Saturday, March 03, 2007

Typical sports for

Great Britain
- Many sports have their origins in Britain that is why Britain is sometimes called the cradle of sports
- Cricket – real English game, it has never spread in foreign countries, it is intensively played only in the UK, Australia and some other Commonwealth countries; it is played on a cricket field of approximately size of two pitches, two teams of 11 members, they use cricket-bat and a small leather-ball.
- Golf – has its origins in Scotland
- Football – the most popular game in Britain;
- Tennis, Squash
- They don’t play volleyball at all

The USA
- Baseball, Rugby, Basketball, Motor racing, Ice-hockey (Canada)...

The Czech Republic
- Football, Ice-hockey, Tennis, Volleyball...