The United Kingdom is so popular in many sport games. When the talk is about sport, the first thing may come across your mind is football that England is so popular for. However, there are many interesting traditional and modern sport games that are spread out all over the country.
Football is one of the most popular sports in the UK, and it is the national sport of England where the most famous clubs come from such as Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal. The reason why football is so popular in England more than other countries is that the game originated there, (FIFA, 2013).
Alongside Football, there are many other sports such as rugby. It might be the second popular game in the UK after football. Here, Wales is the home of rugby that is the national game of Wales. According to Guardian (2003), rugby began in 1823 when the 16 year old boy, William Webb Ellis ignored the rules of Football and picked up the ball and ran with it. Since it became popular and spreaded to different parts of the UK.
In conclusion, sport games are numerous in the United Kingdom, but Football and rugby seem to drastically have huge audiences not only in the UK but also in many parts of the world. They have this popularity because of the enjoyable and interesting rules of playing.
Bibliography
FIFA (2013) The History of Football. Available at: http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/history/game/historygame1.html (Accessed: 13 February 2013).
Guardian (2003) A brief history of rugby. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2003/oct/06/rugbyworldcup2003.rugbyunion6 (Accessed: 13 February 2013).
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