. .IT'S THE ROYAL
  MEDITERRANEAN CLUB, FOUNDED IN 1873.

http//www.realclubmediterraneo.com/scripts/defaul
t.asp
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GOLF

• IT'S A SPORT KNOWN ON OUR COAST (COAST OF THE SUN
  ,COAST OF GOLF).MANY OF OUR ENGLISH TOURISTS
  KNOW OUR CITY THROUGH SPENDING A WEEKEND PLAYING
  GOLF. MALAGA IS THE SPANISH PROVINCE WITH THE
  MOST GOLF GREENS IN SPAIN.

http//www.infotu.com/golfespa/andgolf.htm
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TABLE TENNIS(PING PONG)

• Table tennis was invented in EnglanD in 1880. It
  began with Cambridge University Students using
  cigarette boxes and champagne corks.
• IN GRANADA AND CORDOBA YOU FIND TWO OF THE BEST
  TABLE TENNIS CLUBS IN ANDALUSIA.

www.ctmlageneral.es
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BOWLS

• The two main forms of bowls are lawn flat
  green(outdoor and indoor) and crown green

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LAWN TENNIS

• THE WORLDS MOST FAMOUS TENNIS TOURNAMENT IS
  WIMBLEDON. IN SPAIN WE HAVE GREAT PLAYERS LIKE
  RAFA NADAL WHO GOT TO THE FINAL IN 2006. IN
  SEVILLE, SPAIN,HE WON THE DAVIES CUP IN 20004
  AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.

http//www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/index.html
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HORSE RACING

• HORSERACING, THE SPORT OF KINGS, IS A VERY
  POPULAR SPORT WITH RACES BEING HELD EVERY DAY
  TROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
• IN MALAGA, MOSTLY IN MIJAS, SINCE THE YEAR 2000
  EXISTS A HIPODROME WHERE THEY HAVE HORSE RACING
  IN SPRING AND SUMMER. IT'S VERY POPULAR AMONG
  THE ENGLISH.

http//www.visitacostadelsol.com/esp/html/boletin/
bol/n81/5.htm
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POLO

• ANOTHER EQUESTRIAN SPORT IS POLO, BROUGHT TO
  BRITAIN FROM INDIA IN THE 19TH CENTURY BY ARMY
  OFFICERS. IN CADIZ MOSTLY IN SOTO GRANDE (SAN
  ROQUE) THE FIRST POLO CLUB WAS CREATED IN
  ANDALUSIA IN 1965, THE SANTA MARIA POLO CLUB,
  BEING NOWADAYS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CLUBS IN
  EUROPE.

http//www.santamariapoloclub.com/club_historia.as
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