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1、姓名： 谢宏桥学号：2012213047班级：七班分数：2013年12月20日When it comes to the United Kingdom, People will always think of the British gentlemen with traditional hat and cane. In fact, sports are as traditional as gentlemen in Britain. The United Kingdom, a traditional and strong country not only in the area of indust

2、ry and comprehensive national strength, but also in the area of sports, has a long history for playing sports. A lot of major sports originated in the UK, including association football, golf, tennis, boxing, rugby league, rugby union, cricket, field hockey, snooker, billiards, squash, curling and b

3、adminton, all of which are popular in Britain. Even the table tennis and baseball, the Chinese and American national sports, originated from Britain. Now British sports not only affect the social context at home, but also have a great impact outside home. We even can regard the sports as a reflectio

4、n of British culture. Lefs know about Britain from its sports culture.1. Various important sports originating in the UK1.1 Association football.Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a very important sport originated in his traditional homeEngland in the 19th century. Th

5、e laws of the game were originally codified in England by the Football Association in 1863 and have evolved since then. The UK has the oldest football league in the world. The English Premier League is the most-watched football league in the world and its biggest clubs include Manchester United, Liv

6、erpool, Arsenal and Chelsea. Now football has been the most famous sport internationally through hundreds of years developing. Now Association football is governed internationally by FIFA （Federation International Football Association）, which organizes the FIFA World Cup every four years.Actually, f

7、ootball can reflect the British culture completely. Beckham, the famous former football star of Britain, has said: Football has been associated with our countrys culture and existed in our DNA. Since we were born to the world, football has been accompanying with us and never separated with us.M From

8、 these worlds, we can read the close relationship between football and culture in the UK. The most typical culture reflected in football is the gentility culture. In some sport reports in the 19th century, British football players are called Mr. all the time. Another aspect of culture reflected in t

9、he consciousness of nation. As we know, Britain takes four positions in the FIFAthey can take out four teams to take part in the World Cup. This reflects the leading position of the Great Britain in the 20th century while it reflects that the UK consists of four partsEngland, Scotland, Wales, and No

10、rth Ireland. As a result, until today, Football in Britain is renowned for the intense rivalries between clubs and the passion of the supporters. When we watch a football game of a team from Britain, it will be more attractive if we have known about the football culture of the UK.1.2 Many other spor

11、ts originated in the UK.Compared with football, another similar famous sport called rugby also originated in the Britain. In 1845, rugby union was created when the first rules were written by pupils at Rugby School, Warwickshire. The first international Rugby took place on March 27, 1871, played bet

12、ween England and Scotland. By 1881 both Ireland and Wales had teams. But in the world, rugby isnt as famous as football.The modern competitive golf originated in Scotland. The royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in Scotland is this sporfs home course. The PGA （Professional Golfer Association o

13、f America） European Tour is headquartered in England, and the main European Tour plays more events in the UK than in any other country. In the early 20th century British golfers, being the best in the world, won nearly all of the U.S. Open championships before World War I. Even though American golfe

14、rs later became dominant, Britain has continued to produce leading golfers. A number of British golfers have reached the worlds top 10 in the early 2000s, such as the British famous golf star, Lee Westwood who ended Tiger Woods* five-year reign atop the rankings in autumn 2010.Tennis is yet another

15、sport which originated in the England in 1870s. When it was created, the tennis spread all around the world. The oldest and famous tennis tournament in the world is the Wimbledon championships which first occurred in 1877. Today, the event takes place over two weeks in late June and early July. The

16、most successful tennis player in Britain is called Fred Perry who was the eight-time Slam winner and one of the only seven men in history to have won all four Grand Slam events.Cricket, the most typically British sport, has been in existence since the 16th century. The modern game of cricket was created in England in the 1830s when round arm bowling was legalized. The first-ever test mat