Oldest Sport: What Was It?
Torrey Quigley
2025-05-09 23:00:03
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The Carlisle Bells have earned their place in history as the oldest sporting trophy in the world. Dating back to 1559, when the coveted bells were first awarded, this prize originated in Cumbria, England.
Darian Waters
2025-05-09 19:41:43
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The first ball game is thought to have been a life-or-death type of Dodgeball, played with a 4kg rubber ball that could break bones or even kill, practised around 3,500 years ago in Mesoamerica, a region which extended from Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Perhaps even older is an ancient Chinese version of modern football called Tsu Chu. Players had to net a small leather ball in a hole without using their hands. It is thought to have been played between 5,000 and 500 BC.
Polo first appeared in Persia around 2,500 years ago, making it the oldest known team sport. The first Olympics were held in 776 BC and consisted of just sport - the stade, a mid-distance run, made on foot, of around 210m. Prehistoric cave paintings have been found in Japan illustrating a sport that looks like sumo wrestling. The ancient Hawaiian sport of Lele Kawa saw brave divers leap feet-first from cliffs of at least 21m high, making no splash.
Wilfredo Mraz
2025-05-09 17:26:43
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Horse racing is arguably the oldest continuously enjoyed sport worldwide, with its origins stretching as far back as 3000 BC. Competing tribes on the Kazakh Steppe most likely used horse racing as a way to show off their animals and battle for food or other riches. The first recorded instances of horse races are from 1500 BC China and Persia. Arguably the first example of horse racing (albeit with chariots) purely for entertainment can be found in Ancient Greece around 600 BC.
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