Kategória: SPORTS
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During the Wimbledon season (in June), it is essential to know the origins of the lawn game. The ‘old version’ dates back to the 11th century monasteries where tennis was played on an enclosed court. The ball was solid and a racquet was used to hit it.The game was a popular pastime activity of monarchs…
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Loch Lomond Highland Games are a traditional Scottish Highland Games situated in the village of Balloch at the southern end of Loch Lomond.The games were started in 1967 and the games are now one of the top three Highland Games in Scotland hosting the Scottish Highland Games Association World Heavyweight Championship and the 80 metre…
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Watch the video and say what sports did you see? Did you see… football? basketball? netball? handball? angling (=fishing)? tennis? canoeing? gymnastics? karate? walking? cycling? cricket? bowls? darts? swimming? field hockey? FAMOUS SPORTING VENUES Match. Wembley is famous for… St Andrew’s is famous for… Henley is famous for… Wimbledon is famous for… Lord’s is famous…
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‘Project 56 – Mission accomplished @[962377660473603:274:Adam Peaty MBE]’, as he tweeted. Breaststroke swimmer Peaty has become the first man ever to swim 100 m in less that 57 seconds. His winning time at World Aquatics Championships, Gwangju, South Korea is 56.88 which means he has done his mission he called “Project 56”, i.e. to swim…
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Where do you play / do sports? court: tennis, volleyball, basketball, netball, squash… pitch / field: football, hockey, rugby, hurling, American football, cricket… course: golf pool: swimming, water polo… rink: ice-skating, ice-hockey… track: athletics (running), cycling, horse racing… circuit: motor-racing slope: skiing Don’t forget: bowling green; bowling alley; lane (e.g. in swimming or athletics)
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