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HISTORY SPORT THE SCOTTISH
YULY ANDREA LEON ALFONSO
Sport also plays an important role in Scottish culture, as the country holds its own national championships in various sports varieties.
HISTORY SPORT THE SCOTTISH
• The most popular sport is football in Scotland.
• Rugby is also very popular in Scotland
• St. Andrews, is internationally known as the "home of golf"
• Other distinctive features of Scottish sport are the Highland Games
• The Commonwealth Games
The Scottish Football
Association is the
governing body of
football in Scotland,
responsible for
organizing the Scottish
Cup and matches
Scotland football team
in their ranks.
The Scottish Cup is
a Scottish football
competition involving teams
from
the Premier League, First,
Second and Third Division.
The competition has a format
very similar to the FA Cup in
England, with one game
elimination.
Rugby in Scotland is regulated by
the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU). Scotland
has a great rivalry with England. They
compete annually for the Calcutta Cupas
part of the Six Nations tournament.
Golf has its origins in the fifteenth
century
in Scotland, there are pastors entert
ained with
sticks hitting boulders until you
reach a goal. Golf is the only
sport that has been practiced on the
lunar surface.
The Romans played a game with a bent stick and a ball made of feathers that could be the forerunner of the game of golf.
The Highland
Games are annual
festivals made in Scotland, In
these traditional
festivals include acts of
God, music and dance. Among
the events are:
Trunk Release.
Launch of the stone.
Scottish hammer throw.
The Commonwealth
Games is a multi-sport
event held every four
years, They become a
smaller version of the
Olympic Games
In the Commonwealth Games, in addition to the usual sports like athletics, swimming, gymnastics and cycling, sportscompetitions are played typical member countries such as badminton, cricket, polo,squash, rugby seven, bowling or soccer.