WHAT SPORT DO WHAT SPORT DO YOU PLAY IN YOU PLAY IN ENGLAND?ENGLAND?

MANY OF WORLD´S MOST MANY OF WORLD´S MOST FAMOUS SPORTS BEGAN IN FAMOUS SPORTS BEGAN IN

ENGLAND, INCLUDING ENGLAND, INCLUDING CRICKET, FOOTBALL, TENNIS CRICKET, FOOTBALL, TENNIS

AND RUGBY…AND RUGBY…

CRICKETCRICKET

IT´S THE MOST IT´S THE MOST TRADITIONAL TRADITIONAL SPORT OF SPORT OF ENGLAND. IT´S ENGLAND. IT´S ONE OF THE ONE OF THE MOST MOST INTERESTING INTERESTING SPORTS IN THE SPORTS IN THE SUMMERSUMMER

http://www.educar.org/Educacionfisicaydeportiva/historia/cricket.asp

RUGBY RUGBY IT IS SIMILAR TO IT IS SIMILAR TO

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

FOOTBALL (SOCCER)FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

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

BADMINTONBADMINTON BADMINTON TAKES BADMINTON TAKES

ITS NAME FROM ITS NAME FROM THE DUKE OF THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT´S BEAUFORT´S CONTRY HOME, CONTRY HOME, WHERE THE SPORT WHERE THE SPORT WAS FIRST PLAYED WAS FIRST PLAYED IN THE 19th IN THE 19th CENTURY. IN CENTURY. IN BENALMADENA,SINBENALMADENA,SINCE 1986, EXISTS CE 1986, EXISTS SOME OF THE BEST SOME OF THE BEST CLUBS IN CLUBS IN ANDALUSIA..ANDALUSIA..

http://www.badmintonbenalmadena.com/

UNIVERSITY BOAT RACEUNIVERSITY BOAT RACE IN THE NINETEENTH IN THE NINETEENTH

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

http://www.realclubmediterraneo.com/scripts/default.asp

GOLFGOLF IT'S A SPORT IT'S A SPORT

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

http://www.infotu.com/golfespa/andgolf.htm

TABLE TENNIS(PING – TABLE TENNIS(PING – PONG)PONG)

Table tennis was Table tennis was invented in EnglanD in invented in EnglanD in 1880. It began with 1880. It began with Cambridge University Cambridge University Students using Students using cigarette boxes and cigarette boxes and champagne corks.champagne corks.

IN GRANADA AND IN GRANADA AND CORDOBA YOU FIND CORDOBA YOU FIND TWO OF THE BEST TWO OF THE BEST TABLE TENNIS TABLE TENNIS CLUBS IN CLUBS IN ANDALUSIA.ANDALUSIA.www.ctmlageneral.es

BOWLSBOWLS

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

LAWN TENNISLAWN TENNIS THE WORLD´S MOST THE WORLD´S MOST

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

http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/index.html

HORSE RACINGHORSE RACING HORSERACING, THE HORSERACING, THE

SPORT OF KINGS, IS A SPORT OF KINGS, IS A VERY POPULAR SPORT VERY POPULAR SPORT WITH RACES BEING WITH RACES BEING HELD EVERY DAY HELD EVERY DAY TROUGHOUT THE YEAR. TROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

IN MALAGA, MOSTLY IN IN MALAGA, MOSTLY IN MIJAS, SINCE THE YEAR MIJAS, SINCE THE YEAR 2000 EXISTS A 2000 EXISTS A HIPODROME WHERE HIPODROME WHERE THEY HAVE HORSE THEY HAVE HORSE RACING IN SPRING AND RACING IN SPRING AND SUMMER. IT'S VERY SUMMER. IT'S VERY POPULAR AMONG THE POPULAR AMONG THE ENGLISH.ENGLISH.

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

POLO POLO ANOTHER EQUESTRIAN ANOTHER EQUESTRIAN

SPORT IS POLO, SPORT IS POLO, BROUGHT TO BRITAIN BROUGHT TO BRITAIN FROM INDIA IN THE FROM INDIA IN THE 19TH CENTURY BY ARMY 19TH CENTURY BY ARMY OFFICERS. IN CADIZ OFFICERS. IN CADIZ MOSTLY IN SOTO MOSTLY IN SOTO GRANDE (SAN ROQUE) GRANDE (SAN ROQUE) THE FIRST POLO CLUB THE FIRST POLO CLUB WAS CREATED IN WAS CREATED IN ANDALUSIA IN 1965, THE ANDALUSIA IN 1965, THE SANTA MARIA POLO SANTA MARIA POLO CLUB, BEING NOWADAYS CLUB, BEING NOWADAYS ONE OF THE MOST ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CLUBS IN IMPORTANT CLUBS IN EUROPE. EUROPE. http://www.santamariapoloclub.com/club_historia.asp