British Sport: What Did They Give Us?
Rollin Hansen
2025-05-16 07:54:24
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Football as we know it today - sometimes known as association football or soccer - began in England, with the laying down of rules by the Football Association in 1863. The IFAB (International Football Association Board) is the so-called 'guardian' of the Laws of the Game and is run by FIFA as well as the four British associations (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Hailey Willms
2025-05-09 20:15:36
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The thing we know for certain is that ‘association football’ was born in Britain. Both England and Scotland had great influence on how we play the game today. The Football Association was founded in England in 1863. In 1871 the FA Cup was founded, making it the oldest football tournament in the world to still exist.
Luella Lebsack
2025-04-26 11:10:35
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Football, Rugby, tennis, badminton, darts, snooker, golf, ping pong, rowing, boxing, curling, downhill skiing, cricket, horse-racing, squash, field hockey and probably more sports that I have forgotten were invented either in Britain or by British people. The sporting influence of Britain is clear to see. The men educated in private boarding schools eventually moved out of England to parts of the British empire. And they took their sports and games with them. British people did make the rules for many of the popular sports today.
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