London Sports History
London starting of sports London Sports History London in Olympics London has been a host for the Olympics games for three times, over past 100 years. The first Olympic games held in London was in 1908 at White City. In 2005, it was selected to host the latest Olympic Games to that took place in 2012. London also hosted the Paralympics Games for the very first time in 2012. In 1934, it also hosted the Common Wealth games (then known as British Empire Games) at White City Stadium London And Football There is a special place for football among the people of London. It was originated before 1314, and since then it has been a prime game played in London. Interestingly, the credit for transforming it into organized and refereed team football given to a school headmaster from London in, the sixteenth century. Arsenal, Manchester United, and Chelsea are the famous clubs that belong to England Cricket Cricket is the second most played and loved sport in London. London has two Test cricket grounds named as Lord's and The Oval. The Lord's is also known as the Home of Cricket. Rugby Rugby was itself originated in England in the first half of the 19th century. England played its first international tournament with Scottland on 27 March 1871 in Edinburgh. Harlequins and Saracens are the two rugby clubs from London. Although there were two more clubs that played in London. Golf England has over 2,084 golf courses. Golf was introduced to London during the Middle Ages and has been a popular game since then. It was known as cambuca during its early years of introduction to the people of England. Other Sports Like the other major countries, England is also a host for many other sports like Tennis, American Football, Field Hockey, Basketball, Baseball, Cycling, etc. It has got the two toplevel ice hockey teams, the London Knights and the London Racers. It has also hosted three roller derby leagues. London hosts the London Marathon, in the month of in April every year, one of the world's largest massparticipation marathons. The two games that is only played in London and nowhere else England has got its two unique games only played in England, one is a kind of Old English skittles, that used to be popular in pubs across South East England. The other one is called the rugby netball. This was created by some soldiers in 1he 1890s, and has been played on Clapham Common Games that take place only during the summer, hosted by International Netball Federation. Stadiums in London Wembley Stadium (opened in 2007) Cardiff's Millennium Stadium (opened on 26 June 1999) Emirates Stadium (opened on 22 July 2006) The Hive Stadium (opened in July 2013) Griffin Park (Opened in September 1904) Kingsmeadow (Opened in 1989) Loftus Road (Opened in 1904) Imperial Fields (Opened in 2002) THANK YOU!!!!!
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